Substantial commitments. We made five years to the Domestic Violence hot line. What is the amount of those commitments . I think its 4 to 5 million a year. You have made a commitment to the national Domestic Violence hot line. Would you be willing to make commitments of the same or comparable size to other organizations that do similar kinds of work . I cannot make that commitment today. Who can make that commitment . I want to make sure were trying to get the rest of the members in, so your time is expired. Who can make that commitment . Thats something we discuss with our entire team. Who are those leading organizations, the organizations at grass root level that need the support to support our families, to support nfl personnel. So thats a collective decision that was made for us to support the national Domestic Violence hot line and the National Sexual assault resource center. Thank you very much. Senator booker . I just want to thank the Ranking Member for we should be revisiting
Can already do with their existing authorities, the nfl mind on that, and what must be the subject of new bargaining which may be more popular with some than others. I also want to be clear the problem of Domestic Violence in is not anal sports problem unique to the nfl. The nfl has made most of the months, bothrecent for shocking and high profile leagues and for the controversial response. All of the professional Sports Leagues represented here today, problem with a athletes or employees who have committed violent criminal acts. All of them. I can give them to you if you try to deny it. Until recently, the leagues good. S have not been there is a long list of players in the nfl, the nba, the nhl, and Major League Baseball who have been charged with and in of domesticonvicted violence and the leagues have nothing in or response. Press has reported that a culture of silence within the leagues often prevents victims from reporting their abuse to Law Enforcement. Change. To there are reas
And so individuals have told me as spouses, that they have gone out, sought fulltime employment and again passed over that salary to the respite person. Thats the sort of painful pressure under which individuals and couples, families are living. Many have chosen to keep their loved ones at home. There are issues of safety, economic duress, and certainly our system has to respond to that. So the sooner we set our sights on a cure, on funding thats adequate and effective for reserge purposes and for developing the responsiveness of the medical teams out there, via perhaps pharmaceutical assistance and development there, the better our Economic Situation will be in regard to these struggles system of heres a chance for congress to respond in very magnanimous terms that will allow us to state cumulatively that we get it. That were there in an order of compassion, that we understand its about a dignity factor, its about quality of life, its about providing hope to situations that may be ren
Is being recalled because of to personnelly deadly airbags. Thats 34 million vehicles, the largest auto recall in u. S. History. The airba blamed for five deaths and more than 100 injuries. They were made by japans takata corporation, and heres jeff glor. Up until now takata has refused to acknowledge that their airbags are defective. That changes today. Reporter after months of prodding transportation secretary anthony foxx said takata finally gave in, agreeing to this recordsetting recall. The national Highway Traffic Safety Administration believes that moisture from humidity leaks into the airbags inflater, changing the properties of the chemical used to inflate the bags. When this happens the explosive force can rupture the metal casing sending shrapnel flying through the vehicle. Why this is happening officially is still not clear. Takata still has not identified the root cause of the defect, but we cannot let that delay our actions that were taking today. I get more anxiety than
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