the national academy of sciences didn't interview many of the skeptics. the prominent skeptics who had been speaking on this case and the same with the senate foreign relations committee. and there's this misunderstanding out here that mass cycle genic illness is somehow some kind of mental disorder or recalling people crazy. it is absolutely not the case. and people, i would assume i need somehow dealing with that because after all are being posted somewhere, overseas is indeed a stressful job. and maybe if people are so susceptible to those theories, maybe they need help. now i have time for just one question and i want to ask you about the media because i know that before your single out the media as a, as a main driver and amplifier of the psychogenic illnesses. and it's very interesting that the point of view made that people are now wanting in line now using social media and media to relieve that psychic stress the way they used to go, for example, to the church, but instead of being discharged. the stress is being collectively accumulated, it's sor

i mean, if you look at the national academy of sciences report, which came out and december of 2020, you would expect that to be a dispassionate scientific analysis. if you look at the people on that panel, they had no experts on mass cycle genic illness and they had no experts on pulse microwave radiation, which were the 2 main explanations that they were looking at. a friend of mine, simon wesley, at kings college, london, was initially on that panel. he's a world authority, a mass like genic illness. he gave an interview in which you stated that he thought it was possible that math cycle genic illness could explain what was going on based on what he had seen. after that, they kicked him off the panel. so what you're seeing here is a mixture of science and politics. the other thing that's interesting is pamela spry, one, the former ambassador to a couple of different countries was name by joe biden. as the head of the panel investigating a van, a center on the u. s. government. and recently she was on a zone call with several of anna syndrome patients. and one of them asked her, th

across the nation, as part of the american academy of pediatrics, we are monitoring this closely. we know that we want kids to be back in school. we know it is good for them to continue their education, to be out with their friends and doing their activities, but we want to do it as safely as possible. kristen: speaking of that, there is more talk about vaccine for the youngest kids, the under five's, and that when -- and when that may be coming. the former pfizer board member dr. scott gottlieb says the vaccine for kids under five could come earlier than expected. how early are we talking about, what do you think is the timeline? >> i would love if it would come early. my patients would be ecstatic. i think the issue is ensuring that the third dose that they have found, children from two to five need, i'm sure they are analyzing the data, we want to make sure any vaccine that is recommended is safe and works. but it does offer protection. and i think the third dose has been given to the study participants. i think they need to get blood tests to make sure their antibody levels ar

the carcinogens that are in the smoke is overwhelming and medical papers outside of the national academycompensation program exist as well. and that could be followed if the will was there. it works and is effective in honors the taxpayers. not wasteful or fraudulent and does not fail audits like the pentagon does. so if you are looking for a responsible program that can help finally address the toxic exposure issues for so many years, it is their. >> thank you. i now want to move on to title v thank you for the discussion on title number four. i now call on beginning the discussion on research. go ahead. >> thank you so much chair and ranking member and members ofiz the committee for taking time to listen to us all. it authorizes v.a. to conduct scientific research and the families that are affected today and in the future from military areas with toxins or hazards it's critical to understand how toxic exposure will affect veterans currently suffering from illness and better yet to be identified at the v.a. at this time it will believe the toxic exposure related studies to establish a s

why was the national academy of sciences's document released when those documents were also inconclusiveter: natasha, very last word to you. in the last 30 seconds of the program, if this is a weapon, it is an amazing weapon. and i use the word amazing advisedly. the next iteration of this weapon, what might it be capable of doing? natasha: i think that's the scary thing is the unknown. it might be capable of being a leash on a larger population -- unleashed on a larger population. and that would really disable a big portion of the public if they were able to leash it on a much greater part of the population. and i think that's one of the unknowns that makes this so incredibly scary because we have people retiring from their jobs that they were really passionate about because they been so disabled by this mysterious syndrome. peter: ok, we must leave it there. thank you to our guests, robert bartholomew, natasha lynn stat, and glenn. thank you for watching. you can see the show anytime via our website. and for questions, go to our facebook page. you can also join the conversation on twit

ah, incompetence really and look that you have the national academy of sciences. our panel, no one invited us to present on that panel. you had a panel that was essentially loaded with believers and not skeptics. this is a clear case of politics being mixed with science. and whenever that happens, the outcome is not good. i'm sure professor baldwin, i would love to speak before the senate foreign relations committee and explain more as to what's been going on here. and the other issue here is the symptoms of havana syndrome are so vague as to be experienced by any human being who has ever lived at any weak of their life, headache, nausea, dizziness for t, difficulty concentrating, forgetfulness, confusion tonight is insomnia. and so when you issue an alert around the world for symptoms of havana syndrome in there, so vague you are going to get a deluge of people reporting similar symptoms. well, let me ask dr. beller about this. i mean, we did see studies backing up claims of directed energy injuries. what do you make of them while they were false, simpler for the

in medical papers outside of the national academy. it all exists. the 9/11 health and compensation program exists as well. one that is appropriate they could easily be followed. if the well was there. it works, it is effective, it honors the taxpayers, it is not wasteful or fraudulent. if you are looking for a responsible program that can help finally address the topic -- toxic exposures issues, it is there. >> thank you. ivan -- now going to move on to title v. i want to thank you all for the discussion on title for. -- title iv. >> thank you, chairman. ranking member and members of the may 2 take the time to listen to us here. the authorized the v.a. to conduct scientific research, military center regions with airborne toxins. it is critical for the v.a. to determine how -- illnesses that have yet to be identified a the v.a. at this time. the v.a. will -- establish a strategic plan to ensure the research is collaborative, transparent and coordinated with oversight. the point i want to make, the v.a. has a reputation of being reactionary. when tryi

but we sort of know one of the fundamentals, i mean, the national academy of sciences' recent report next over the next decade in space exploration... by the way, we do that each decade, it's one of the things we are proudest of. it's called a decadal survey. i know. we get together and say let's prioritise ten years' of money. i know. and here's what they lay out for this one. they say, "the coming decades are going to set humanity down a path to determine whether we are alone." yes, we're going to get an answer in the sense that, i don't know if we're alone, but in every way we can imagine we're not alone we are going to perform experiments to test it. and that's what's going to unfold over the next years. and it seems to be... on mars and on the icy moons ofjupiter, where beneath, it's kept warm from stress from jupiter's gravity and the tugging of other moons, deep beneath the frozen surface there's oceans of liquid water. and every place on earth we have liquid water, we have life. so one of nasa's mantras, and the european space agency, among others in this group, is follow the

last year the national academy of public administration issued an independent report that concluded that the department of commerce is best suited to perform fsa -- the faa tax -- tasks within federal government and the osc views space tracking management as a predominantly a data management function rather than a prescript of role. the department of commerce, the ability to manage large, diverse, and complex data sets and provides technical expertise and other support to the office of space commerce for awareness and traffic manager. -- traffic management. as a result of the report findings, the appropriations act of 2021, the merger of space commerce with the office of commercial remote sensing in regulatory affairs and also provided $10 million to initiate open data architecture for space awareness. it appears that noaa is using these funds to pay for studies to revisit the topics. these cuts come on top of personnel changes that the -- that threatened the department of congress capabilities. madam chairwoman, i would like to add two op-eds to the record, please. >> i am having meetin

last year the national academy of public administration issued an independent report that concluded the department of commerce is best suited to perform s s a tasks and osc views space traffic management as predominantly a management function with prescriptive regulatory role and the department of commerce with its ability to manage large, diverse, complex data sense provides technical expertise and others to the office of space commerce or situational awareness and management of the past. as a result of the report's findings, the incorporations act approved the merger of the office of space commerce with the office of regulatory affairs and also provided $10 million to initiate a pilot program and open data architecture to space situational awareness. rather than using these to carry out the law it appears noaa is using these funds to pay for more studies to revisit the topics of the study, refunding cash from on top of personnel changes that threaten the ability to meet situational awareness responsibilities. adding two op-eds for space news for the record if you don't mind please. >>

why was the national academy of sciences document release when those documents were also inconclusive? natasha very last word to you in the next 30 seconds of the program. if this is a weapon, it is an amazing weapon and i use the word amazing. advisedly. the next iteration of this weapon, what might it be capable of doing? i think that's the scary thing is the unknown, the right be capable of being on leash on a larger population. and that would really disable a big portion of, of the public if they're able to to, to leash it on a much greater part of the population. and i think that's one of the knows that makes this so incredibly scary because we have people retiring from their jobs that they were really passionate about because they've been so disabled by this mysterious syndrome. ok, we must leave it there. thank you to, i guess they were robert bartholomew, natasha and stuff, and glen call and thank you to for watching. you can see the show again anytime bureau website out to 0 dot com and for more discussion, go to our facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash ha in

k. national academy of scientists. and it said that government and social media platforms should not rely on content removal for combating harmful scientific misinformation on line. and they go on to say that there's little evidence that calls for major platforms to remove offended content will actually limit scientific misinformation harms. i mean, people are ready. some people, i should say, mistrust institutions, the media and each other won't suppressing voices just make that worse. i think that's absolutely right in many ways because once material or individuals are demonized and removed from a platform, they get a new platform from which to to, to spread their information w h show just a week ago published a really interesting myth busting document on untruth said, well missing truth and, and they, they, you know, we published or we wrote, you know, or share it rather the, what was a mess. you know what was incorrect information and then they put what was the truth to people could simply read, you know, that kind

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the national academy of sciences have said they think it's some sort of directed energy weapon.e '60s where we know the russians were using microwaves against our people. there were hearings in the late '70s in the senate, our senate, that the russians were bombarding our microwaves and we don't know what kind of impact. >> there are going to be people who -- i know you won't be offended by this -- hear tin foil hat talk. how do you convince them what you're describing here, the cia is involved in some conspiracy, it goes back decades, the government is covering it up, that there is something here that needs to be exposed. >> we filed another lawsuit for intelligence that existed in writing since 2012 about an adversary that was using a microwave weapon -- this was an nso document -- that was used to maim or kill a victim overseas without evidence. i get information all the time that a fedex guy was impacting them. something clearly was impacting them, but i don't think it's foreign government attacks. i'm talking about technology that has been used, not necessarily to impact, b

national academy of sciences says no detectable benefit at all from the lockdowns.in poverty. this is probably one of the worst ideas ever to hit this country. one of the dumbest, most arrogant top down things we've ever seen. what do you say, kevin? >> i agree. you know at the beginning there was so much uncertainty so i can understand taking a pause for a week or two but as you might recall, president trump, after i had left the white house brought me back into the west wing to help him plan the economic response and one of the first things i did was go to the task force meeting in the situation room to make a presentation of economic effect the of shutting down the economy. i can remember, maybe early march, i gave them a presentation where i said you know, gdp in the second quarter will drop more than 30%. it will be the biggest drop since the great depression. i looked around the room. everybody there was you know pale in the face because they didn't really understand the harm they were doing except for tony fauci. tony fauci looked at vice president to finish

laurie was a radiation oncologist, a member of the national academy of medicine and 57 president of the american society of clinical oncology. welcome. and stock doctor stephen grupp, director of the cell and gene therapy laboratory of children's hospital of philadelphia, a pediatric oncologist and leading figure in cancer immunotherapeutic's . join me in welcoming this distinguished group. [applause] so the first question for you, what do you feel is the most profound legacy of the national cancer act and we will start with you peter and go to laurie. >> that's a whole kettle of fish in many ways. i think among the many contributions that we all see now is the ability to bring clinicians and researchers together in synergistic ways that nobody even imagined at the entime and it created opportunities for discovery to understand common problems and then to create solutions that will wear now seeing that will end up benefiting patients in saving lives. i think it really took a cancer research firm and an obscure area to coordinate a national effort and we're seeing 50 years of progress as

already has the authority to look outside the national academies, they just need to exercise it. chairman takano: ms. torres, i saw your comment in the chat about the 9/11 model being a good model to look at. i want to clarify, in addition to other qualifications, it would apply concession to airborne haz concessionar to airborne hazar with access to healthcare and other locations. i want to clarify that. anything anybody wants to respond to? if i hear you correctly you are concerned these presumptions kind of show up without rhyme or reason or somewhat arbitrary but i don't think that is the case.so >> i didn't mean it that way but as we are moving forward, we put these down and what do we use for research, what standard do we put? as we try, if we are not going down the path that came up in the discussion earlier that automatically when you are enlisted you're going to be covered, that's just the way it is, we assume everybody was exposed, what is the criteria we are going to use? how do we encourage the va to use certain criterias? >> we don't want to go down the path of agent

last year the national academy of public administration issued an independent report that concluded, number one, the department of commerce is best suited to perform ssa tasks within the federal government. three, the department of commerce with its proven ability to effectively manage large, diverse and complex data sets provides essential technical expertise and other support to the office of space commerce for situational awareness and traffic management. as a result of the napa report's findings, the appropriations act of fiscal year 2021 approve the merger of the office of space commerce with the office of commercial remote sensing, regulatory affairs and also provided $10 million to initiate a pilot program and initiate an open data architecture for space situational awareness. rather tan using the funds to carry out the law, it appears that noaa is using these fy'21 funds to pay for more studies to revisit the topics of the napa study. these cuts come on top of personnel changes that threaten the department of commerce ability to meet the space situation awareness responsibili

. >>> the national academies of sciences engineering and medicine estimates 8 million metric tons ofhe ocean each year that is the same as dumping an entire gashrbage truck of plastc into the ocean every minute. but a marine skient tibt in california is working on a repurpose of ocean plastics into something beautiful. nbc lx reporter greg bletso with that story. >> there is about essentially a garbage truck worth of plastic dumped in the ocean every minute my name is ethan, i am an ocean artist and marine scientist. this is my workshop in santa cruz, my hometown. i stockpile tons of old fishing gear that i use to make artwork. yeah this stuff's pretty. i keep a lot of junk around. all of this is full. some of it is stained by its life at sea. this came off a beach in malibu. my specialty stuff right here. this is -- nice, nice lady in florida sent me this cool net. every one of these ropes has a story. it's -- it's abundant. a lot of the plastic in the ocean comes from commercial fisheries. they illegally dump it at sea and it is a pretty big problem because it is also the most dang

scientists i have some deficiencies in some integrity -- exposed in the june 2020 report by the national academy following hurricane diary and the shark bait incident. i understand that noaa's scientific integrity policy was outdated in january but remains unclear what's specific steps nowhere is taking to implement the recommendations from the map napa report. can you explain that roughly? >> absolutely. i take scientific integrity seriously and i was in fact the coauthor of the original scientific integrity policy, some 12 years ago, we had serious concerns about political influence on the science. that policy was held up as one of the examples of one of the better. policies of federal agencies for many years. i was not with the government back when that policy was tested a few years ago. the incident you described, i will share with you that i was an outside complaint and referencing that particular activity, and i saw where the scientific integrity policy had flaws. coming in as a noaa administrator i'm making sure that we are actively participating in the effort being led by the president o

academy for effective governments tackling other issues in the study recently released by the national academypublic administration. third and finally, support effective implementation of the grant programs authorized under the infrastructure investment jobs act. as we continue to emerge from a pandemic aided by bipartisan infrastructure law we t have a generation opportunity to improve supply s chain, infrastructure and industry and ensure it equitably serves all americans and communities of all sizes. if confirmed, i look forward to working closely with you all to achieve these urgent goals. unconfident my lifetime of service at sea, my experience in international maritime operations, my background managing resources and requirements for development for the surface force my recent experience in equitable climate resilience and coastal adaptation protection strategy or federal maritime infrastructure in the commonwealth of virginia prepared me to serve as maritime administrator. in closing, ik think the committee for the opportunity to appear before you today and welcome your questions. thank

type of government and tackling many other issues enumerated in the studies released by the national academy of public administration. finally to support effective and speedy implementation of the grant program authorized under the infrastructure investment and jobs act. as we emerged from the pandemic by bipartisan infrastructure law we have a once in a generation opportunity to improve our maritime systems, supply chains, infrastructure and industry and insure it equitably serves all americans and communities of all sizes. if confirmed i'll look forward to working with you to achieve these goals. i'm confident my lifetime of service and my experience commanding us maritime operations, my background managing fiscal resources and development for the service force and my experience crafting equitable climate resilience and coastal adaptation and protection strategy for maritime infrastructure in the commonwealth has prepared me to serve as maritime administrator. in closing i thank the committee for the opportunity to appear before you today and welcome your questions . >> doctor cliff, welco

stover is an elected member of the national academy of sciences and the former president of the american society of nutrition. the final witness this morning joins us remotely from wisconsin. she is a senior fellow and a rhodes scholar in poverty studies at the american enterprise institute where she studies poverty and the effects of the federal safety net programs on low income people in america. it specializes in support programs for low income families including the temporary assistance for needy families. in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. she was a deputy commissioner for policy research in new york city department of social services. to each of our other witnesses for joining us this morning. >> fasten your seatbelts, these are extraordinary declarations of the state of american nutrition and i am excited about it. dr. mozaffarian, would you proceed with your testimony. dr. mozaffarian: chairman booker, ranking member braun, thank you for convening this hearing and for the opportunity to testify. it's our experiences cardiologist and as a doctor i see first-hand peo

stover is an elected member of the national academy of sciences and the former president of the american society of nutrition. our final witness this morning, dr. angela is joining us remotely from wisconsin. dr. rashidi is a senior fellow at the institute where she studies poverty and the effects of the federal safety net programs on low income people in america. she specializes in support programs for low income families including the temporary assistance for needy families, the child care and development bloc grant and the supplemental nutrition assistance program. before joining aei she was a deputy commissioner for policy research in new york city department of social services. thank you, doctor, and to each of our other witnesses for joining us this evening. >> all right, everyone, fasten your seat belts. i've read all the testimonies. these are extraordinary declarations of the state of our nutrition and i'm excited about them. so doctor, would you please proceed with your testimony? >> dear chairman booker, ranking member braun, and other distinguishes members of the committee th

understand what ruth said, but one of the things i was looking at today, there is a group called 0ak national academy the classes, you have english teacher standing tall, doing what they can and chicago teachers walking off with the job, what do you make of it? i walking off with the “ob, what do you make of it?— you make of it? i think it is a disgrace _ you make of it? i think it is a disgrace and _ you make of it? i think it is a disgrace and first _ you make of it? i think it is a disgrace and first and - you make of it? i think it is a i disgrace and first and foremost as an educator your obligation is to your— an educator your obligation is to your students. i agree with ruth, your students. i agree with ruth, you need — your students. i agree with ruth, you need to make sure the students and the _ you need to make sure the students and the educators are in a safe environment, we are required to be tested _ environment, we are required to be tested weekly and the students have to be tested weekly and there is a way to— to be tested weekly and there is a way to do— to be tested weekly and there

recognized the importance of this effort and asked the faa to enter into an agreement with the national academy of science. the result of that study which we received in june made it clear there is more work to do although i will say many of the recommendations are consistent with faa's to get defensive and many others aligned with broader unveiling workforce development and recruitment efforts . finally one of the major components of our strategy is to maintain relationships and trust. this is critical critical for defending from a cyber attack and it's why we are a lead agency on the aviation initiative with dhs and dod and is why we work collectively to identify and assess risks in the ecosystem including stakeholdersranging from airport authority to manufacturers . the technology of the aviation ecosystem evolves we expect cyber security will continue to be a growing challenge and a significant component of aviation safety. we are prepared for this challenge and look forward to giving congressinformed . i'll be happy toanswer any questions . >> thank you mister grossman. you are recognized

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