Just come on into the conversation if you like. What im hearing is that we actually have pretty much consensus on item number 1. Item number 2, i feel there is a pathway there. Item number 3, i believe it will take more work with the Sheriffs Department. As a board member, we dont have the authority to actually change the rules and procedures within the electronic monitoring in the Sheriffs Department, but we can actually help facilitate a conversation that we reach a consensus and agreement on how we can better serve those people, those clients we are serving. I think these three recommendations brought forth is an attempt to do that. Before we go any further and we lose some of our Public Commenters, i would like to open this up for Public Comment on items number one and two. Can you see how many speakers we have in the queue . My apologies everyone that this hearing has gone on for such a long time, but as i said, that we have continued this item, i think five times. I felt like we
But generally language. This hits me and they go but you need to in truck loads of say you want to do their story. Its her fighting and reliable information for margaret. This week well story. Questions about house and iconic but in doms old white baby in caps our living nightmare for my kids but we begin in prague in 1909 true thousands of east german soldiers refuge in the west German Embassy that they were finally allowed to travel to the west it was the beginning of the end of east germany. A journey back in time. 30 years ago hill much sand was traveling in a train just like this one. And its like reliving it all over again. Back then sunder was one of thousands of refugees fleeing east germany they travelled in special trains from prague to the west but to get there they had to pass through east german territory where they feared theyd be arrested. In order to keep memories of those journeys alive some of the people who made those trips then doing it again. They all left east ger
Chair Sanders Senate committee on health, education, labor, and pensions will come to order. And were delighted to welcome our panelists who were going to hear from in a few minutes. Let me begin by telling everybody what they already know and that is it is no great secret that in America Today we have a Mental Health crisis and that crisis has been exacerbated by the horrific covid pandemic, which we have experienced. And this is a crisis that has hit all of us, but i think especially the younger generation. In America Today, 40 of parents report being either very or extremely worried that their child is struggling with anxiety or depression. According to a recent survey by the centers for disease control, nearly one out of every three teenagers in america reported that the state of their Mental Health was poor. Two out of every five teenagers felt persistently sad or hopeless. And tragically one out of every five teenagers in our country have seriously considered suicide. How frighte
System and what the options are to fix it if you can find on my person policy. Org. Today were here with steve and carried them so lucky to be joined by them because they are both people who i have long admired it is so secure the policy space. Very few people who know more about the program and the two of david vitter working on it for a number of years. What i love about both of them is that they are walks at heart and actuaries of the mind, and so you can ask of what percent do i need to increase the payroll tax by in order to solve half of the substituted problems . They will give you the answer like that. But if they tried really, really hard they condemn it down enough for the rest of us so we can actually understand whats going on in this policy issue. You can find their full bios in the package that you have but steve is a chief actuary, has been for many years at the Social Security administration. He is responsible for scoring all of the proposals that members of congress, ou
General motors vehicle. This badly designed combination of metal and plastic has ruined so many lives now. The process of putting a dollar value on a human life begins. Today is the first day victims of families can submit applications for payment. Joining me now kenneth feinberg, running the gm Victims Compensation fund. Today is your first day accepting claims. Plaintiffs attorneys expect several claims to be made today. How many claims will you get . You never know, sheer speculation as to how many lawyers and claimants have the time today, the first day that the claim forms are available to fill them out and send them into me. What we do know based on history, 9 11, bp, we get a spike of claims in the first month of the program, and then another spike probably in december. The last month of the program. So well have to wait and see what comes in the door. Gerri certainly, gm itself set aside 400 million for the purpose of compensating victims, thats what they said publicly. What do