Watch live wednesday at 2 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan 3, online at cspan. Org or listen live on the free cspan radio app. Next, a hearing on the federal governments role in protecting workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Good morning. The subcommittee on work force protections will come to order. Welcome, everyone. I note that our quorum is present. I note for the subcommittee mr. Courtney of connecticut, mr. Levine of michigan, mr. Castro of texas, dr. Roe of tennessee, mr. Guthrie of kentucky, mr. Smucker of pennsylvania, mr. Banks of indiana, mr. Watkins of kansas, mr. Mercer of pennsylvania, mr. Johnson of south dakota, mr. Cellar of pennsylvania are all permitted to participate in todays hearing with the understanding that their questions will come only after all members of the subcommittee on work force protections on both sides of the aisle who are present either in person or via remote participation pursuant to House Resolution 965 and the accompanying regulations thereto hav
Good morning. The subcommittee will come to order. Welcome everyone. A quorum is present and i know for the subcommittee and from florida and michigan and texas and tennessee michiga michigan, kentucky, wisconsi michigan, kentucky, wisconsin,. Pennsylvania, mr. Johnson of south dakota and pennsylvania they all have committed to participate in todays hearing that the questions will only come after the subcommittee of workforce protections on both sides of the aisle are present either in person or via remote participation due to House Resolution 965 and the accompanying regulations and had an opportunity to question the witnesses the subcommittee is meeting today for a hearing on examining the federal governments actions to protect workers from covid19 both in the hearing room and for those members participating remotely you will be kept muted as a general rule to avoid any unnecessary background noise members will be responsible for and muting themselves when they are recognized to spea
A quorum is present and i know for the subcommittee and from florida and michigan and texas and tennessee michiga michigan, kentucky, wisconsi michigan, kentucky, wisconsin,. Pennsylvania, mr. Johnson of south dakota and pennsylvania they all have committed to participate in todays hearing that the questions will only come after the subcommittee of workforce protections on both sides of the aisle are present either in person or via remote participation due to House Resolution 965 and the accompanying regulations and had an opportunity to question the witnesses the subcommittee is meeting today for a hearing on examining the federal governments actions to protect workers from covid19 both in the hearing room and for those members participating remotely you will be kept muted as a general rule to avoid any unnecessary background noise members will be responsible for and muting themselves when they are recognized to speak or when they seek recognition a rollcall is not necessary to establ
Commission. Our clerk is here and i would like to thank jason from sfgovtv for broadcasting this meeting. Do you have any announcements . Yes. Due to the covid19 health emergency, and to protect commissioners, staff and public, city hall is closed. Commissioners will participate in the meeting remotely to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available for each item. Cachannel 26 andsfgovtv will st. Comments will be available by calling 18882045984. Dial the access code 3501008. Then press pound and press pound again. When you are connected, dial 1 and 0 to be adde added to the qo speak. All callers will remain on mute until their line is open. Everyone should account for time delays and speaking discrepancies between live coverage and streaming. Best practice call from quiet location, speak slowly and turndown your television or radio. You may have submit Public Comment in either of the following ways. Email me. If you submit via email it will be i
The resident lives somewhere else. We checked with several other counties. All count those numbers within the county, despite where the nursing home residents has a registered address. How do you explain that discrepancy . Dr. Grant colfax so thank you for letting me clarify the issue. So first of all, we count covid19 cases during our outbreaks as cases, regardless of the county of residence. So when i report these outbreak numbers around nursing homes, that includes all the residents, not where their home address is. And our measurement of confirming deaths at with covid19 is not specific to nursing homes. Its not even specific to covid19. Its basic vital statistics, that if a person dies, even in the confines of the city, but has a permanent address somewhere else, that death is reported in that jurisdiction. Next question is from jany harr, associated press. How much outside room time is given daily to people in hotel rooms recovering from covid19 . Do they get smoke breaks . Dr. G