[background noises] i am pleas to call todays hearing to order. I want to thank you all for joining senator capitol and me too explore topics and that is recycling. Specifically we are here to discuss the sustainability policy called extended producer responsibility and how these programs can improve recycling infrastructure and recycling practices. So what exactly is responsibility extended responsibility establishes a system in which financial responsibility for products through the end of their life is ifo producers of those. And how to extendol worker . Well, states or countries adopt policies that may require producers to pay a fee that is associated with their goods to a producer whose responsibility organization. And then these organizations can use the revenues for the expansion of recycling infrastructure. And for consumer education. Consumer packaging materials like plastic, like cardboard or aluminum theory as we know greatly the respect materials such as paper have more via
Hearing is just under an hour and a half. [background noises] [background noises] pleased to call todays hearing to order. I want to thank you all for joining senator capitol and me too explore one of our favorite topics and that is recycling. Specifically we are here to discuss the sustainability policy called extended producer responsibility and how these programs can improve recycling infrastructure and recycling practices. So what exactly is responsibility extended establishes a system in which financial responsibility for products through the end of their life is shifted upstream to producers of those. Andjt how to extend policies worker . Well, states or countries adopt policies that may requi producers to pay a fee that is associated with their goods to a producer whose responsibility organization. And then these organizations can use the revenues for the expansion of recycling infrastructure. And for education. Consumer packaging materials like plastic like cardboard or aluminu
Need to be ready for anything. Comcast supports cspan as a Public Service along with these other Television Providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. , cup, the joint Economic Committees testimony on Economic Impact of diabetes. During the hearing, medical experts and policy advocates addressed the rise in diabetes diagnosis, the need for increased access to healthcare and the link between diabetes and obesity. Witnesses also outlined the federal governments role in combating diabetes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] shall be give this hearing a start . For this joint economic hearing i actually have 2 give senator heinrich and the entire team, democrat and republican staff, has been in discussion for quite a while. As we look at the Health Statistics of the nation, particularly diabetes, its cost to society not just in healthcare costs, but in so many of our brothers and sisters that just have misery. Where this partially came from is 2 or 3 years ago we
Cspan. Org. Cspan is your unfiltered view of government. We are funded by these Television Companies and more including wow. The world has changed. Today a fast reliable Internet Connection is something no one can live without. Wow is there with our customers with speed, reliability, value and choice. No more than ever it starts with great internet. Wow supports cspan as a Public Service along with these other Television Providers giving you a front row seat to democrac the administrator of the Environmental Protection agency, michael regan, spoke about the biden administrations Environmental Policy Initiative at the western governors Associations Annual meeting in boulder, colorado. Topics include collaboration between federal and State Governments, water security and wildfires. Welcome to the 2023 western Governors Association annual meeting in beautiful boulder, colorado. My name is jack walder and i have the honor and privilege of serving as the executive director. If it is your fi
This is just under two and half hours. This meeting of the Senate Judiciary committee will come to order. A hearing on gun violence epidemic Public Health crisis is todays topic. Well hear from Public Health experts who have been on the front lines of gun violence epidemic. We understand the pain of a lump on his fellow member has been taken away too soon by the pull of a trigger was in the aftermath tearing through bone like it is tissue paper. In cities like chicago to a constant drumbeat of a gun gunviolence has turned Public Health professionals into battlefield experts. Chicago faces the same challenges as many other cities and towns. Many rural areas need higher rates of gun violence than the urban areas. Across the country gun violence is a Public Health epidemic more than 2022 firearm related deaths in the United States. That is 132 americans every day dying from gun violence. Than half theg firearm related vents or suicides four out of 10. Children and teenagers. Not auto acci