Today we are hosting our First Virtual congressional military family summit, and we are excited that all of you have joined us. We would prefer to gather in person. However, this way we have more people than ever that are joining us. So there is an advantage to doing this virtually, and we have a great lineup. We have a great agenda. We just appreciate anyone who has taken the time that is helped organize and going to offer perspectives. Our goal is to make sure that we are knowledgeable and ready to advocate on your behalf. So thank you everyone thats been involved in making this happen. I want to do a special thank you to everyone in georgia and Washington State, the military leaders that have joined us, and military men and women that are currently serving. So a big thank you, a big thank , you to your service. It was great to meet mac. You told me shes in the military because she believes in freedom, and i was just reflecting that when i think about military men and women. I think
Ill go ahead and get us started. Very good. All right. Good morning, everyone. I am Cathy Mcmorris rodgers, and with me is congressman Sanford Bishop. Together we cochair of the congressional military family caucus. Weve been doing this for a number of years. Today we are hosting our First Virtual congressional military family summit, and we are excited that all of you have joined us. We would prefer to gather in person. However, this way we have more people than ever that are joining us. There is an advantage to doing this virtually, and we have a great lineup. Where the great agenda i just appreciate anyone who has taken the time that is helped organize and going to offer perspectives. Our goal is to make sure that we are knowledgeable and ready to advocate on your behalf. Thank you everyone thats been involved in making this happen. I want to do a you to everyone in georgia and Washington State, the military leaders that have joined us, and military men and women that are currently
Grief and purpose. The knock at the door. [inaudible conversations] all right. Welcome. I want to welcome everyone to the Doylestown Book shop. We, the entire staff, are all happy to have you here and its such an honor to host this event. My name is glenda chiles, im the owner of the book shop. Were so happy to be in a community that supports our local businesses as well as our local nonprofits and this is a special one today. So, its my honor to introduce you to the authors of this book. Well start with briryan manion she has supported our families of fallen heroes. Inspired by the character, leadership and sacrifice of her brother, First Lieutenant Travis Manion who made the ultimate sacrifice in iraq on april 29th, 2007. Serving as the president of Travis Manion foundation since 2012, ryan leads a National Movement focused on assisting veterans and families of the fallen to take the next step in their personal journeys and inspiring the next generation of leaders. And in 2015, she r
Happy to have you here in such an honor to host this event. My name is glenda childs, i own the bookshop. We are happy to be in a community that supports our local businesses as well as local nonprofits so this is a special one today so it is my honor to introduce you to the authors of this book. I will start with ryan marion who dedicated her life to supporting the nations military, veterans and families, she was inspired by the character, leadership and sacrifice of her brother, travis, who made the ultimate sacrifice iraq on april 20 ninth 2007. Ryan leads a National Movement focused on assisting veterans and families of the fallen to take the next step in their personal journeys and inspiring the next generation of leaders. In 2015 she received the president s Lifetime Achievement award for volunteer service. In 2016, ryan marion took an official appointment to the remember an explosive committee and for the Advisory Committee at Arlington National cemetery. She also serves as boar
Today to discuss employee morale at the department of Homeland Security. Concerns about morale transcend party, nearly eight years ago my republican colleagues on this Committee Held a hearing on the same subject. Today, the subject of the hearing coincided with a recently released best places to work in the government rankings released by the partnership for public service. Unfortunately, the results indicate a strong need for improvement. This, year as has been the case since 2012, the dhs ranked last out of all large federal agencies. They also rank last out of the seven National Security agencies. I am particularly concerned by the fact that after a few years of minor improvements and government raul, in 2019, employee morale at the dhs decreased again. Given the Critical Mission of the department, i fear the consequences should the department not take urgent. And drastic action to improve employee morale, well have greater challenge to face. I also worry about this environment aff