Focused on the future and how we can Work Together to create a better, brighter healthier one for the Healthcare System rather than on rehashing the mistakes we made long ago. As we begin to move forward, we must not lose sight of where we started. Years ago, next month in this very room, the Committee Heard testimony from a veteran named barry coates who spoke about waiting almost a year for care at the department of Veterans Affairs facility of south carolina. He was finally seen long after he should have been. He was diagnosed for colon cancer that had spread to his liver and to his lungs. He passed away in january last year. It was garys story and accompanying allegations that 40 veteran patients had died while waiting to receive care for the Va Medical Center in phoenix arizona that kicked off a nationwide access and accountability scandal the likes of which the da had never seen. It also led directly to the creation of the Choice Program and to the allocation of billions more tax
Friday a hearing on marine Corps Readiness and modernization efforts. A House Armed Services subcommittee hears from the deputy commandant Lieutenant General gary thomas. Live 9 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan 2. And later representatives from indigenous and tribal groups gather in washington, d. C. For a rally in response to the Dakota Access pipeline and the excel peepline project. Thats live also on cspan 2. Your documentary has been selected as this years grand prize winner. Oh seventh and ninth grade sisters ava and mia lazar of blacksburg, virginia, this years grand Prize Winners of our student cam video documentary competition. Their winning documentary is titled the tempest tossed, which explores refugees and immigration policy. A refugee is defined as someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence and cannot return safely. With so many people fleeing their countries, desperate, without a home, politicians and institutes today are argui
All month, we are featuring studentcam winners. This year, students told us the most urgent issue for the new president and congress. Our grand Prize Winners are sisters from blacksburg, virginia. Ava lazar is homeschooled in the seventh grade. Mia lazar is in the ninthgrade. Their documentary on refugees and immigration policy is titled the tempest tossed. Is not about what Political Party you are. Its more about values and helping these people. As parents, this topic was particularly personal because both my parents were refugees. So i think that also drove them a little bit. When they do some video on a topic thats personal for them, that helps a lot. I think you saw the energy in that. The reason we named the documentary the tempest tossed is because inside the museum of the statue of liberty, there is a plaque with a poem saying, send these the homeless, tempest tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door. This poem was written specifically for the statue of liberty, and w
All month, we are featuring studentcam winners. This year, students told us the most urgent issue for the new president and congress. Our grand Prize Winners are sisters from blacksburg, virginia. Ava lazar is homeschooled in the seventh grade. Mia lazar is in the ninthgrade. Their documentary on refugees and immigration policy is titled the tempest tossed. Is not about what Political Party you are. Its more about values and helping these people. As parents, this topic was particularly personal because both my parents were refugees. So i think that also drove them a little bit. When they do some video on a topic thats personal for them, that helps a lot. I think you saw the energy in that. The reason we named the documentary the tempest tossed is because inside the museum of the statue of liberty, there is a plaque with a poem saying, send these the homeless, tempest tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door. This poem was written specifically for the statue of liberty, and w
All month, we are featuring studentcam winners. This year, students told us the most urgent issue for the new president and congress. Our grand Prize Winners are sisters from blacksburg, virginia. Ava lazar is homeschooled in the seventh grade. Mia lazar is in the ninthgrade. Their documentary on refugees and immigration policy is titled the tempest tossed. Is not about what Political Party you are. Its more about values and helping these people. As parents, this topic was particularly personal because both my parents were refugees. So i think that also drove them a little bit. When they do some video on a topic thats personal for them, that helps a lot. I think you saw the energy in that. The reason we named the documentary the tempest tossed is because inside the museum of the statue of liberty, there is a plaque with a poem saying, send these the homeless, tempest tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door. This poem was written specifically for the statue of liberty, and w