Impact of Climate Change. Members talked with james witt and Atmospheric Science professors about efforts to prepare for Natural Disasters which might result in change in weather patterns. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objections, the chair is authorized. This is our third in a series of Climate Change hearings, continuing with Natural Disasters. I recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. Mentioned, this is the third in a series of hearings. History ofning the the Scientific Consensus of Climate Change and the Public Health effects of Climate Change in our first two hearings, the subcommittee turns to the impact of Climate Change on Natural Disasters. This subcommittee has three goals today. First, we are going to illustrate how Natural Disasters are made both more intense and more frequent to to Climate Change. Climate change israel and we are constantly reminded of that fact in terrifying ways. Just two weeks ago, it was reported that greenland l
By the president of azerbaijan apologized for the death of russian peacekeepers and promised an objective investigation. He called Vladimir Putin to discuss karabakh. Where today negotiations began on arms for ukraine, she herself really needs a new one to plop it down from her neighbor and from the united states, congress refused to listen to zelensky and ukrainian tv made him look ridiculous. Russia almost completely provides itself with medicines for lifesaving drugs for 80 of the production of medicines; control over their quality and supply to the regions was discussed by the Prime Minister and the head of roszdravnadzor ; a great gift for art lovers; a grandiose exhibition of works by Boris Grigoriev, an artist who brilliantly combined different techniques and trends in style, many masterpieces. The public will see for the first time russia today has limited the export abroad of gasoline and diesel fuel. This is stated in government decree is a temporary measure aimed at saturati
From its public website. On march 7th the irs reported that it was temporarily suspending us of the ippin application as part of an ongoing security review. The irs does not anticipate having the technology in place for either the get transcript or ippin application to provide multifactor authentication capability before the summer of 2016. The number and sophistication of threats to taxpayer information will likely continue to increase and these threats will be a continued focus of our audit and investigative activity. Chairman hatch, Ranking Member widen, members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to share my views. Thank you so much. We appreciate having your views and will now turn to mr. Dadaro and i understand the other two witnesses will be here to answer questions if necessary. Thank you very much, mr. Chairman. Good morning to you. Ranking member wyden, members of the committee, were pleased to discuss gaos work related to Computer Security at irs and Identity The
Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Veteran suicide continue to be a national epidemic. Veterans are estimated to have a suicide rate thats 50 higher than those who did not serve in the military. Major driver of sued rates is the incidence of post Traumatic Stress among our veterans. According to the department of veterans affairs, between 11 and 20 of those who served in operatiOperation Iraqi freedomr enduring freedom suffer from pts. Veterans with pts may be troubled by intrusive thoughts, avoid people, places and things, and experience hyperawareness and nightmares. They mind find they are no longer able to trust and love those closest to them. Some may even feel that life is no longer worth living. Unfortunately, many veterans have had significant problems in receiving the health care they deserve. Issues regarding inadequate treatment of veterans by the va have been widely reported. These include long wait times and the overprescription of
With what crime and policing is like in your community. If you live in an urban area, dial in at host you can also join the conversation via twitter, facebook or sent us an email. Phone lines are open. We want to know what crime and policing is like in your community and what sort of reforms, if any, you want to see. Heres the Baltimore Sun this morning front page courtesy of them. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings blake asked ooh fullscale civil rights investigation into the practices of the Baltimore Police department it would exam Excessive Force discriminatory harassment and false arrests and unlayoffal unlawful actions. Justice Department Said they received it. This is after Loretta Lynch the attorney general went to baltimore and met with the mayor and other officials in that community and now the mayor asking for a full probe of the citys police. This after a jack young and 10 members of the city county critical asked for a fullscale investigation. All are democrats. Robert is up first i