[inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. I welcome our witnesses in person at those appearing distantly. We look forward to the testimony and getting a better understanding of where the department of Veterans Affairs and the thirdparty administrators are in administering the mission act. Also very interested in hearing more today about the caregivers implementation as well. Almost every member of our committee though not physically present at the moment, some are joining us in person and others will be joining us almost every member of the committee will be participating. The focus of todays hearing is the implementation of title i under the mission act by the department of Veterans Affairs, relating to the Veterans Community care program and the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers. Io i scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace of mission implementation. While v. A. Officials were invited to part
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University of maryland global campus and executive producer of the report, moderated by journalist marvin cal. We thank you for joining us for our virtual news maker events with francis collins, director of National Institutes of health and were pleased to accept questions from our audience, especially our journalists tuning in today. Ill ask as many as time permits. To submit a question, email headliners press. Org. National institute of healths, or nih part of the health and Human Services is our nations medical research agency. Its the largest public funder of Biomedical Research in the world and investing more than 32 billion a year to enhance life and reduce illness and disability. Nih comprises 27 different components each with its own specific research agenda, often focusing on particular diseases or body systems. All, but three of these components received their funding directly from congress. The office of the director is the Central Office responsible for setting policy for n
Economic recovery and Foreign Policy seems to be an inside the beltway issue and its likely not to figure prominently in Voter Preferences and choices in this election, results of the election, how the world evaluates the consequences of the actions. I think its pretty clear that were at a crossroads. Trump has played the role of disrupter, fundamentally altering the policies of his four postcold war predecesso predecessors. Embarking on what could only be described as a wholesale withdrawal or threat to withdraw from so many enterprises, the tpp, the paris climate, jcpoa, unesco and who. And not that disruption by definition is all the bad. Its bad if theres nothing else it replace it. If its bad if its followed by policies that dont serve the National Interest and its bad if its done for some sake tethered to political. Biden, on the other hand offers a much different approach, or we would expect he would, the return to more traditional. Whether it proves to be restoration of traditi
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