so thank you so much for your work. >> chairwoman: thank you so much, member ledbetter. i believe this plan has incorporated a lot of what we discussed. i believe we need to bring that liaison structure back, but the things have shifted with our committee, in terms of our work going forward, so this is a living document. and i think the team has tried to be response supervise to some of the things we've brought forward, but, of course, we can amend as needed. this is not going to be voted on today. this is just kind of introducing our thinking and building out that work plan. i really appreciate your comments, and we'll keep working at it. so i'm going to vice chair deantonio and then member friedenbach. >> thank you so much, jesse. i think this is a great canvas for us to layer on, is how i see it. just like -- okay, some thoughts: i would like there to be a slide. it is easier for me to visualize with seeing all of the timelines align together, to see the different components that will be worked on in the same timeframe. i guess if we could elaborate and add administra

so thank you so much for your work. >> chairwoman: thank you so much, member ledbetter. i believe this plan has incorporated a lot of what we discussed. i believe we need to bring that liaison structure back, but the things have shifted with our committee, in terms of our work going forward, so this is a living document. and i think the team has tried to be response supervise to some of the things we've brought forward, but, of course, we can amend as needed. this is not going to be voted on today. this is just kind of introducing our thinking and building out that work plan. i really appreciate your comments, and we'll keep working at it. so i'm going to vice chair deantonio and then member friedenbach. >> thank you so much, jesse. i think this is a great canvas for us to layer on, is how i see it. just like -- okay, some thoughts: i would like there to be a slide. it is easier for me to visualize with seeing all of the timelines align together, to see the different components that will be worked on in the same timeframe. i guess if we could elaborate and add administra

irwin ledbetter from columbia university.thank you for being with us this morning with this breaking news that's developing. we're going to keep an eye and keep up the new york city mayor's news conference in case he takes questions. doctor, your reaction to what we're seeing in the biggest city in the country, a city that is often the pace setter for other urban areas nationwide. >> yes, hallie, i could not be more supportive of the mayor's announcement and what is being planned here. this has been a sticking point in our ability to get control over this pandemic. it would be great if the federal government was capable of saying not just federal employees need to be vaccinated but everybody needed to be, and we needed to have a mandate some sort of passport situation. that's not possible in our federalist society and those decisions are up to state and local authorities and they're also up to local businesses, and organizations and universities to say you want to come into our event or program, you must be vaccinated. i thin

i see member ledbetter's hand is raised as well? >> no. sorry. >> chairwoman: all right. any other questions or comments from the committee? i guess i had a -- sort of a comment question for, like, future presentations. if we could have it broken down a little more granular to see who is going to receive the funds or how many people will be served using those funds. it will be helpful for those who are not following this on a day-to-day basis. >> if i may harken back to dan's presentation -- >> chairwoman: yeah, please. >> i will be leave the community engagement processes for h.s.h. as we move forward with these really exciting acquisitions. and dan had a quick slide about the community meetings, but i wanted to extend a formal invitation for you all to attend any of those four upcoming meetings. i can make sure you get fliers, as well, so you can make them available to your communities, organizations, or whoever you pick. >> chairwoman: that's great. i think we really appreciate that, and if there is a way to -- i know that more than four members can attend, so if we ca