Its still too early to know perhaps if anyone did. But would that document hold up in court . And what about Small Businesses . Can they ask you to sign a document before entering their place of business . What about your own employer . Can your boss ask you to sign a waiver before returning to work, promising not to sue if you get sick. You know what, what we need is a lawyer, and weve got one this morning. David barron is a labor and employment attorney. David, you are in texas. Im in california. There may be some slight differences state by state but we can talk in generalties this morning. Lets start with employers. Say my boss says i want you back at work in the office but i want you to sign something that holds us harmless. The first question for you this morning is do i have to sign it and would it hold up in court . The simple answer is no. And most businesses that i have talked to have thought about those types of documents but decided against it. Workers comp in most states w
Cost. This is about 40 minutes. [ applause ]. Thank you for everybody coming. Before we introduce our event tonight. I want to talk about the flag thats behind me. A lot of people have asked me, thats a weird looking flag. You have to modify it to clean up. Is that the right flag . The last time you saw this flag, it was draped across east village where president obamas last Campaign Speech of his entire career. We wanted it to be here tonight to show that we had good days in the past and today. We are going to have good days in the future. [ applause ] for barack obama, no pressure, senator klobachar. Amy klobachar is the daughter of theschoolteacher. Shes one of the most effective members of the u. S. Congress. Thats not just me saying it. It was reported last year that amy was ranked number one of the 114th congress. [ applause ] she has worked on a lot of cracks on sex traffickers and led last years landmark to combat of the opioid epidemiepi. Her legislative effort is amazing. The
At the atlantic council. It is my pleasure to host all of you in our distinguished guest for our panel of conversation today. We pride ourselves on the relationships that we have built with russia independence and voices and Civil Society. We believe that it is our role as a non partisan organization working in a bipartisan way of washington and elsewhere and as our realizization that it is rooted for our friends and colleagues. Last year, we hosted many events that brought together washington, analyst thinkers and policymakers together with russians dependent voices. We also heard from boris daughter who spoke about her fathers assassination of the role of propaganda thats played and atmosphere of environment and hate in russia today. We are also regularly see and honored to host the event here. One of the most prominent independent thinkers of voices and russia today. This is not the first time that we have met our friends from medusa where we were speaking earlier that all of us rea
Concerns that americans have about people losing coverage. Im a big believer we can cover everybody but reduce costs and bring down those premiums deductibles. I will make a conviction on cspan that before the end of the year that obamacare would will be repealed and a new plan will give people more choices and bring more competition to the health care markets, because thats whats lacking right now. You saw what happened in connecticut where many peoples premiums are going up 40 50 this year. Obamacare the wheels are coming off. Host covering everybody and reducing costs is such a hard thing for congress to try to do. Was your suggestion . Guest several things and one is a nobrainer. Let the people buy insurance across state lines. For example, i live in virginia. But i have an Auto Insurance policy that is based and in ohio company. Why cant you do that with Health Insurance . One of the problems with obamacare is that some of the Health Insurance companies have dropped out of the mar
May 1st of 1961, an Incredible Program for young people. He started with the alliance for progress. And he engaged in the space race. For our complete American History tv schedule, go to cspan. Org. Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin testified recently on his departments operations. He addressed several efforts to better serve veterans who seek and receive care, including full implementation of choice 2. 0, wait time reduction, and improving and modernizing the departments i. T. Systems and Veterans Crisis line. This is two hours and 20 minutes. Good morning. Today were pleased to welcome back a good friend, dr. David shulkin, the new secretary of the department of Veterans Affairs. The last time you appeared before our committee, you were va undersecretary for health, now youve been kicked upstairs in a unanimous vote, that says a lot in this contention environment. I know youve got a great background in the philadelphia area. I just learned you were in morristown, in chairman f