Colleagues attentions attendance and participation. I welcome our distinguished panel of witnesses. Mr. Y we will hear from stephen barry, president and chief executive officer of the competitive cares organization and the chief executive officer of the Rural Broadband association. Mr. Gene kimmelman, Senior Advisor on public knowledge, who will be appearing, testifying remotely. Jonathan spalter, of u. S. T and ceo broad,. Covid19 crisis has changed life dramatically for almost every american. As the administration and the centers for Disease Control and prevention encourage social distancing to prevent spread of the virus, normal activities like work, school, Healthcare Services are increasingly taking place online. This has caused a huge uptick in the use of broadband. One estimate shows average Broadband Usage is up by 47 since the pandemic began. Good news is that theres been some progress in connecting all americans. The fcc has recently released broadband deployment report shows
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Test test. Test. We want it to work like medicare. Help us do that. The choice law has eight different eligibility criteria. We have to determine if theyre Service Connected or not. We have to determine if they have another Health Insurance or not. We want to be able to get to the point where it is actually i only have 30 seconds left. We promise to work with you on that. Could you tell me when Eastern Maine will get 13 million and when maine medical will get 9 million . I dont think its 13 maryland but were meeting with them this week. They think its 134 maryla m we dont. Whatever we agree on we will cut a check and make his day. Is it going to be in three weeks . Three weeks. The weather is clearing up. Its a good time to be in maine. Thank you, member chair. And thanks for organizing this committee hearing. Secretary shulkin, congratulations. I live in california, a lot of new americans where english is their second language. First question to you, the number of latino veterans is r