In this assignment, you will write a legislative testimony.

Your state legislative committee on health and human services is holding a hearing on disaster preparedness for the state. It has requested you to appear before the committee as a healthcare leader and advise the committee on the state of disaster preparedness in your region of the state.

Write a one-page position paper that covers the following:

Talk about a type of natural disaster or human-made disaster that your region may be prone to (e.g. if you live in California, wildfires may be an important topic, and if you live in Florida, hurricane preparedness.)
Find out what your region of your state is doing already for disaster preparedness and what is not being done. Review your prior readings on this area for guidance.
State your opinion on what the legislative committee should do. Justify your position carefully and succinctly.
Your testimony should not take longer than five minutes to read, as this is the typical amount of time an advocate has to testify. It should be no longer than one page.

For information on how to write an effective statement, please see this excellent example from Congress.Gov (). This PDF is shortened to only the opening statement.