Because you had other bigger Veterans Service organizations of for a while that they were not advocating for the unique needs of veterans in that era. We are talking about things like equal access in society, research. You would die in 18 months if you had a spinal cord injury back then. In fact, George Patton was a war hero, but he died of a spinal cord injury in 1946 because the medicine and research have not caught up with the desire to live with that injury. Over time, that band of paralyzed veterans grew into what is now a 76yearold organization, member led advocates who look for other paralyzed veterans and pulled them in and take care of them. Brian where does the money come from . Sherman 100 from individual donors and corporations. We dont take government funding. Him that is a struggle. Him we have to deliver results. We have to have impact, and we are proud of that because we do have impact. Because we are free from government funding, we are not bound by those relationships
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I know its a purposeful gavel, wasnt it. Welcome to the National Press club. We have the trademark motto this worlds leading professional organization for journalists. Im jeff would baobab ballu. Candidate we are pleased to have as our headliners speaker, dr. David j. Shulkin. First of all, id like to ask you to please turn your mobile devices to vibrate. Why vibrate instead of off . Because we do encourage you tweet the modings and questions to press club using the npc live. Thats press club dc, using the hash hash npc live. Now well introduce or head table. And blows hold your applause until everyone has been introduced. The head table is usually reserved for members of the club, our guests, and guests of our headliners speaker. So, going from my far left, mike smith, ceo of green smith pr, the National Press club Headliners Team member. Jim noon. Vietnam navy veteran and commander of the American Legion post here at the National Press club, whic
Amended. Without objection. Mr. Bilirakis i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Bilirakis i rise today in support of h. R. 3705, the veterans fair debt notice act of 2017 introduced by representative pingree of maine. This bill would help ensure that beneficiaries who have received an overpayment from v. A. Clearly under v. A. s current practice, when the department determines that a beneficiary may have received an overpayment, it sends a letter to the beneficiary that explains why the debt was created and how the veteran can dispute or mitigate the debt. But if v. A. Doesnt have the veterans current address, the veteran may miss important dead linals. For example, if the beneficiary intends to request a full waiver of their debt, but does not request that waiver within 30 days of the date of the letter, v. A. May take action to withhold benefits until the waiver request is adjudicated. Sounds confusing, it certainly is. We
Spoke about Veterans Health care issues in light of this upcoming veterans day holiday. Speaking at the National Press club, this is an hour. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I know that was a purposeful gavel, wasnt it . Welcome to the National Press club are where we have the trademark motto, the worlds leading professional organizations for journalists. My name is jeff. News editor for the americas with Al Jazeera Media Network and 110th president of the National Press club. Today, were pleased to have as our headliners luncheon speaker, dr. Shulkin, the ninth secretary of Veterans Affairs. First of all, i would like to ask you to please turn your mobile devices to vibrate. Why vibrate instead of off . Because we do encourage you to tweet the proceedings and questions to pressclubdc using npc live. Using the npc live. Now, were going to introduce our head table. And please hold your applause until everyone has been introduced. The head table is usually reserved for members of t
Chair good morning, now that our executive session is complete we turn to the issue of data breaches. This is not a new issue. The committee has been focused on the Consumer Impact since before i was elected to the senate. The september 2004 choice point breach was considered to be the first highprofile data breach in the modern era prompted investigations from this committee and state authorities. Choice point was a data Aggregation Company originally as fateby equifax who would have it is represented here today. In terms of the inquiry the major data breaches, we have come full circle. Congress and this committee paid close attention to data breaches big and small. The committee has entertained proposals to strengthen requirements for Companies Across the board and impose federal requirements for companies to notify consumers following discovery of the breach. We are in the air of major data breaches, including equifax and yahoo that we are examining. The yahoo breaches are larger, t