[inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. I welcome our witnesses in person at those appearing distantly. We look forward to the testimony and getting a better understanding of where the department of Veterans Affairs and the thirdparty administrators are in administering the mission act. Also very interested in hearing more today about the caregivers implementation as well. Almost every member of our committee though not physically present at the moment, some are joining us in person and others will be joining us almost every member of the committee will be participating. The focus of todays hearing is the implementation of title i under the mission act by the department of Veterans Affairs, relating to the Veterans Community care program and the program of comprehensive assistance for family caregivers. Io i scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace of mission implementation. While v. A. Officials were invited to part
Unfortunately, disinformation about and distrust in our medical system plays a significant role. Last monday i had the pleasure of speaking with dr. Lena wen, a visiting professor at the George Washington University School of Public Health. She previously served as the Health Commissioner for baltimore, where she led the nations oldest continuously operating Health Department to fight the weed epidemic, improve maternal fight the opioid epidemic, improve maternal and child health. She has been a leading voice for sciencebased policy during the pandemic. We spoke at length about the impacts of covid19 on communities of color in the u. S. [no audio] video to playave here. Thank you so much for joining us. I would like to start off by asking you about data we are seeing in terms of disparities in covid19 infection rates and outcomes for people of color in the United States. First of all, i am glad to join you and thank you for focusing on this critical topic. We know this disease is not a
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A prison sentence for kidnapping. Brazils president downplays the coronavirus once again death toll there passes 150000. At least 8 people have been killed in the latest fighting over the disputed region of nagornokarabakh as a real Officials Say the city of ganja was struck by missiles overnight both. Are accusing each other of violating the cease fire which came into force on saturday the deal allows them to Exchange Prisoners and recover bodies its been heavy fighting in the region for the past 2 weeks so of course all is live for us as a john and judging by the scenes behind you see them as its clear its been a really hard night for residents. Well yes made today around 34 am local again just at the center was it the building right behind me which is a historical one actually from and. Thirtys they tell me the local sound me was hit by Ballistic Missile which is reported to be a torch go un so far we have at least here as reports of 8 civilians killed and more than 40 people who ha
Nigeria dissolves a special police squad accused of brutality after days of angry protests. And spyware concerns how your boss might still be monitoring you while youre working from home. Im joining with the sports its a clash of the tennis titans in paris is rafa nadal faces well no one not just the bitch in the french open final. A fragile ceasefire between armenia and azerbaijan is under threat following reports of attacks from both sides in the conflict over the role no kata buck in fighting has killed at least 8 people theres a search for survivors buried beneath the rubble as any officials to say the 2nd city of ganja was struck by missiles and the early hours of sunday morning military officials in the going to have denied attacking the city saying theyre observing this. Meanwhile armenia is accusing the forces of shelling the regions largest cities to phonic out both sides accuse each other of violating the humanitarian cease fire which came into force on saturday when the deal