Washington, D.C. has gone through some recent weather events and other things and we see continued gridlock in communications.
Mark Pryor
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Mark Pryor is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and infrastructure during his tenure. Pryor was known for his moderate stance and worked across party lines on various legislative initiatives. He was re-elected in 2008 but lost his bid for a third term in 2014, marking the end of his Senate career.
Do you feel like the D.C. area has sufficient capacity in an emergency to keep all the lines of communication open or are we going to continue to see sort of a clogged telecom capacity here?
I would like to start today by recognizing that today's hearing coincides with the 70th anniversary of the surprise attacks on Pearl Harbor.
Are people making plans? And if there is something going on, whether it is an earthquake or a snowstorm or whatever it happens to be and maybe the communication is not real clear in the beginning and everybody is unsure about really what…
The reason I was asking is we talked a minute ago, one of the witnesses talked about sort of a phased leaving of the city or coming into the city or whatever effort during or after an event.
Thank you again for inviting Mr. Neal Cohen, Small Business Ombudsman, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), to provide testimony...
Our money should not be going overseas, but staying here and helping to put our country back together.
I want to give a special thanks to Senator Warner, because he has been the primary driver in getting this hearing scheduled today.
I can't think of a more frustrating example of families through no fault of their own being kind of ping-ponged from one governmental entity to another.
The Chinese government... wants to proceed in international commerce; yet they seem to be unwilling to step up and be financially responsible for faulty product.





