mr. jeff miller, senior vice president player health and safety policy. national football league. thank you very much for being here. and executive director u.s.a. football. then a face of brain injury within soccer. former professional goal keeper. u.s.a. women's national soccer team. and we have another face from high school level concussions. with that mr. daily, you are now recognized for your five minutes. thank you. >> i would like to thank the chairman and ranking members and sub committee members inviting me to testify today for the prohockey league. as it's playing surface is kurnded by glass hockey is a physical game. at the nfl level. >> is your mic on. >> it was. our players and fans want us to be physical but more importantly safe. this including safe play and working together with the national hockey league we've gone to elaborate lengths to do that. we are pleased to share with this sub committee some of the measures enacted. >> national hockey league was the first to launch a comprehensive league-wide program to evaluate players after head injuries. all players are

mr. jeff miller, senior vice president player health and safety policy. national football league. thank you very much for being here. and executive director u.s.a. football. then a face of brain injury within soccer. former professional goal keeper. u.s.a. women's national soccer team. and we have another face from high school level concussions. with that mr. daily, you are now recognized for your five minutes. thank you. >> i would like to thank the chairman and ranking members and sub committee members inviting me to testify today for the prohockey league. as it's playing surface is kurnded by glass hockey is a physical game. at the nfl level. >> is your mic on. >> it was. our players and fans want us to be physical but more importantly safe. this including safe play and working together with the national hockey league we've gone to elaborate lengths to do that. we are pleased to share with this sub committee some of the measures enacted. >> national hockey league was the first to launch a comprehensive league-wide program to evaluate players after head injuries. all players are

mr. jeff miller, player health and safety policy, national football league. thank you very much for being here. and then scott hallenbeck, executive director usa football. and then a face of a brain injury, multiple concussions within soccer, brianna scurry, former professional goalkeeper, u.s. women's national soccer team. in the next panel, we'll have ian, the other face of high school level concussions. with that, mr. daily, you are now recognized for your five minutes. >> i'd like to thank you for inviting me to testify regarding the proactive steps to keep hockey players safe. it's the only professional sport with no out of bounds, hockey is a physical game. at the nhl level, our players want to be physical and our fans want to be physical. but importantly all constituent groups associated with the group also want it to be safe. this objective necessarily includes promoting safe and responsible play in our game and the national hockey league working together with the national hockey league players association has gone to elaborate lengths to do that and

mrs. pope, for your vision, dedication, and generosity. noticed sitting in the front row here and outstanding member of congress, and outstanding chairman of the veterans affairs committee, congressman jeff miller jeff, thank you for all of your leadership. stand up and be recognized, jeff. you have been a great leader for veterans. thank you for being here. now i'd like to welcome the outstanding secretary of , the honorable sally jewell, has shown rate leadership since arriving at the department of the interior. the department of the interior has nearly 20% of america's public lands, national wildlife refuge, national park, including the very spot on which we stand today. please give a warm welcome to the secretary of interior, secretary sally jewell. [applause] >> thank you so much, ray, and thank all of you for coming out on this spectacular day. i can't think of a better day to honor a better cause than what we are here for today. thank you, lois, art, volunteers, and over a million donors and the board members for what you have done for all american people through this spec tackler memorial and everything that it stands for. privileges ofat being secretary of the interior is the honor of