And she wrote to me and said, ive wanted nothing more than to find a new fulltime job and i dedicated every day to that mission. Im asking you to advocate for me and the millions like me who need our extended Unemployment Benefits to make ends meet. I just want everybody to understand, this is not an abstraction, shes are not statistics. These are your neighbors, friends, family members. It could at some point be any of us. Thats why we set up a system of Unemployment Insurance. The notion was everybody is making a contribution because you dont know when the Business Cycle or an economic crisis might make any of us vulnerable. And this insurance helps keep food on the table while dad is sending out resumes. It helps mom pay the rent while shes learning new skills to earn that new job. That provides that extra set of security so that losing your job doesnt mean you have to lose your house. Where everybody you worked so hard to build for years. We make this promise to our fellow american
Coaches and parents and kids and officials and everybody to get on the same page to help kids. If youre an administrator in a high school, your being asked a question on how youre making this favor for my kids, and we can answer that now. Thank you. We appreciate you being here, your it recognized for five minutes. Thank you very much. I am 42 years old. I served as a starting goalkeeper for the United States Womens National soccer team for the years of 1994 to 2008. During that time i helped to lead the team and winning to 11 old metals, in 1996 atlanta games and 2004 athens games, and late 173 International Games over 15 years for the United States. That is a record among female goalkeepers. In the summer of 1999, my 20 amazing teammates and i captured the hearts of america by beating china in a healthy kick shootout alive in front of 90,000 screaming fans at the rose bowl in pasadena, california. I was the one that made the single safe save before she took off her shirt. I will that
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More stringent requirements regarding when a player with concussion can return to the game need to be implemented. These are my thoughts for your consideration. Thank you for your attention and valuable time. Thank you for your valuable time. You are recognized for five minutes. Thank you. The opportunity to speak on behalf of the safety of our children in this country. I am a pediatric neuropsychologist at Childrens National Health System in washington, d. C. , and the director of the Concussion Program. I would like to take my time to focus my comments on the importance of Public Health education for youth concussion using my expertise as a clinician and researcher. I have worked for the last decade with the cdc on their heads up Concussion Program materials. Ianll know, and i think said it perfectly, the sports and recreation provide important developmental opportunities to enrich the lives of our youth. They teach life lessons. We have to balance those incredible benefits with care
Degraded or obsolete. Im pleased to learn of your donation. It strikes me of an knowledge meant that wearing an old helmet when playing football is not advisable. It is a statement that would be very influential. Weve also heard that reconditioning those under 10 years old is important to ensure the proper phone density and that other degraded parts are replaced. Want to ask you the following questions. I guess that is why im sitting in the seats. We realize that many issues are subject to negotiations. Can they commit to supporting the habitant helmets on the field that are over 10 years old . In the youth space. I plead not enough familiarity with the issue. I know there are a couple of states that would be happy to work with you to pursue it. The first question is committed to prohibiting helmets on the field of over 10 years old. Can you commit to the supporting a policy positions that these present an unacceptable safety risk that is right most of the helmet industry . I see no re