Clerk mr. President , you vid have a quorum. President yee okay. Thank you, please place your right hand over your heart for the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] if. President yee all right. Thank you. On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv, karina mendoza, who records each of the meetings and makes each of them available online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes. The minutes of this meeting will reflect that during the covid19 Health Emergency, Board Members participated in this meeting remotely through Video Conference to the same extent as though physically present. The board recognizes that Public Access to City Services is essential and certainly more acute during this time of covid19. Therefore, we hope that members of the public are able to take advantage of the following opportunities to be able to communicate with the board of supervisors or to be able to access this meeting and participate remotely. We are happy
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
Posted 70 decline in operating profit the ecb urges banks to maintain the band on dividend payouts until the start of next year adding remuneration should also be mod rated speaking to the chair later on cnbc a trillion new stimulus plan puts republicans on a collision course over cuts to Unemployment Benefits saying america has 1 foot in the pandemic and 1 foot in the recovery the senate have been consulting to come up with a realistic proposal with what we think is an appropriate amount of Additional Debt to be added to the economy at this time. A warm welcome to street signs, everybody. One of the biggest movers this morning is in the auto space the psa group has fallen to 84 . The french carmaker said it will maintain 4. 5 operating target predicts a large rebound nor the second half of the year. Lets get to charlotte with more psa shares reacting very well to this set of results. What is so encouraging that we heard this morning good morning. You said it is all about the margins a
And make sure that they get exactly what they need. The chair would like to recognize the gentleman from oregon, mister schrader. Is he available . Not seeing or hearing him. The chair recognizes Mister Kennedy. Mister kennedy available . Not in his chair. Then the chair will recognize thegentleman from New Hampshire , miss custer or five minutes of questions. You need to unmute. You. Thank you very much. Thank you madam chair. I appreciate this hearing and i appreciate the opportunity to address you on this important issue. Here in New Hampshire weve had a dramatic increase. Depression, anxiety, trauma and grief as a result of covid and we are struggling as well with changes to the Economic Impact on our Healthcare Providers particularly Mental Health providers. 83 percent of small and large groups Substance Abuse providers have described what is a Financial Hardship as a result of covid and 48 percent of those providers have had to cancel income generating events while 74 percent hav
Implement the revised medical screening proceediers, and the improper expenditure of emergency funds appropriated by congress for the care of migrants. In december, two children died in custody. A sevenyearold girl named jacqueline and an 8yearold boy named felipe. Last year another three children died in custody or shortly after being released. On january 4th, 2019, i sent a letter to the department of Homeland Security requesting documents relating to the deaths in 2018. After they failed to produce all documents responsive and in november and they keep my of the communicating requested in my letter ten months prior. The expecter Generals Office issued two one page sum mum rars. But the questions were left with more questions than answers. Earlier this year i sent a l letter to the expecter general. My entire letter is available on the committees wps. Among the concerns i raised were the following. They say there was no malfeasance or misconduct by dhs personnel. It was unclear why t