the subcommittee for indigenous people of the united states will now come to order. the subcommittee is meeting today to share testimony on a single bill on a very important piece of legislation. it is hr 5444. the truth in healing commission on indianborder school policies at . by representative charisse of kansas. under committee rules are opening statements on hearings to the chair and ranking minority member or their designees will allow us to help members keep to their schedules. therefore i ask unanimous consent of all other members opening statements he made part of the hearing record by 5 pm today or those of the hearing projected first. hearing no objection so ordered. without objection the chair may also declare a recess object to the chair. i want to note we will be having both later on so i might recall that witness and i thank everybody for their patients. i ve described in the notice the documents and motions submitted to the electronic age and rc mail.house.g
we hear testimony from native american advocates of survivors of the boarding school system from the house natural resources subcommittee on indigenous people . this is about anhour 40 minutes . the subcommittee for indigenous people of the united states will now come to order. the subcommittee is meeting today to share testimony on a single bill on a very important piece of legislation. it is hr 5444. the truth in healing commission on indianborder school policies at . by representative charisse of kansas. under committee rules are opening statements on hearings to the chair and ranking minority member or their designees will allow us to help members keep to their schedules. therefore i ask unanimous consent of all other members opening statements he made part of the hearing record by 5 pm today or those of the hearing projected first. hearing no objection so ordered. without objection the chair may also declare a recess object to the chair. i want to note we will be havin
financial and economic opportunities. i am pleased that today s hearing will continue exploring the barriers that persons with disability experience inseeking full economic inclusion . employment options . [inaudible] various research reports, some are worth bearing in mind as we hear from and question our expert witnesses today. nearly one in four american adults live with a disability of some kind. and that number seems to be growing. the bureau of labor statistics estimates 1.2 million more americans identify as having a disability in 2021 comparedto the previous year . as many as 7 million 7 americans are now dealing with long covid and a lot of uncertainty about theirfuture . persons with disabilities are more likely to experience unemployment, lower wages and saving poverty, increased cost-of-living and homelessness compared to those without a disability . as just one metric the unemployment rate for people with disabilities, 10.8 percent. last year it was over twice th
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