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Technical support you can resolve your issues immediately. Under a member unable to be on the committee and subcommittee policy that members remotely remain would not recommend like turning microphone on and off during an in person hearing. Background noise interview member to speak. You unmute your microphone and pause a couple of seconds before speaking so we can hear everything you say. If you wish to be recognize, raise your hand using the race hand function unmute your microphone and asked to be recognized. In order to ensure everything is captured on the lifestream, i asked members pause for two or three beginning to speak. If you wish to have a document inserted into the record, ask for unanimous consent and have your staff email the document to Veterans Affairs during mal male. Gov. Well be putting the repository. Keep in mind you will need to refresh page as it does not automatically update members will rest in order of seniority questioning witnesses today. This will make it
Consulted with the centers for disease. Individuals are at least six feet apart. Theres no room for public to attend in person. Representatives of the press are working as a pool to relay their observations to colleague. The hearing may be watched online. An unedited recording will be available on the website. Witnesses are participating by Video Conference in a onetime exception. Some senators, including the chairman, are participating by Video Conference. Senators, we have been advised may remove masks, talk into the microphone when in the hearing room as they are six feet apart. Im grateful to the roall for t hard work to keep us safe. In our hearing last thursday, i said that all roads back to work and back to school run through testing. What our country has done so far on testing is impressive. Not nearly enough. Over the weekend, senator schumer, the democratic leader, was nice enough to put out a tweet quoting half of what i said. He left out the other half, the impressive part.
Historical associations congressional briefing on historical perspectives of artificial. Im alexandra levy, Communications Manager at the American Store association, and i coordinate the briefings for the they thank you all for taking the time to be today. Im going to provide a little context for what were doing here this morning. The chase congressional briefings program, which dates back to 2005, provides congressional staff, journalists and others in the policy community with the historical background necessary to understand the context. Current legislative concerns. The program rests on the premise that everything has a history and that anyone involved in policies and decisions of any kind, whether in the corporate government or nonprofit worlds, ought to understand how positive hints and policies have shaped the current landscape. Our second premise is it is possible to provide that Historical Context in a manner that is nonpartisan and unencumbered with a particular legislative a
Early on set alzheimers and also appeared before the senate aging committee. The hearing will come to order. Good afternoon. It is my pleasure to convene this afternoons hearing to assess our nations process in combatting alzheimers disease since the enactment of the national alzheimers project app which i co authored with then senator in 2011. I dont need to tell the people in this room what a devastating disease alzheimers is it exacts a tremendous personal and economic toll on the individual and family and authority. In addition to the human suffering it causes. Alzheimers cost the United States 226 billion a year including 153 billion in costs to medicare and medicaid. These will skyrocket as the baby boom generation ages. Already our nations most costly disease alzheimers is projected to cost more than 1. 1 trillion in 2050 if nothing is done to change its current trajectory. Its also one of the leading causes of death. Its the 6th leading cause of death overall and the 5th leadin