REMARKS
Council member thanks testifiers and expresses disappointment with agency responses
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Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez opens by thanking the testifiers for their patience and testimony. She expresses disappointment with the agency's responses and their inability to articulate a vision for increased accessibility.
- Acknowledges the testifiers' previous efforts in ensuring some level of accessibility in the 2020 rollout
- Emphasizes the need for more engagement with advocates and experts
- Recognizes the importance of including the perspectives of those with lived experiences
Jennifer Gutiérrez
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Thank you both.
0:58:05
I really appreciate your testimony this afternoon, your patience.
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And, we are listening and very much aligned in our disappointment with the agency's responses today, but their inability to really talk us through their vision for increased accessibility moving forward.
0:58:30
I also just wanna thank you for all the time that both of you put in before this administration to ensure that the rollout in 2020 provided some level of accessibility.
0:58:42
It is very much my goal Yes.
0:58:45
To, demand more, to ensure that they are talking and working with advocates.
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You all are the experts.
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I certainly am not one.
0:58:57
And we need you and and your voices and your perspectives to improve this.
