The guidance of the Cdc And Office of the attending physician so please wear your mask when youre not speaking and thank you for doing so. For members and witnesses taking part remotely, microphones will be set on mute to eliminate Background Noise and he will need to unmute your microphone when you wish to speak. Members are participating from different locations at Todays Hearing recognition of members will be in the order of the subcommittee seniority. The Email Address we provided to your staff and all documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. The chair now recognizes for five minutes for an opening statement. My colleagues, i called for Todays Hearing to discuss the challenge of advancing treatment and cures for neurodegenerative diseases. My constituents, Jamie Perry was diagnosed with als one year ago. As she wrote a letter to me saying with als, a piece of you dies every single day. We are simply asking for a Fighting Chance to live the lives w
The committee, subcommittee members and myself doesnt begin to describe it. I just leaned over and said to the Ranking Member that ive learned something. The week that precedes heading into a major break, i dont think i will ever schedule a hearing again. Because we have absolutely no control over what is going to take place on the floor. So apologies to everyone, especially our witnesses that have flown across the country to be in the room to testify and sitting in a wheelchair waiting. I just you know, ouR Deepest apologies. So now back to where we left off. The chair has the pleasure of recognizing the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. Mullen, for his five minutes of questions. Hes not ready . All right. Well go to dr. Joyce. He is . Mr. Mullen, you need to unmute. Cant hear. I think that we will go to the gentleman from pennsylvania, dr. Joyce, for your five minutes, sir. Thank you for yielding, madame chair. To this panel of witnesses, for your testimony today on a long day, an incredi
Into a major break, i dont think i will ever schedule a hearing again. Because we have absolutely no control over what is going to take place on the floor. So apologies to everyone, especially our witnesses that have flown across the country to be in the room to testify and sitting in a wheelchair waiting. I just you know, our deepest apologies. So now back to where we left off. The chair has the pleasure of recognizing the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. Mullen, for his five minutes of questions. Hes not ready . All right. Well go to dr. Joyce. He is . Mr. Mullen, you need to unmute. Cant hear. I think that we will go to the gentleman from pennsylvania, dr. Joyce, for your five minutes, sir. Thank you for yielding, madame chair. To this panel of witnesses, for your testimony today on a long day, an incredibly important issue. Neurodegenerative diseases devastate the lives of those diagnosed. It impacts their Family Members and all around them. It is critical that we are putting forward t
Children safe and healthy throughout the day. Even before covid, we knew that americans lacked access to childcare. The pandemic has only exacerbated these concerns. Until now, republicans and democrats have consistently worked together to provide additional support for childcare. Prior to the pandemic, congress had doubled funding for the Childcare Block Grant and increased funding for Head Start and preschool develop programs. In the cares act, congress divided muchneeded support for Childcare Providers and essential workers in response to covid, providing an additional 3. 5 billion dollars in funding. Last december, the bipartisan Appropriations Bill provided an additional 10 billion for childcare. Last year, democrats included 40 billion in stabilization grants in a permanent increase in childcare entitlement funding. Let me do the math. In less than 14 months, congress has provided more than 53 billion in new funding for childcare. That is more than the entire annual revenue of th
Stalwarts, Tom Daschle and Trent Lott with us here today for an initial discussion, both thinking back to their own experiences but also what it means for the nation. Yesterday the United States ended its military presence in afghanistan, which raises critical questions about the changing threat environment, which are only compounded by the increased domestic radicalization that our nation is grappling with. And just delighted Susan Page will be leading a discussion with secretary Jay Johnson and Phil Zeliko who can share some thoughts about where the process takes us going forwards. The bipartisan Policy Centers efforts here really began over a decade ago when Tom Kane and lee hamilton, the chairs of the 9 11 commission came to bpc and led a series of discussion groups and recommendations and papers trying to advance the core findings of the 9 11 commission. And i am reminded by todays events that much of our work focused on the fact that there were really two types of recommendations