[inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Good evening and thank you all for being here and joining us. Its a somewhat unusual for the committee to meet in the evening hours. Tonights topic is one worth staying up late for. I want to keep our work this evening laser focused on the future on how we can all Work Together to create a better, brighter, healthier one for our veterans and for the Health Care System that weve built to serve. Rather than rehashing the mistakes we made long ago. As we begin to move forward this evening we mustnt lose sight of where we started. Three years ago next month in this very room, the Committee Heard testimony from a veteran who spoke about waiting almost a year for care from the department of Veterans Affairs medical facility in south carolina. When he was finally seen long after he should have been, he was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer that had spread to his liver and his lungs. He passed away in january last year. It was hi
That motion carries. Pledge of allegiance we dont have a america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, planning code are prohibited at this meeting. Match please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room the meeting room ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar soundproducing electronic devices. Please be advised that a member of the public has up to 3 minutes to make comments on agendas items unless a commissioner asked otherwise. Any Public Comment on the items not listed on the agenda if there is have a card and come up to the mike twice. Public comment is closed. Next speaker, please. Item 9 closing arguments. Good afternoon commissioner adams and a commissioner Vice President brandon and members of the commission and members of the public and port staff im eileen the intern port director and pleased to announce
All in favor, say i. I. Opposed . I move to not disclose anything discussed in closed all in favor, say i. I. Opposed . That motion carries. Pledge of allegiance we dont have a america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, planning code are prohibited at this meeting. Match please be advised that the chair may order the removal from the meeting room the meeting room ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar soundproducing electronic devices. Please be advised that a member of the public has up to 3 minutes to make comments on agendas items unless a commissioner asked otherwise. Any Public Comment on the items not listed on the agenda if there is have a card and come up to the mike twice. Public comment is closed. Next speaker, please. Item 9 closing arguments. Good afternoon commissioner adams and a commissioner Vice President brandon and member
A less last im trying to get the process because thats one of the things the gao talks about. What is the process . Its kind of a twotiered process. The first is through its formal reports but secondly the joint Commission Members engage with the iaea. Thats the reason we do the meetings in vienna and meet with iaea. You said that there were interpretation, correct me if im wrong, interpretation questions. So have there been instances of questionable compliance thus far that will resolve outside of the dispute resolution mechanism. These were issues that raise the issue of a dispute. These are issues in which we noticed certain activities that we felt were not in compliance. We engage with iranians and they were fixed. So there is, so those, because if there was a dispute on something you would be more formal and have been would know about it. The way which you describe those issues come is rather informal and no one knows exactly what they are, right . I have to go back and check on a
Been raising given that he was the fire chief and a Small Community 25 years the vast majority of land in the United States 90 percent dont get paid at time but we dont want them not trade either. Trained either but we need those tools. But i am concerned as the deputy secretary said these programs are difficult for volunteers to navigate. And if you could respond how you could fashion a Grant Program, provided we still have it, to take the higher administrative cost the money doesnt go where it belongs. We applaud that the two gentlemen in the middle but we do see the higher administrative cost to apply for the grants and the low dollar amounts to be spread over services and a narrower fashion. So looking at what you can do for the firefighters to make those more accessible. I myself as a volunteer firefighter for most of my life before i came to washington and and and i am very cognizant how difficult it can be to interact with state and federal government requirements on the part a