Senate hearing on unemployment issues

Senate hearing on unemployment issues

TO HAVE ISSUES TRYING TO GETTHEIR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS.TODAY━ THE STATE SENATE ISHOLDING A VIRTUAL HEARING TOTRY TO ADDRESS THESE ONGOINGPROBLEMS. WMAR 2 NEWS ERINMACPHERSON JOINS US LIVE WITHTHE DETAILS.

ERIN, THIS ISEXPECTED TO LAST AWHILE?THIS HEARING IS EXPECTED TO BENINE HOUR LONG━ STARTINGTODAY AT ONE O'CLOCK THISAFTERNOON.

MORE THAN 1100PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP TOTESTIFY IN JUST THE LAST FEWDAYS.

ONLY THE FIRST 270 WILLBE ABLE TO SPEAK.

IF YOUDIDN'T MAKE THE CUT━ YOU'LLBE ABLE TO SUBMIT A VIDEOTESTIMONY.

THIS COMES AFTERCOUPLE WEEKS OF ISSUES WITHMARYLAND'S UNEMPLOYMENT SITE.AS SOON AS IT LAUNCHED LASTMONTH IT CRASHED AND THERE'BEEN ISSUES PEOPLE HAVE BEENREPORTING TO US EVER SINCE.

WESPOKE WITH SENATOR GUYGUZZONE, CHAIR OF THE BUDGETAND TAXATION COMMITTEE ABOUTWHAT HE HOPES TO GET OUT OFTODAY'S HEARING.

We want tohear the patterns of concerns,where the system is breakingdown, where there are issuesthat we think we can providesome insight and opportunitythat where citizens can reallyhelp out be part of their owngovernment, help us understandso we can communicate to theadministration, to thegovernor, the things we thineed to be done WE'VE RECEIVEDSEVERAL EMAILS AND CALLS FROMPEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY ASKINGQUESTIONS ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT━ WE'VE UPDATED OUR WEBSITEWITH SOME DETAILS WE'RELEARNING ABOUT BENEFITPAYMENTS.

JUST HEAD OVER TOWMAR 2 NEWS DOT COM BACKSLASHREBOUND MARYLAND FOR MOREINFORMATION AND WE HAVE THELINK TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY'SYOUTUBE PAGE AS WELL FOR THELIVE BROADCAST.

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