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The purpose of the test is to assess how well the EAS can alert the public during certain national emergencies. Although the FCC and FEMA are taking steps to ensure that everyone has access to announcements made during the test, some people watching cable television (as well as some others) may receive only an audio (not a visual) notice that this is a test. The FCC and FEMA want to make consumers aware of the test so that they understand that this is only a test and that there is no real emergency.
October 27, 2011
Washington-- Ranking Member Doggett questioned witnesses, including Jonathan M. Stein of Community Legal Services of Philadelphia about exactly how damaging it could be to families with disabled children if we were to cut their SSI benefits.
"Mr. Chairman, the objective that you mention in your opening statement of helping families deal with these great challenges that they encounter with a child, or children, with disabilities is a shared goal that we have. I also welcome efforts to ensure the effective and efficient administration of the Supplemental Security Income – or SSI – program. This is a goal that we share. It is one of the reasons that Mr. Neal and others joined to ask the Government Accountability Office to take a look at the reports that were raised by this Boston Globe Study. <?xml:namespace prefix = o>
"Mr. Chairman, the objective that you mention in your opening statement of helping families deal with these great challenges that they encounter with a child, or children, with disabilities is a shared goal that we have. I also welcome efforts to ensure the effective and efficient administration of the Supplemental Security Income – or SSI – program. This is a goal that we share. It is one of the reasons that Mr. Neal and others joined to ask the Government Accountability Office to take a look at the reports that were raised by this Boston Globe Study. <?xml:namespace prefix = o>
"Blackmarket cigarettes are robbing our coffers of a critical revenue source that weneed to pay for vital domestic programs like health insurance for children," said Senator Lautenberg. "By stoppingthe sale of illegal cigarettes at below-market prices, we can reduce smokingand fight tobacco-related diseases."
October 13, 2011
October 13, 2011