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And we are pleased to have three members of the house today to talk about their report and here reactions from notable experts on the programs. But first, and perhaps most importantly, we are going to start outside of washington. And hear from experts in the field of helping lowincome americans moving up. They work in places far removed from the halls of congress about their work has informed some of the ideas contained in the steering committees report. I have a special affinity for these outside of washington experts, as that is where i worked prior to coming to washington. I spent 19 years working in social Service Agencies in the state and city of new york and i have some idea of the dedication, hard and wisdom of people who work in peace programs, and i always love to be among them. So im very pleased to welcome and introduce to you the first panel which features three 3 mef communitybased organizations. First will be owed ....
Death penalty and my name is dale. I teach law at georgetown and to run a Supreme Court practice. We are here to talk about the Death Penalty, where its going and i cant imagine a better group of panelists. Over here is the president of the Southern Center for human rights. You know in my mind the leading Death Penalty litigants in the country. And has been for a number of years traveling throughout the country to bring these cases. He had a big one in the Supreme Court or couple weeks ago ago which may be i will tell you a little bit about that hes been teaching at Yale Law School since 1993 which yesterday was significant because that was my first class on ....
And that food be happy to invite any of you to come to our daily stand up that we do every morning we review the data and take action. Thank you so much. Thank you. Mr. Schatz. Thank you mr. Chairman. I know va is working with dod so that the two can share servicemembers medical records electronically but progress as you know has been slow p. Gao cited the lack of progress is an issue and added va to its 2015 highrisk list. According to gao quote the two departments have engaged in a series of initiatives intended to achieve Electronic Health record interoperability but accomplishment of this goal has been continuously delayed and has yet to be realized. The ongoing lack of Electronic Health records interoperability limits of va clinicians ability to access records and so on. What kind of progress are you going to be making and when can we expect for you to be off of th ....
Those reductions would have these effects. It would cut veterans medical care by 690 million. It would eliminate the funding for four Major Construction projects. This would reduce the va ability to provide additional Outpatient Services and will impact the following projects. The planned rehab therapy building in st. Louis missouri. The initial phase of the alameda california outpatient clinic, construction of the longsought after french california communitybased outpatient clinic. The replacement 155 bed Community Living center in. Center in. , maryland and would eliminate funding for cemetery Expansion Projects in st. Louis portland riverside, bayer month, and pensacola and a new column in alameda at reducing our ability to provide burial honors fo ....
Compliant issues and just what attention is being paid in that area . Mr. Rademaker . Israel is obviously concerned about the Iranian Nuclear program and with good reason. Iran and iranian need leaders have made comments about how israel should be wiped from the face of the earth or wiped off the map of the earth. So for a country like israel thats obviously alarming that you have those kinds of statements coupled with technological activity that seems aimed at producing a Nuclear Weapon which would enable them to do precisely what they are saying they would like to see happen. So the United States has a lot to be worried about and irans other neighbors in the Persian Gulf Region have a lot to be worried about. Israel has a lot to be worried about. Israel is pa ....