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Of our native communities. As part of our hearing, microphones will be set on mute. Members and witnesses, you will need to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. Documents can be sent to rebecca at the email address weve provided. And all documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. I recognize myself for five minutes for an opening statement. Let me find that, now that ive said that. I believe that todays hearing is long overdue. Day after day, our nations tribal communities are suffering inequality, unequal access to Drinking Water, energy grid, broadband, and other problems that have created unnecessary hardship and turmoil. And covid19 is exacerbating the existing problems now. And the Navajo Nation has seen rates higher than wuhan, china, during the height of the pandemic. And weve heard repeatedly about the struggles of the na ....
Provided and into the record to the conclusion of the hearing. I recognize myself for 5 minutes for Opening Statements. Let me find my Opening Statement here. I believe this hearing is long overdue. Suffering terrible inequalities. Unreliable access to the energy grid, little or no broadband connectivity, and reliable funds for the federal government and other systematic problems that created unnecessary hardship and turmoil and covid19 is exacerbating these long existing problems. One third of tribal members are at high risk of serious covid19 complications due to Underlying Health factors and Navajo Nation has seen higher infection rates than those in china at the peak of the pandemic. Despite this stark reality the impact of covid19 on tribal communities, ....
Need to be ready for anything. Comcast supports cspan as a Public Service along with these other Television Providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. , cup, the joint Economic Committees testimony on Economic Impact of diabetes. During the hearing, medical experts and policy advocates addressed the rise in diabetes diagnosis, the need for increased access to healthcare and the link between diabetes and obesity. Witnesses also outlined the federal governments role in combating diabetes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] shall be give this hearing a start . For this joint economic hearing i actually have 2 give senator heinrich and the entire team, democrat and republican staff, has been in discussion for quite a while. As we loo ....
Combating diabetes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] shall be give this hearing a start . For this joint economic hearing i actually have 2 give senator heinrich and the entire team, democrat and republican staff, has been in discussion for quite a while. As we look at the Health Statistics of the nation, particularly diabetes, its cost to society not just in healthcare costs, but in so many of our brothers and sisters that just have misery. Where this partially came from is 2 or 3 years ago we were doing a weird experiment. Whats the real cause of income inequality in america . And yes, we saw education, we saw other things but the one thing we werent prepared to see was health. The numbers of folks, hate to use the economic term, that had real Health Issues, the number of it was diabetes and so we have spent almost two years digging around in the litera ....
The Native Urban Elder Needs Assessment Survey is the first attempt to provide a nationwide snapshot of the health of older Native Americans living in urban areas. ....