Impact of the coronavirus on workers and the steps the federal government can take to better protect these workers. The coronavirus pandemic has already killed more than 90,000 americans, more deaths than any other nation. Throughout this crisis, our nations essential workers have continued to serve their communities at Great Potential risk to themselves and their families. They are the true heroes of this crisis. I am deeply honored that several of these heroes have joined us today. These heroes treat patients who are sick with the virus and comfort the families of those who have lost loved ones. They respond to emergency calls and keep our communities safe. They stock our grocery and drugstore shelves. They keep our transit systems running, and they clean our hospitals and offices to prevent the virus from spreading further. Tens of thousands of essential workers have been infected with the virus, and many have lost their lives. Im particularly concerned that many essential workers s
Professionals in the grocery of worker who died from covid19 complications. They took about working conditions and what the government can do to improve safety. A half hours. We are talking about the impact of the coronavirus on workers and the steps the federal government can take to better protect these workers. The coronavirus pandemic has already killed more than 90,000 americans, more deaths than any other nation. Throughout this crisis, our nations essential workers have continued to serve their communities at Great Potential risk to themselves and their families. They are the true heroes of this crisis. I am deeply honored that several of these heroes have joined us today. These heroes treat patients who are sick with the virus and comfort the families of those who have lost loved ones. They respond to emergency calls and keep our communities safe. They stock our grocery and drugstore shelves. They keep our transit systems running, and they clean our hospitals and offices to pre
Before introduce Arundhati Roy, i want to tantillo business. I want to thank the organizers sponsor of this teaching, haymarket books. Haymarket is a publisher of a number of books including the absolutely extraordinary collection of nonfiction essays written over 20 years. My seditious heart and a fourth coming book, azadi freedom. Fascism. Fiction which concludes with the essay, the pandemic is the portal which is the title of an foundation for our conversation today. Haymarket also publishes other critical radical thinkers such as angela davis, naomi klein, and so many others. In this moment in which we are reckoning with crises, with suffering, with deep injustice, its especially important for us to support critical thinkers, freedom fighters, and as part of that task i would encourage you all to buy books from a market, to join the haymarket book club. We are inviting people to make donations to the publisher during this discussion, and there will be information on the screen abou
Our moms and dads struggling to purchase diapers, our child care providers and workers who have continued to look after our kids, our family caregivers who are helping iowa seniors and those most at risk during this pandemic. And to ensure we are prepared for whatever might come next, lets not only focus on the immediate needs but on the long term. National priority for critical medical supplies and other materials to be produced right here in the United States of america. We should never again depend on a foreign nation to protect our citizens, especially one like the communist party of china, which has been continually and unsurprisingly deceptive about this threat from the very beginning. Folks, while we still have a ways to go before we can return to life as we know it, we will get through this. And when we do, we will revive the great economy we built together and prepare for an Even Stronger future together. With that, mr. President , i yield the floor. Mrs. Capito mr. President
A 20 year period. And the forthcoming book about fascism which concludes with the essay the pandemic is the portal which is the conversation today and haymarket publishes critical radical thinkers such as angela davis and so many others. In this moment in this crisis with deep injustice it is especially important to support Freedom Fighters and part of that task i encourage you to buy books from haymarket book club and inviting people to make donations and there will be information on how you can do so. And to be recorded on haymarket books Youtube Channel you are invited to subscribe and on that channel you can see a number of different events that have taken place and there will be a special program on may day 5 00 oclock p. M. Discussion between a workingclass vision for the future and at 7 00 p. M. May 1st to host a special may day Poetry Reading online. So now little more housekeeping. Was so many people joining the call today we may need your forbearance if we have technical issu