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.
But we have a voluntary program for missile alert notification. We have one state, zero territory, zero counties participating.
So if we're able to enact our legislation, all of our legislation, this would be moot.
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…
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.
We just want the origination of a notification of a missile alert to start with the people who know.
Thank you for your interest in the program and we look forward to collaborating with this subcommittee on ways the program can improve.
Had the vendor that they were using at the time had a 24/7 more robust training help desk capability.
How do we get best practices if what your job is under normal circumstances to see what other states and counties are doing?
Is it true that the person who clicked on the erroneous missile alert button on the screen is paid around $40,000 a year?
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
I think all of that is great, but I don't want to focus just on resources, which may be an issue...
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…
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.





