Good amp, i call this hearing of the u. S. Senate committee on agriculture, nutrition, forestry to order. A couple of notes. There is a vote scheduled for 3 00. Well proceed and just ask members to go vote and come back if youve not yet asked your questions. And also, im told that the only ones that control turning on the mics are ourselves in this system. Staff cant do that. So please push talk when you want to talk and then turn it off unless you want everybody else to hear what youre saying after you talked. So thank you. First i want to thank members of the committee on both sides of the aisle who have requested that we have this important hearing. Were going to focus specifically on our Cattle Markets today. Many of us have heard from producers concerned with a lack of Transparency And Competition. These farmers and ranchers also raise concerns about concentration in the Packing Industry. Potential Market Manipulations. Lack of access to small and mid size plants and a range of ot
Hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] welcome, everybody. Senator Heights Math will be joining us momentarily, but i will start with an Opening Statement and then turn it over to Senator Highsmith and our witness, the Inspector General from the Postal Service. I want to welcome the Inspector General and United States Post Office whos going to testify today on the offices fiscal year 2022 Budget Request. I also want to welcome the members of the panel for todays hearing who will discuss some of the Service Delivery issues they have encountered with the Post Office. They are a member of the national federation of the blind, Brian Mclaurin a postal Worker And Member of the american postal Workers Union and Karen Myers a small Business Owner. Thank you all for joining us today. The United States postal Service Office of Inspector General is an independent Oversight Organization Operating within the Postal Service. While the subcommittee appropriates funds for the postal ig, the funds
Veterans Affairs Committee to testify on modernizing that these electronic Health Records system. The hearing also included the a Deputy Inspector general David Case answering questions about recent report outlining issues with the new systems of implementation. This is just under two hours. If my memory serves me correct weve got another boat yet to vote on and votes in a bit . The second most used called i just voted on. Great. I havent. So since i already know what he said since since of righty i may leave. [laughing] you read every word. If you can pull that off that would be great. [inaudible] you did say that . Okay. The commerce v. A. Hearing to order. Good afternoon. I want to thank you all for being a today, and special thank you to the secretary of the v. A. , thanks for being here, Secretary Mcdonough. Nearly nine months ago the v. A. Rolled out its new electronic Health Record. At the time v. A. Officials describe the rollout as flawless. Former secretary said it was revolu
If you can pull that off that would be great. [inaudible] you did say that . Okay. The commerce v. A. Hearing to order. Good afternoon. I want to thank you all for being a today, and special thank you to the secretary of the v. A. , thanks for being here, Secretary Mcdonough. Nearly nine months ago the v. A. Rolled out its new electronic Health Record. At the time v. A. Officials describe the rollout as flawless. Former secretary said it was revolutionary. Boasted that we just pulled off the most expensive i. T. Program in government history. He said we only heard crickets because critics from the critics because it had gone so well. Well guess what. Since a lot of the statements were made were hearing from v. A. Medical staff or demoralized by new system that is making their job far more difficult. We are hearing from gao prior to the launch last october which i might point out was right before the election, v. A. Had not result of the critical and high Severity Test findings that cou
Hours. If my memory serves me correct weve got another boat yet to vote on and votes in a bit . The second most used called i just voted on. Great. I havent. So since i already know what he said since since of righty i may leave. [laughing] you read every word. If you can pull that off that would be great. [inaudible] you did say that . Okay. The commerce v. A. Hearing to order. Good afternoon. I want to thank you all for being a today, and special thank you to the secretary of the v. A. , thanks for being here, Secretary Mcdonough. Nearly nine months ago the v. A. Rolled out its new electronic Health Record. At the time v. A. Officials describe the rollout as flawless. Former secretary said it was revolutionary. Boasted that we just pulled off the most expensive i. T. Program in government history. He said we only heard crickets because critics from the critics because it had gone so well. Well guess what. Since a lot of the statements were made were hearing from v. A. Medical staff o