Concerns about the diagnosis and treatment of some Service Members traumatic brain injuries from iraq and afghanistan. Why a whistleblower decided to speak up. And a new mission for veterans, how a former marine is giving fellow vets a sense of purpose by offering them a chance to make a difference in disaster zones. But first, heres tie eyeopener. Its your world in 90 seconds. The news of the vaccine should not get people to say that we dont need to continue to do the Public Health measures. More than 60,000 americans in the hospital, sick with covid. The most ever since the start of the pandemic. I just think its an embarrassment. Biden slamming President Trump for refusing to accept defeat. You said there will be a smooth transition to a second Trump Administration. Were you being serious there . Well see what the people ultimately decide when all the votes have been cast. The Supreme Court signalled their unlikely to strike down the aca in its entirety. This doesnt need to be a par
Questions with 60 seconds to respond and in many cases josh or i will likely follow up with a question or point of clarification which will get 30 additional seconds. In the case of a direct attack on a candidate that person will be given 30 seconds to respond. Also id like to strongly discourage our candidates today from interrupting each other. Our candidates are incumbent republican governor chris sununu running for a third term. Hes a former executive counselor. Welcome back to the exchange. Retreading. Thanks so much. Also with us didnt credit delbene dan feltes, state senator from concord and the Senate Majority leader and senator feltes thank you for your time. Will start with the 60second Opening Statements and go in alphabetical order so senator feltes you first. Thats where i come from a workingclass family. Its an honor to be here with all of you. I come of a family my dad worked at a furniture factory 45 years, same one doing the same job day in and day out for 45 years. My
Agenda item up to two minutes and be in a quiet location and speak clearly and slowly and mute computers or radio. Item 1, call to order roll call. Director tsen. Here. Director dunlop . Perhaps you have unmute. Sounds like hes having an issue with his tablet. If hes in the meeting he can see it. Go to the upper left hand corner of the screen theres a circle with an i that says event information and at the bottom theres an attendee i. D. If you dial in and enter that attendee i. D. When prompted you should be able to access the meeting by audio and hopefully it will merge with your panelist i. D. As well. Can staff people perhaps phone him or text him. If he cannot join by video can he join by phone . Yes, theres instructions i just gave where he can use audio to dial into the meeting as a panelist but in order to do that he has to be in the meeting to access the unique attendee i. D. Otherwise hell call in but hell end up as an attendee and appear as a callin user like the public. Tho
And allowing the government to negotiate medication Prescription Drug prices. And for residents and homers to stay in their homes during the pandemic. Live coverage of the house. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God, thank you for giving us another day. Those who omfort suffer from coronavirus. Healing. Bless and comfort those who mourn the loss of loved ones in wake of covid19. Psalmist, we turn to you. Have mercy upon us, o god, for treated harshly. Harshly all t us the day. Attackers. Re our almost high when we are afraid place our trust. We praise the word of god. Not fear. N god and do all the day our enemies foil our plans. Their every thought is of evil against us. Lie in wait for our lives. Our threats are many, o god. Unrest in Police Reform, aggressive russian and policies, a struggling economy. Our time of need. Bless the peoples house and may that is done be for your amen. R honor a
Witnesses. The director of defense and Suicide Prevention office for the office of forest resiliency in the department of defense, the acting director of Suicide Prevention program at the department of Veterans Affairs, the Suicide Prevention branch chief at the center for Mental Health services and Substance Abuse at the department of and a and Human Services family professor of Health Care Policy, department of Health Care Policy at the harvard medical school. Thank you all for being here and we are sorry that we are a bit late. Our topic today is a heavy one. Its one that is difficult to discuss. We must address it to ensure the readiness and wellbeing of our troops, their families and veterans. Suicide is a homefront threat to Service Members and veterans. Tragically, rates of suicide for active duty Service Members and veteran populations have increased in the latest reports, particularly affecting young men under 30 who make up nearly half the military. Veteran suicide is a natio