Neuropsychology childrens medical hospital. Not quite up to the level of university of nebraska, we have the harvard medical school. Thats just humor. Professor yeah. Professor of psychiatry and radiology at brigham and Womens Hospital harvard medical school. Thank you for being here for a very impressive and esteemed panel of scientist and experts. Mr. Cleland, youll start. Youre recognized for your five minutes. The green light is on. Is that better . Thank you. Im richard cleland, im assistant director of advertising practices at federal trade commissions, bureau of consumer protection. Im pleased to have this opportunity to provide information about the actions weve taken over the past few years with respect to concussion protection claims, claims that implicate Serious Health concerns, those potentially affecting children and young adults are always a high priority at the commission. The commission strives to protect consumers using a variety of means. First and foremost the agenc
And how best to go about changing our game to reflect that. So thats how we ended up adding creating a unified concussion protocol and returntoplay protocol for our sideline. Thats how we ended up with additional concussion experts on the sideline. This is based on the advice of outsiders who tell us this is the best way to handle your players, this is the best way to treat the game, and if you want a culture of safety, this is what you would do. We followed their advice strictly and meet with them very frequently. I noticed your title is Senior Vice President of health and safety policy. Is that position thats got to be a position that didnt exist 20 years ago. It did not exist 20 years ago. Im proud to be in that role. Its an exciting one. I know this hearing is on concussions, but since youre here, i got to ask you one other question that may be a little different topic. Over the last few years, ive communicated with the nfl about my concerns about the issue of Human Growth Hormone
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That is where ukrainians go. Im not an economist, so i have no idea how to go about doing that. I hope somebody does, but that seems to me to be a longterm challenge. Not just the economy, but also the governance as well. [applause] i will stop there. Thank you. We have some time for discussion. I invite questions. Please keep them brief. Please identify yourself. Hi, i am from georgetown university. Do you think the current actions will have some impact in future years . What about fiscal year 2016 . For the u. S. Yesfor the u. S. Im sure it will. I do not know how. I am not a u. S. Defense expert. I know that there are people in the pentagon and various regional commands that are thinking about russia that have not been thinking about russia for a while. I am sure that will translate into structure and planning and so forth. It is hard to tell. There are no numbers yet. I am Vice President of George Washington university. I am a ukrainianamerican. I want to complement the panel. This