dr. graham: my name is wendy graham. i'm a professor and director of the water institute at university of florida. a very interesting place, hydrologically. there's a lot of freshwater and a lot of people and a lot of land-use changes going on. well, the largest user of water in this region of florida is agriculture. and, in fact, in florida, in general, the largest user of freshwater is agriculture. but public water supply is a close second, and, in the not too distant future, i'm sure will catch up and overtake agriculture as the major user. i grew up in the bahamas. we lived on a little island, and we had our well here, and then we had our septic tank here. and that proximity i always found kind of fascinating. and i'd spent most of my time out of doors. there weren't a lot of indoor distractions -- very few movie theaters, no shopping malls. so we spent our fridays and saturdays on sailboats in the ocean. and then we'd get home to shower, and the water would be off 'cause we only had water from 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 in t

dr. robert graham at the institutes of medicine. dennis, center for brain biology and behavior at the aimed university of nebraska and think you. then dr. james johnson, assistant professor at the department of neurosurgery at the university of alabama birmingham. star of screen. professor of atomic, manipulator -- binoculars and atomic physics. a phd division of chief neuropsychology, children's medical hospital. and not quite up to the level of university of nebraska we have the harvard medical school. that is just humor. a professor of psychiatry and radiology at brigham and women's hospital harvard medical school. thank you for being here for a very impressive and esteemed panel a scientists and experts. we will start. your now recognize for your -- you are now recognized for your five minutes. >> the green light is on. is it better? i am the assistant director for the division of advertising practices at the federal trade commission's bureau of protection. i am pleased at this opportunity to provide information about the actions

dr. robert graham at the institutes of medicine. nnis, center for brain biology and behavior at the aimed university of nebraska and think you. then dr. james johnson, assistant professor at the department of neurosurgery at the university of alabama birmingham. star of screen. professor of atomic, manipulator -- binoculars and atomic physics. a phd division of chief neuropsychology, children's medical hospital. and not quite up to the level of university of nebraska we have the harvard medical school. that is just humor. a professor of psychiatry and radiology at brigham and women's hospital harvard medical school. thank you for being here for a very impressive and esteemed panel a scientists and experts. we will start. your now recognize for your -- you are now recognized for your five minutes. >> the green light is on. is it better? i am the assistant director for the division of advertising practices at the federal trade commission's bureau of protection. i am pleased at this opportunity to provide information about the actions w

dr graham benerman appreciate you joining us. >> turning to venezuela, where president nicolas maduro is using every branch of his government to crackdown on the potential. the supreme court wednesday sentenced the mayor, the si where the protest began to a year in gaol for failing to remove barricades put up by activists. he went on television to announce the arrest of three generals he said were plotting a coup, and that was followed by a vow of support for the president by the military. and a seat and immunity from prosecution occurred to an opposition. the person was blunt about what she was up against. >> can you fight this measure from within the congress itself? >> it's important to understand what is going on in venezuela. there's no independence of power whatsoever. no respect for the rule of law. speech. >> joining us now from san diego california is ambassador charles chapero serving as ambassador for venezuela in 2002 to 2004. good of you to join us. you wrote since chavez took over he blamed the u.s. for working against it. nicolas maduro says the u.s. is behind the prote

dr. graham, you're recognized for five minutes. >> my name is bob graham.erved as the chair of the institute of medicine sports related concussions and youth study. youhave my testimony before and copies of the study. i will take these minutes to give you a summary. the institute of medicine is part of the national academy of sciences, chartered by congress to provide advice to congress and the executive on various scientific issues. we were specifically impaneled to look at the evidence about the causes and consequences of concussion in youth and military, the state of most -- concussion diagnosis and management, the role of protective equipment, and sports regulation. we had 17 members on our committee. we worked in 2013. dr. molfese was a member of the committee. we came with six recommendations. the first was the cdc needed to establish a better mechanism for national surveillance to comprehensively capture the incidence of concussions. we you -- you heard a number of figures in one sport or another. we know where they are measured. we do not know the i

dr. graham, does that make sense? >> whether or not the horse collar would have that effect, i don't know. our committee was based truly on science and reviewing the literature. i think the principle is you want to find ways to minimize the linear and rotational forces that come into effect with a blow to the head. whether you can do that by equipment, by change in play, that is what you have to do to decrease the incidence of concussion. >> thank you. i only have 11 seconds left. i will recognize my ranking member. >> in addition to the science, so much talk has been about culture. it seems that is very important. a change in the culture means not only managing head injuries alsothey occur, but encouraging safer play to reduce the risk of injuries. mr. heaton, you spoke about the need to change the win at all costs attitude among players and coaches. what would you tell teams to help them change that attitude? >> thank you. coaches toourage the stress this as much as possible, as well as the parents. and coaches and

ruth graham bell, the wife of dr. billy graham, in the 1970's made a profound statement.aid 40 years ago if god does not bring fiery judgment on america, he will have to apologize to sodom and gomorrah. she said that a long time ago. i hope we repent before we ever have to receive his fiery judgment. i know that he is. i believe that a nation that can remember him as a nation that will be remembered by him. no other way to explain our history other than by his hand of providence. i hope that is something americans are never ashamed of and afraid to speak. no, it is not politically correct and embraced by those who control to mecca farms. in the hearts of most americans, we know it to be true. i know there is not one country on this planet with whom we have a better relationship today than we did five years ago. for all of the bluster our president gave telling us how he would play the flute and the snakes would be charmed, the snakes are running all over the world. there is not one country anywhere with whom we have a better relationship than we did before. that is not wh

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dr. billy graham, in his recent book, talks about the christian responsibility to spare one's family from impossible decisions like that. that it's the christian responsibility to have that conversation in advance, execute the appropriate papers, and make sure nobody has to guess about whether a loved one wants to be in an i.c.u. or at home. dr. bill frist, fellow tennessean of my friend, dr. roe, had an op-ed in politico a few months ago, talking about his experience. dr. frist was former republican majority leader in the senate. but he's also a respected physician. may i have another minute? mr. mcdermott: i yield an additional minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. blumenauer: he's also a respected heart surgeon who's faced families in this circumstance and he he knows that they need information, they need help, and that their wishes need to be respected. now, maybe, instead of repealing obamacare the 51st or 58th or the 100th time, legislation that's not going to go any place, maybe we could take a little bit of a time-out and consider the legislation that d

commentators as diverse as billy graham and dr. bill frist have spoken out eloquently for the need for all of us to spare our loved ones. this is an interesting test for congress. can we take steps that are supported by over 90% of the population, that will lead to better patient care and satisfaction that empowers families to face medical emergencies the way they want? this is, it should be noted, not for someone that's just elderly with a terminal disease. any of the bright young people on capitol hill, living away from home perhaps for the first time, perhaps with some friends, they can fall and suffer a concussion, slipping on the ice or in a soccer game or in a car accident. what have we done on capitol hill to make sure we know in each office who speaks for us and our staff if we're no longer able? one simple solution is to support h.r. 1173, a bipartisan bill co-sponsored by over 50 members that dr. phil roe and i have introduced. it would pay tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of dollars towards operations, finally pa

dr. billy graham, in his recent book, talks about the christian responsibility to spare one's family from impossible decisions like that. that it's the christian responsibility to have that conversation in advance, execute the appropriate papers, and make sure nobody has to guess about whether a loved one wants to be in an i.c.u. or at home. dr. bill frist, fellow tennessean of my friend, dr. roe, had an op-ed in politico a few months ago, talking about his experience. dr. frist was former republican majority leader in the senate. but he's also a respected physician. may i have another minute? mr. mcdermott: i yield an additional minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. blumenauer: he's also a respected heart surgeon who's faced families in this circumstance and he he knows that they need information, they need help, and that their wishes need to be respected. now, maybe, instead of repealing obamacare the 51st or 58th or the 100th time, legislation that's not going to go any place, maybe we could take a little bit of a time-out and consider the legislation that d

dr. for 5 minutes and after this we'll proceeded to public comment >> good afternoon supervisor wiener and supervisor kim and supervisor cowen. i guess you know who i am already from mr. graham. i really have to dismiss it 60 thousand space we ran up a lot of expenses legally to protect our property because mr. grants submitted a survey which encroached our property by 15 inches. his building is only 23 feet 10 inches wide. i begin by he representing our group and i have my colleague here to answer questions. my wife and i have would go there since 1975. we said we would set out of the from a and let the neighbors handle it and the requests was for 2 hundred thousand that fizzed out when we were asked to support of the driveway >> can you speak closer. we actually, my wife asked for 2 hundred thousand >> 2 hundred what. >> dollars to answer mr. brands question we were negotiating. we asked we would set out and be neutral and if the neighborhood felt it was great but we would set out >> i'm sorry, i don't follow. >> we were norwalk a $65,000 supplement to have the driveway. >> so you're the neighbor of the property and your reasonable doubtably the negotiations to have the dr