And make sure that they get exactly what they need. The chair would like to recognize the gentleman from oregon, mister schrader. Is he available . Not seeing or hearing him. The chair recognizes Mister Kennedy. Mister kennedy available . Not in his chair. Then the chair will recognize thegentleman from New Hampshire , miss custer or five minutes of questions. You need to unmute. You. Thank you very much. Thank you madam chair. I appreciate this hearing and i appreciate the opportunity to address you on this important issue. Here in New Hampshire weve had a dramatic increase. Depression, anxiety, trauma and grief as a result of covid and we are struggling as well with changes to the Economic Impact on our Healthcare Providers particularly Mental Health providers. 83 percent of small and large groups Substance Abuse providers have described what is a Financial Hardship as a result of covid and 48 percent of those providers have had to cancel income generating events while 74 percent hav
Ways to improve cyberSecurity Issues for the Energy Sector. Witnesses stressed the importance of protecting the Us Energy Grid and what the government can do now to help prepare for potential attacks, held by the Senate Energy committee, this is almost two hours. Good morning, the committee will come to order. We are here this morning to examine federal and industry efforts to improve the cybersecurity of the Energy Sector including efforts to improve collaboration on Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure protection initiatives. It has been more than a year since we last held a hearing on cybersecurity for the Energy Sector but it is fair to say this is always a timely topic. A critical priority we cant lose sight of even as we grapple with covid19, which becomes the source of our next national crisis. There have been a few noteworthy developments since our last year. Earlier this year the president issued an executive order focused on securing our system from the cyber and physic
Appropriation hearing but i believe the president has sent us two good nominees. We waited a long time on the vice chairman, supervision for the fed. I hope the hearing goes well and we can expedite these nominees and get them in place, thank you. Thank you, senator shelby. The hearing will come to order. We will consider the nominations for the comptroller of currency, joseph otting and Randal Quarles to be a member of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system and vice chairman for supervision of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve system. Welcome to both of you and congratulations on your nominations to these offices. You have friends and family sitting with you and welcome them here as well. These positions are critically important to assure a safe, sound, vibrant Financial System. We are fortunate have two qualified individuals to consider for these posts. Joseph otting bring particular understanding of the Banking System from a long career in national service.
Hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning. The subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection to order. The chair recognizes himself are five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good morning and welcome to the first hearing of 115th congress and Consumer Protection subcommittee, pleasure to be with you today. Before we get started i think chairman burgess for the hard work in the last congress on the subcommittee and also recognize the new vice chairman, the gentleman from mississippi. Glad to have you on board and look forward to working to advance innovation agenda that creates jobs and puts consumers first and also to recognize the gentlelady from illinois, our Ranking Member, working with her this congress and working in a bipartisan fashion to protect consumers. Finally as chairman, look forward to working with all members of the subcommittee to continue exploring areas in the Digital Economy creating new art engines
Hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning. The subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection to order. The chair recognizes himself are five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good morning and welcome to the first hearing of 115th congress and Consumer Protection subcommittee, pleasure to be with you today. Before we get started i think chairman burgess for the hard work in the last congress on the subcommittee and also recognize the new vice chairman, the gentleman from mississippi. Glad to have you on board and look forward to working to advance innovation agenda that creates jobs and puts consumers first and also to recognize the gentlelady from illinois, our Ranking Member, working with her this congress and working in a bipartisan fashion to protect consumers. Finally as chairman, look forward to working with all members of the subcommittee to continue exploring areas in the Digital Economy creating new art engines