John. Of south dakota. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning and welcome to todays hearing on her countries will Emergency Alert system that i hope to give our panel about whats working, whats not on what we can do to better prevent false alerts like we saw with the hawaii Ballistic Missile warning this month. Ensuring State Government has the proper tools to alert the public of and that tempt emergency is radical. Fall sports not only create unnecessary panic they undermine the Emergency Alert system leading to confusion. What happened and why is inexcusable must be addressed to ensure that its not like that never happens again prints essential american have an emergency system they can trust overwhelmingly by and large and i believe they do. Theres much that is workinge well with the Emergency Alert system. In fact its operating by this committee through the warrant act. Industry partners including those representative here today have been investing to impr
Ensuring state and local governments have the proper safeguards to properly alert the public of an impending emergency is absolutely critical. False alerts not only create unnecessary panic, they undermine the Emergency Alert system leading to public distrust and what happened in hawaii must be addressed to make sure it never happens again. It is essential that americans have an Emergency Alert system they could trust and i believe they do. There is much that is working well with the Emergency Alert system. In fact it is arguably a model Public Private program through the warren act. Industry partners including those represented here today have been investing to improve the system and working collaboratively with government and Public Safety officials to carry out the mission. We special did not want to overlook the successes but as recent events have shown, there are problems that must be addressed. Todays hearing is the first of two on Emergency Alert systems. The near future will ho
Alerts like we saw with the hawaii Ballistic Missile warning earlier this month. Ensuring state and local governments have the proper safeguards to properly alert the public of an impending emergency is absolutely critical. False alerts not only create unnecessary panic, they undermine the Emergency Alert system leading to public distrust and what happened in hawaii must be addressed to make sure it never happens again. It is essential that americans have an Emergency Alert system they could trust and i believe they do. There is much that is working well with the Emergency Alert system. In fact it is arguably a model Public Private program through the warren act. Industry partners including those represented here today have been investing to improve the system and working collaboratively with government and Public Safety officials to carry out the mission. We special did not want to overlook the successes but as recent events have shown, there are problems that must be addressed. Today
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