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
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
government with different culture were merged to a new department. in the early days at the department, the focus of both the administration and congress was moving quickly to prevent another 9/11-type attack on the homeland. management took a backseat to the effort. the dhs confirmed the fact when he testified before the committee last year. the management got shortchanged in the early days. it s taken years to dig out but the lack of the strong foundation left. that said, i want to give credit where credit is due. gao s recent report confirms there s considerable progress at the department. and integrating the departments and overlaying the component. the latest high-risk report includes fair amount of good news. because gao acknowledges the progress and narrowed the area on the high-risk list. the department deserves credit for the detailed plan to address all of gao s concerns and high-risk report, which i believe is unique among all the agencies on the high-risk list. i
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all of the people who work with you in the department of homeland security, and by extension, to all of the people in the securities sector of our government, military intelligence, who performed so brilliantly and bravely and together to bring about the extraordinary result that was achieved. on sunday in pakistan. the teamwork that was so pervasive in the successful assault on that compound in pakistan is precisely what this committee hoped for when we worked so hard first to establish the department of homeland security in 2002 after 9/11 and then to introduce and bring forth the legislation that created the 9/11 commission, and then to consider in two phases and advanced through the committee and ultimately to enact the recommendations of the 9/11 commission, reforming the intelligence community. i think all of us are both very grateful and very pro of the work that was done, and since this is the first opportunity i have had to see you in public, i wanted to thank you an