OVER 1900 DEATHS NATIONALLY
OVER 186,000 AMERICANS HAVE
DIED FROM COVID-19 STATE
LAWMAKERS WRAPPED UP THEIR 3RD
DAY OF HEARINGS OVER HOW THE
OREGON EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT
HAS HANDLED CLAIMS THEY TOOK
PUBLIC TESTIMONY TODAY TO GET
A SENSE OF WHAT PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN DEALING WITH AS THOUSANDS
ARE STILL WAITING FOR BENEFITS
LINDSAY NAD RIDGE HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS FOR MONTHS AND
LINDSAY DID WE GET ANY ANSWERS
TODAY.
WELL WE HEARD SOME
TESTIMONY TODAY, INCLUDING
FROM OREGON STATE
REPRESENTATIVE RON NOBLE WHO
SAID PEOPLE HE'S HEARD FROM IN
HIS OFFICE TO SERVE BETTER AND
CALLED THIS ONE OF THE SINGLE
GREATEST FAILURES IN THE STATE
SEVERAL PEOPLE FRUSTRATED OVER
THE WAY FOR THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT
TESTIFIED BLAMING A LACK OF
LEADERSHIP AND ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR THE DELAYS THEY ARE
EXPERIENCING AND URGED
LAWMAKERS TO FIX IT. ONE MAN
TOLD THE SENATE COMMITTEE HE
SICK OF HEARING EXCUSES OVER
COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT SHOULD
HAVE BEEN UPDATED A DECADE
AGO, MANY ALSO SAID THEY ONLY
GOT HELP AFTER REACHING OUT TO
LAWMAKERS WHO ADVOCATED FOR
THEM SENATOR BILL HANSELL SAID
IT WAS PAINFUL AND
HEARTBREAKING TO HEAR
TESTIMONY LIKE THIS.
IT'S A VERY REAL
POSSIBILITY THAT MY CAR WILL
BE REPOSSESSED AND BEING THAT
MY CARS HOW I MAKE MY LIVING.
I THINK YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT
KIND OF SITUATION THAT'S GOING
TO PUT ME IN ACTUALLY HAVE HAD
MAKER READ THAT YOU KNOW
THERE'S A BUNCH OF OREGONIANS
GOING IN DEBT RACKING UP
INTEREST LEAVING HOUSE OF
LOSING CART WHAT'S HAPPENING.
WHAT IS HAPPENING.
WELL IF YOU WANT TO WEIGH
AND THE COMMITTEE IS STILL
TAKING WRITTEN PUBLIC
TESTIMONY THROUGH TOMORROW. WE
HAVE A LINK WITH INFORMATION
ON HOW TO DO THAT ON KOIN DOT
COM. AND LATE THIS AFTERNOON
NOON WE GOT ANOTHER UPDATE
FROM THE ACTING EMPLOYMENT
DIRECTOR RIGHT QUESTION HIM
ABOUT SOME OF THE ONGOING
ISSUES. I'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT
COMING UP AT 5, REPORTING
LIVE. I'M LINDSEY NOT URGE
KOIN 6 NEWS AND FOLLOWING THE
MONEY A NEW REPORT SHOWS MOST
OREGONIANS WHO GOT THE LATEST
$1200 STIMULUS CHECKS.
