Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital
Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. The Senate will continue confirming President Joe Biden’s nominees, and the House plans to vote on some appropriations bill as well as numerous other pieces of legislation from the Oversight and Reform, Natural Resources, and Veterans’ Affairs Committees. Hearings for the week include assessing the federal response to COVID-19, defending the electric grid against cyber attacks, enhancing voting rights, examining federal nutrition programs, discussing the role of controlled environment agriculture, and addressing NASA’s infrastructure needs. The House Armed Services Committee will also hold all of its subcommittee markups this week for the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act, but it will not hold its full committee markup until September.
The Oregon Health Authority announces several ways to make an appointment, but warns of chaos.
As part of Oregon s Phase 1B in the COVID-19 vaccination distribution plan, people 80 years and older now are eligible to get vaccinated but the Oregon Health Authority is warning that this latest phase could be chaotic.
The Health Authority says the biggest challenge is the scarcity of the vaccine. While they can t give every older adult an appointment as soon as they want one, they can give them different ways to get linked to vaccine information and events.
Recently, KOIN 6 reported that 211 is swamped. While the amount of staff is being increased, they ll always be outnumbered if tens of thousands of calls are coming in. The best way to not overwhelm the system? The Health Authority is launching a new tool on its website that will allow people to get email alerts or text notifications about vaccine events in your area.
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