Obviously is being held remotely. All members and witnesses will participate Via Videoconferencing 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. So i just say that as a reminder and as a little housekeeping issue, but please remember to do that. Documents for the record can be sent to megan mullen 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
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
Died in police custody. It was hosted by Georgetown University in Public Policy and also included questions from students. Mo i want to thank everyone for tuning in tonight. Members as well as the general. Ublic thank you for spend your evening with us. The conversation will begin in a second. We are going to have a conversation, the first part of it, and then we will welcome you to join into the conversation and ask questions. Ofse of you who are members the Georgetown Community here in the zoom room, at the bottom of q a screen, you will see a tab and you will click on that to submit your question. At some point during the course of the evening, our staff will let you know when your question has been selected and then a few moments later, we will put you up on the screen. So make sure you are broadcast ready at that point. Before we move on, i want to thank our partners for social justice at georgetown. They have been tremendous partners in this event. They have some Pretty Amazing r
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