Obviously is being held remotely. All members and witnesses will participate Via Videoconferencing as part of our hearing microphones will be set on mute to eliminate background noise. Members and witnesses, youre going to have to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. So i just say that as a reminder and as a little housekeeping issue, but please remember to do that. Documents for the record can be sent to megan mullen at the email address we provided to your staff. All documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Lets see, where is the clock on the screen . There it is, okay. In any given year, one in five adults experience a Mental Illness such as depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. But 2020 has been a year like no other. In a recent poll, half of adults report that their Mental Health has been negatively impacted due to the coronavirus. One can only imagine
Congresss role in funding fema and other support. The Bipartisan Policy Center hosted the event. I am so excited to bring you this event today. We have an amazing several panels of speakers. Project thatture buildars said we need to the loss ofreduce property and life and bring down the cost of a Natural Disaster response. Hit, we convened a task force of former state and federal officials who oversee Disaster Recovery and have had to secure overseas and federal funding. Many of the programs are being withd as never before covid. As we saw with the recent hurricane, there has been a lot of attention about how you safely evacuate and safely shelterinplace during a hurricane and still maintain social distance to prevent spread. These are challenges Emergency Managers are facing day in and day out, especially with Hurricane Season having nine named storms since june. I all indications, there will be more. We are joined by a number of folks to talk about these two distinct crises. First, w
We will not take viewers to the bipartisan seminar webinar underway with the impact on Hurricane Evacuation and sheltering. The former fema administrator will begin in just a moment. Oversee, federal funding. Our goal is to harness their collective expertise to inform the instruction around disaster programs. Recent hurricane has been a lot of tension on how do you safely evacuate and shelterinplace during a hurricane and still maintain social distance to prevent further covid spread . These are challenges Emergency Managers are facing day in and day out, especially with Hurricane Season having nine named storms since june. I all indications, there will be more. We are joined by a number of these twoalk about distinct crises. First, we are going to be joined by a democrat from the Virgin Islands. She helped sphere the islands recovery from Hurricane Maria and irma in 2017. She served on the transportation infrastructure committee, where she pushes Critical Infrastructure in the Virgin
Announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning, and welcome to this week. The streets of america have seen protests every night since the killing of george floyd nearly three weeks ago, in cities large and small, from new york to beverly hills, and overnight, a new Police Shooting has drawn outrage in atlanta. I do not believe that this was a justified use of deadly force. The chief of police has resigned. A Police Officer fired. After shooting and killing a black man. Authorities are now reviewing this video of the violent struggle. The shooting sadly not new. Such a Swift Response certainly is. Under pressure society changing fast. The big question, will it last . In new york, in new jersey, Police Chokeholds banned. This is the moment to put forth a real federal reform justice agenda. Louisville, kentucky, passed breonnas law to stop the use of noknock warrants. And those first Police Reforms just one sign of a striking cultural sh
Would be the named the lockdown style stacy. Not only are we all living through the uniquely frightening circumstances of the greatest Health Crisis for 100 years but right no one thought of the population of this planet more than 2000000 people are experiencing some sort of lock down or the strip in social interaction or thumb to emma kelly probably britains best known behavioral psychologist because of her work and Morning Television to tell me what advice can be given to people suffering from these unique circumstances and i welcome to the hour when salmon show face value may occur in a moment or 6 clovelly situation where one 3rd of the planet more than 2000000000 people worldwide engaged in some sort of clumped some sort of lockdown of society a governments struggle to cope with the pandemic importance do the social isolation what particular issues design threw up in terms of Mental Health i hear quite a lot of people saying well the difference between being socially isolated and