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And make sure that they get exactly what they need. The chair would like to recognize the gentleman from oregon, mister schrader. Is he available . Not seeing or hearing him. The chair recognizes Mister Kennedy. Mister kennedy available . Not in his chair. Then the chair will recognize thegentleman from New Hampshire , miss custer or five minutes of questions. You need to unmute. You. Thank you very much. Thank you madam chair. I appreciate this hearing and i appreciate the opportunity to address you on this important issue. Here in New Hampshire weve had a dramatic increase. Depression, anxiety, trauma and grief as a result of covid and we are struggling as well with changes to the Economic Impact on our Healthcare Providers particularly Mental Health providers. 83 percent of small and large groups Substance Abuse providers have described what is a Financial Hardship as a result of covid and 48 percent of those providers have had to cancel income generating events while 74 percent hav
To eliminate background noise. Members and witnesses, you are going have to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. So i just say that as a reminder and a little housekeeping issue, but please remember to do that. Documents for the record can be sent to megan bolin at the email address we provided to your staff. All documents will be entered into the record at the conclusion of the hearing. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Lets see, where is the clock on the screen . There it is. Okay. In any given year, one in five adults experience a Mental Illness such as depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder. But 2020 has been a year like no other. In a recent poll, half of adults report that their Mental Health has been negatively impacted due to the coronavirus. One can only imagine the middle of impacts on the American Families who are grieving the loss of their loved ones to this virus. The economic downturn is also taking a mental toll
Good afternoon everyone and welcome to the sign institute of policy and politics summer series sign of the time. Im amy, executive director and at the sign institute we are a laboratory for University Wide collaboration and incubator for policy innovation. It can mean the best and brightest of the public, private, academic and nonprofit sectors as well as journalism and its program is only possible by a generous gift from our alumni, jeff simon and his wife meera for todays topic is the path to recovery, what is the true state of the u. S. Economy and it cannot be more timely. We would like to take a moment to acknowledge our cosponsor for this event, the school of business at American University and to think the dean for his support and also thank the distinguished leaders joining us today from our board of trustees and alumni board members. It is my pleasure at this time to introduce the people who will be leading this incredible conversation. Sylvia Matthews Burwell is president of
Restricting the number of hours a baker could work each week. Watch landmark cases tonight on cspan 3. And any time on cspan. Org. Now a hearing on the impact of the coronavirus on Mental Health. The house energy and commerce subcommittee on health discusses the benefits telehealth has provided americans and the need to continue after the pandemic ends. This is just over four hours 15 minutes. The subcommittee on health will now come to order. Due to covid19, todays hearing obviously is being held remotely. All members and witnesses will participate via Video Conferencing. As part of our hearing, microphones will be set on mute to eliminate background noise. Members and witnesses, youre going to have to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. I just say that as a reminder and a little housekeeping issue. Please remember to do that. Documents for the record can be sent to megan mullin at the email address we provided to your staff. All documents will be entered into the reco