Organizations on legislation recently passed in the senate which is expected to be taken up in the house. This is 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. The committee will come to order. I am pleased to have this opportunity today to hear directly from organizations that work with, represent or support millions of veterans every day. This committee has gatheredli today to hear from these organizations their firsthand perspective and reasons they support our comprehensive Suicide Prevention legislation, s. 785, the commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health care improvement act. This is a legislation that is been before this committee and before the senate, and i wanted to give the opportunity to those Veterans Service organizations and others the ability to tell us any thoughts that in regard to this legislation as we negotiate with the house in its p
Between israel and the United Arab Emirates, afghanistan, the potential october surprises dealing with Foreign Policy. This a fantastic panel that bring such a depth of expertise to these topics and i would like to introduce them. When charlie cook who is editor and publisher of the cook political report. Celinda lake, president , Lake Research partners. Doctor norman ornstein, resident scholar come senior scholar at the American Enterprise institute, and christian sultans anderson, who is part of cofounder of echelon insights. Thank you all. Were lucky to have you or this discussion and want to dive right in. I was excited to talk you to yl about this. Its something im interested in. Id like to start with the question for each of you that generally gets at the role of Foreign Policy in the 2020s election. How much do Americans Care about Foreign Policy and nationals could issues in this election cycle and how is that different from past elections that weve had recently . Lets just go
Familiar. Republicans roll out yet another effort to forge a bipartisan compromise around coronavirus relief, and democrats reply with partisan cheap shots and threats to block everything. Republicans develop a serious plan to get historic amounts of additional money in the pipeline for kids, for jobs, for schools, and democrats just point fingers, call names and keep blocking American Families from getting any more help before the november election. In july, republicans put forward a serious framework, but Speaker Pelosi and the democratic leader refused to talk unless starting point was their literally absurd 3. 4 their literally absurd 3. 4 republicans rollout other efd coronavirus belief. And with that threat to block. Republicans develop a serious plan in the pipeline for kids and jobs and schools and democrats point fingers from getting any more help and to put forward a serious remark the democratic leader it is literally absurd three. 4 trilliondollar wish list that even democr
Color, irrespective of party affiliation. We are one america. And lets try to act that way. And i close this briefing. Thank you. As that herring comes to a close, lawmakers discussing how the Veterans Affairs department, this is a live hearing getting under way now on cspan 3. If covid19 turned into a pandemic and portions of the United States Health Care System broke down the va may need to come back and ask for additional funds and since then congress has appropriated 17. 2 billion for vhas covid19 Pandemic Response and i was glad to help advocate for that funding. Now im not sure that many of us here on the dais know what to expect during that february hearing nor did we fully grasp the enormity of the Public Health challenges americans would soon face from the pandemic. This is largely because the administration failed to recognize these risks and communicate them to the American Public in advance of the crisis. Here we are a little more than three months later and exactly 90 days
Good afternoon. I call this meeting, i called the string to order. Without objection that shares authorized to declare recess at any time. We have a number of numbers participating remotely. Welcome. Before we proceed i like to go over some items for our members participating remotely. First, if you are having or expensing connectivity issues, please make sure you or your staff contact our designated Technical Support so those issues can be resolved immediately. Members participate in remotely must continue to use the video function for the duration of their participation in the hearing unless they expand connectivity issues or other technical problems that render the member unable to participate, to fully participate on camera. It is at the committees, it is Committee Policy that members participating remotely will remain muted when not recognized, just like turning her microphone on or off during an in person hearing. This is at a courtesy to all members on the committee and so that