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Rockefeller, John "Jay" D. IV - U.S. Senator, [D] West Virginia
CAN'T SEE ALL OF THEM. IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON WITH NASA. WE HAVE BECOME INVISIBLE AT THE PROPER MOMENT. I AM VERY PROUD YOU ARE HERE AND I AM...
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| 00:06:40 |
Boozman, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Arkansas
BUT ALSO, THERE ARE SOME MOMS AND DADS AND COACHES AND PLAYERS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED. THEY PROBABLY SHOULD BE MORE INTERESTED...
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| 00:12:00 |
Udall, Tom - U.S. Senator, [D] New Mexico
YOUR EFFORTS TO PROMOTE A BRAIN RESEARCH AND, AS CHAIRMAN OF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE, YOU'RE CLOSE ATTENTION TO CONSUMER PROTECTION ISSUES. CONCUSSIONS USED...
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| 00:15:22 |
Bell, Alexis - Student
I'M A SENIOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MEXICO AND I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME TAKE AN ADVOCACY ROLE ON CONFESSION AWARENESS. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A HIGH ...
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| 00:21:11 |
Rockefeller, John "Jay" D. IV - U.S. Senator, [D] West Virginia
MR. STEVEN THREET WAS AT ARIZONA UNIVERSITY AND WAS A STARTED AT -- A STARTING QUARTERBACK THERE AND IS COACHING THE TEAM. >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN OF...
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| 00:21:29 |
Threet, Steven - Student
COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR INVITING ME. IT IS A GREAT HONOR TO BE SPEAKING HERE ON A TOPIC THAT HAS CHANGED MY LIFE AND I AM HAPPY TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS...
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| 00:25:35 |
Rockefeller, John "Jay" D. IV - U.S. Senator, [D] West Virginia
THANK YOU. YOU TALK ABOUT THE LEAD PROGRAM AND YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT. DR. BRING AS -- DR. KUTCHER, BRING US SOME WISDOM. >> I AM EXTREMELY GLAD TO BE...
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| 00:26:15 |
Kutcher, Jeffrey - Director
SUPPORT FOR UP TO ALL AGES AND ABILITIES. PROVIDE EDUCATION TO ATHLETES AND COACHES, ADMINISTRATORS AND HEALTH-CARE PROVIDERS. IN MY CLINICAL PRACTICE...
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| 00:32:57 |
McKee, Ann - Associate Professor
SPORTS CONCUSSIONS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES. MY NAME IS DR. ANN MICKIE, A PROFESSOR OF PATHOLOGY -- ANN MCKEE, A PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY. I AM ALSO CO-DIRECTOR...
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| 00:42:38 |
Rockefeller, John "Jay" D. IV - U.S. Senator, [D] West Virginia
EQUIPMENT. HAVING READ MY PREPARATIONS, AND STILL A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT YOU DO AND WHAT YOU DO NOT DO. >> I THINK I CAN COVER THAT. >>
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| 00:42:47 |
Oliver, Mike - Executive Director
THANK YOU. >> I APPRECIATE THE INVITATION TO COME HERE TODAY AND PROVIDE TESTIMONY AND ANSWER QUESTIONS TO THE COMMITTEE ON A TOPIC THAT IS EXTREMELY...
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| 00:49:30 |
Q&A, -
JOINED BY SENATOR KLOBUCHAR FROM MINNESOTA. THERE ARE HAVING QUARTERBACK DIFFICULTIES. [LAUGHTER] >> WE DO HAVE A TEAM, HOWEVER. >> YEAH, YOU DO. [LAUGHTER]...
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| 00:50:02 |
Rockefeller, John "Jay" D. IV - U.S. Senator, [D] West Virginia
HAVE SPENT -- I THINK MY MOTHER SPENT ABOUT 12 YEARS WITH ALZHEIMER'S, BUT BY SHE DID. MY MOTHER'S WIFE ALSO DIED FROM ALZHEIMER'S. THERE ARE ABOUT 5...
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| 00:54:06 |
McKee, Ann - Associate Professor
NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS DISEASE FIVE YEARS AGO IN ANY REAL WAY. AND WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IN THE VICE FIVE YEARS HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY. WE HAVE MADE THE...
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| 00:58:02 |
Threet, Steven - Student
THE ATHLETES, I FEEL LIKE RECOVERY -- ATHLETES WOULD DO A LOT BETTER WITH RECOVERY. IT WILL -- THEY WOULD TAKE TIME TO ALLOW THEIR BRAINS TO RECOVER....
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| 00:58:45 |
Bell, Alexis - Student
REPLYING -- WENT THROUGH PLAYING. A LOT OF PEOPLE WORK IF YOU GOT YOUR CONCUSSION ONE DAY AND THEN YOU ARE RESTING, PLAYERS ARE LIKE, I DO NOT SEE THEM...
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| 00:59:29 |
Kutcher, Jeffrey - Director
ON THE QUESTION OF WHETHER I AM OPTIMISTIC OR NOT, THE ANSWER IS YES. I AM OPTIMISTIC. BUT YOUR STORY ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S AND YOUR LACK OF IMPROVEMENT...
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| 01:01:07 |
Boozman, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Arkansas
BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK DR. MCKEE. SHE MENTIONED TO THE 17-YEAR- OLD THAT PASSED AWAY. I GUESS, ONE REPORTED CONCUSSION AND THEN PASSED AWAY, AS...
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| 01:02:36 |
Threet, Steven - Student
UNTIL I HAD TO BE OUT ON THE FIELD. BUT THERE WAS A SHOULDER SEPARATION, ANKLE SPRAIN, WHATEVER IT WAS, SHOOT IT UP AND I'M ABLE TO GO. BUT THAT IS NOT...
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| 01:03:11 |
Bell, Alexis - Student
IN THAT REGARD? >> I WOULD AGREE. IT IS NOT REALLY TAUGHT IN YOUTH SPORTS. BUT WHEN I WAS PLAYING IN BOTH HIGH SCHOOL AND IN COLLEGE, IT WAS JUST CONCUSSION....
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| 01:03:52 |
McKee, Ann - Associate Professor
DETERMINE? >> NO, WE NEED LOTS OF RESEARCH TO DETERMINE THAT. THAT IS SOMETHING WE DO NOT HAVE. WE DO NOT HAVE A WAY OF IDENTIFYING A CONCUSSION OTHER...
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| 01:05:31 |
Kutcher, Jeffrey - Director
COACHES NEED TO RECEIVE CONCUSSION EDUCATION ANNUALLY. UC CONFERENCES LIKE THE BIG 10 HAVING THAT -- YOU SEE CONFERENCES LIKE THE BIG 10 HAVE BEEN THE...
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| 01:07:29 |
Oliver, Mike - Executive Director
DIFFICULTIES THAT WE FACE IN TRYING TO COME UP WITH WAYS TO ADDRESS THINGS LIKE CONCUSSIONS. THERESE EXTENT, THE MASS OF THE HELMET IS PRODUCTIVE. --...
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| 01:10:23 |
Udall, Tom - U.S. Senator, [D] New Mexico
KUTCHER THE MY VARITEK -- YOUR TESTIMONY STATES THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY HOME OF BEING BETTER THAN ANY OTHER IN PREVENTING THE SPORTS CONCUSSION...
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| 01:11:55 |
Kutcher, Jeffrey - Director
CONCUSSIONS BY 31% COMPARED TO TRADITIONAL HELMETS? >> NO, I DO NOT. I AM AWARE OF THE STUDY AND WHAT I SAID WAS THAT THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT DATA TO...
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| 01:15:39 |
Klobuchar, Amy - U.S. Senator, [D] Minnesota
YOU HAD HEARD STORIES IN MY STATE, BUT AT THIS BIG DINNER THAT THEY HAVE IN MINNESOTA. AN ATHLETE CAME AND SPOKE ABOUT THE RESEARCH AND I JUST WALKED...
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| 01:17:12 |
McKee, Ann - Associate Professor
IS BEING AFFECTED IN A LIVING PATIENT. YOU HAVE TO DEVELOP DIAGNOSTIC MARKERS, BY NO MARKERS OF BOTH CONCUSSION -- BIOMARKERS OF BOTH CONCUSSION AND...
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| 01:18:09 |
Kutcher, Jeffrey - Director
ON THAT? >> RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LITERATURE, YOU WILL SEE MAYBE A DOZEN OR MORE CONSENSUS STATEMENT. THE GROUPS GET TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH...
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| 01:19:47 |
Threet, Steven - Student
ALREADY THROUGH EDUCATIONAL, INFORMATIONAL SEMINARS. I KNOW WHAT THE SCHOOL THAT I WAS AT IN ARIZONA, THERE WAS A PROTOCOL THAT THEY HAVE TO ATTEND A...
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| 01:20:34 |
Bell, Alexis - Student
START EVEN NUMBER AT A YOUTH AND SPORTS CENTERS. SOCCER IS VERY PREVALENT AMONG THE YOUTH. AND IN NEW MEXICO, DIFFERENT CLUBS ARE TAKING INITIATIVES...
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| 01:21:39 |
Pryor, Mark - U.S. Senator, [D] Arkansas
HEARING. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT TOUCHES THIS COUNTRY ALL OVER THE MAP AND IN MANY DIFFERENT SPORTS. LET ME START WITH YOU, IF I MAY, MR. OLIVER....
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| 01:22:38 |
Oliver, Mike - Executive Director
STANDARDS THAT OUR PERFORMANCE STANDARDS THAT INDICATE WHAT THE HOMELESS ARE SUPPOSED TO DO TO MEET THE STANDARDS. WITH AN ORGANIZATION, FOR EXAMPLE,...
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| 01:27:15 |
Kutcher, Jeffrey - Director
YOUNGEST ATHLETES, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE YEARS OLD. WE SEE KIDS WITH CONCUSSIONS THAT YOUNG. AS THEY MATURE AND GET FASTER AND STRONGER, THERE ARE LARGER...
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| 01:29:33 |
Rockefeller, John "Jay" D. IV - U.S. Senator, [D] West Virginia
TALKING ABOUT SOCCER, AND , MR. THREET, JUST LIKE TONY ROMO, YOUR SLAM TO THE GROUND, YOUR HEAD HIT THE GROUND. WHICH IS OFTEN HARD. THERE ARE SO MANY...
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| 01:31:26 |
Bell, Alexis - Student
HEADING THE BALL TENDS TO BE RELATIVELY SAFE IF YOU USE YOUR FOREHEAD. THE CONCUSSION COMES IF YOU HIT THE TOP OF THE BALL WITH YOUR HEAD, MOST LIKELY...
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| 01:34:03 |
Threet, Steven - Student
THE BIGGEST CHARACTERISTIC THAT YOU NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL ON DEFENSE. THE NEED TO BE VIOLENT. >> AND KNOWN TO BE VIOLENT AND PROVE IT. >> RIGHT, THAT...
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| 01:35:15 |
Kutcher, Jeffrey - Director
WHAT KIND OF BLOW WOULD DO THAT? >> HIT TO THE BODY, TO THE SIDE THAT TRANSMITS ENOUGH FORCE TO STOP YOUR MOVEMENT. >> TIGHT ENDS ARE VERY LARGE. ABOUT...
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| 01:36:59 |
Thune, John R. - U.S. Senator, [R] South Dakota
THE HEARING, AND I THANK THE PANEL FOR SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US. I WANT TO FOLLOW-UP ON THE QUESTIONING THAT WAS STARTED EARLIER. YOU ARE SEEING...
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| 01:38:44 |
Kutcher, Jeffrey - Director
THEM, I THINK IT HAS THREE MAIN CAUSES. THE BIGGEST IS AWARENESS. I THINK THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE INCREASED NUMBERS THAT WE SEE OF...
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| 01:41:47 |
Oliver, Mike - Executive Director
OF CONCUSSIONS OR THE FREQUENCY OR PERHAPS ELIMINATE CONCUSSIONS IT WON SUPPORT WOULD BE THE SAME AS THE OTHER. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME BRAIN...
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| 01:42:49 |
Boozman, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Arkansas
QUICKLY, IT SEEMS LIKE PROBABLY 99.9% OF THE INJURIES THAT ARE SUFFERED ARE NOT DUE TO CURRENT EQUIPMENT FAILURE. WHEN YOU GUYS WERE HURT, YOUR PASSWORD...
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| 01:44:24 |
Threet, Steven - Student
AND PARENTS AND ATHLETIC TRAINERS AND UNDERSTANDING FOR THEMSELVES WHEN SOMETHING DOES NOT FEEL RIGHT, NOT WHITE HAD IT AS, DIZZINESS, IF THE SYMPTOMS...
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| 01:44:57 |
Bell, Alexis - Student
FINISH HAVING THE SYMPTOMS, GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME BECAUSE THAT CAN PREVENT YOU FROM MAYBE NOT ENDING YOUR CAREER IF YOU GIVE YOURSELF THOSE EXTRA...
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| 01:45:24 |
Kutcher, Jeffrey - Director
OFTEN DO NOT KNOW THEY HAVE ONE. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT FALLS UNDER THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERYONE ELSE AROUND, THEIR TEAMMATES, COACHES, PARENTS,...
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| 01:46:19 |
McKee, Ann - Associate Professor
EQUIPMENT. I THINK IT WILL IMPROVE THE ISSUE, BUT IT WILL NOT SOLVE IT. WE NEED TO ADDRESS THE WAY THAT SPORTS ARE PLAYED, THE NATURE, THE STYLE OF...
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| 01:46:55 |
Oliver, Mike - Executive Director
BE ENFORCED AND ENCOURAGED. IT DEPENDED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES, ONE MAY BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANOTHER, BUT HE CANNOT AVOID ALL OF THEM. TO THE EXTENT...
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| 01:48:47 |
Udall, Tom - U.S. Senator, [D] New Mexico
EQUIPMENT. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION. ATTHEY TALKED ABOUT ANTI- CONCUSSION MOUTH GUARDS. HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MOUTH GUARD THAT IS SOLD...
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| 01:49:52 |
McKee, Ann - Associate Professor
GUARD REDUCES EITHER THE RATE OR SEVERITY OF CONCUSSION. I WOULD HAVE GREAT OBJECTION TO THIS CLAIM. THE ONLY THING THAT I AM AWARE THAT MOUTH GUARDS...
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| 01:50:53 |
Kutcher, Jeffrey - Director
SPACE." >> WITH SOME OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE WITH ACCELEROMETERS IN HELMETS OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND WHAT FORCES THEY HAVE CLINICALLY DIAGNOSED...
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| 01:53:19 |
Oliver, Mike - Executive Director
PARENT SEES THIS AS THE ANSWER. IF I PUT THIS ON, EVERYTHING IS FINE, THEY THINK. NOT ONLY A FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY FROM BEING PROTECTED FROM THE FIRST...
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| 01:53:48 |
Bell, Alexis - Student
WORE HEADGEAR, NOT THIS BRAND, BUT SIMILAR, AFTER I GOT MY SECOND CONCUSSION AS A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE. I WOULD SAY I DID NOT REALLY THINK ABOUT A CRITICALLY....
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| 01:54:25 |
Threet, Steven - Student
ONE AFTER A CONCUSSION, I WOULD ALTERNATE BRANDS, STILES. I WOULD TRY DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT BUT I GUESS THE REST IS STILL THERE. >> FOOTBALL IN GENERAL,...
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| 01:57:41 |
Oliver, Mike - Executive Director
WE DON'T. THE FIRST REASON IS YOU HAVE TO TELL ME THAT, THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT. IF IT IS 10 YEARS OLD AND NEVER USED, OR IF IT HAS BEEN USED TO SEASONS,...
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| 02:02:38 |
Kutcher, Jeffrey - Director
MUCH LIKE THE OTHER DISCUSSIONS, THERE IS NO DATA THAT THIS WILL PREVENT CONCUSSION AT ALL, REALLY. I GO BACK TO THE CONVERSATION EARLIER IN THE HEARING...
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