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Brian Schatz

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Brian Emanuel Schatz is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Hawaii since December 26, 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, Schatz has focused on issues such as climate change, healthcare, and education during his time in office. He succeeded Daniel Akaka and has been an advocate for renewable energy and environmental protection, reflecting Hawaii's unique ecological challenges and opportunities.

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Apr 4, 2018

There are no best practices at this point.

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Apr 4, 2018

We're standing up this collaborative environment on Monday.

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Apr 4, 2018

But we have a voluntary program for missile alert notification. We have one state, zero territory, zero counties participating.

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Apr 4, 2018

So if we're able to enact our legislation, all of our legislation, this would be moot.

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Apr 4, 2018

Could you follow up for the members and for the Committee, and especially for the other members of the delegation and members of the Armed Services Committee, to understand exactly how you're changing your procedures and your training to…

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Apr 4, 2018

It seems to me that the FCC has a real opportunity to drive change here.

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Apr 4, 2018

I want to talk a little bit about the nature of these alerts.

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Apr 4, 2018

Thank you to our witnesses. I look forward to our conversation.

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Apr 4, 2018

I want to thank Ms. Rosenworcel for her testimony.

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Apr 4, 2018

I think this is a really important point, and I would like this to be a takeaway probably for HI-EMA, that the GETS card is available to government leaders.

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Apr 4, 2018

This is a absolutely solvable problem.

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Apr 4, 2018

We just want the origination of a notification of a missile alert to start with the people who know.

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Apr 4, 2018

Thank you for your interest in the program and we look forward to collaborating with this subcommittee on ways the program can improve.

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Apr 4, 2018

Had the vendor that they were using at the time had a 24/7 more robust training help desk capability.

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Apr 4, 2018

How do we get best practices if what your job is under normal circumstances to see what other states and counties are doing?

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Apr 4, 2018

I want to thank the testifiers. I want to thank all three of our panels.

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Apr 4, 2018

Is it true that the person who clicked on the erroneous missile alert button on the screen is paid around $40,000 a year?

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Apr 4, 2018

I think that what Senator Schatz pointed out about our ability to communicate with each other, I just--I think that is quite the challenge to figure that out

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Apr 4, 2018

We want to make sure that there is adequate training.

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Apr 4, 2018

I think all of that is great, but I don't want to focus just on resources, which may be an issue...

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Mar 13, 2018

the news about climate change certainly feels daunting. In the United States, we have historic wildfires, hurricanes, storms, and floods. Severe weather has upended people's lives, destroyed businesses and homes, and is now costing the…

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Mar 12, 2018

Thank you, Chairman Wicker, Ranking Member Schatz.

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Mar 12, 2018

CTIA is encouraged that Senators Thune and Schatz have circulated a discussion draft that updates congressional guidance to localities to reflect how wireless infrastructure has evolved.

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