And labor it will come to order. Well come, i know that and decorum is present. I know we are meeting today to hear testimony on age our 260 94, pregnant workers farm and act. I note, for the subcommittee, that mr. Mcbath and, mr. Cohen of tennessee are permitted to participate in todays hearing. Members who sit on the subcommittee and our president should have a force priority to, followed by members that only after all Committee Members can ask questions. Pursuant to Committee Rule seven, Opening Statements are limited to the chair and Ranking Member, this allows us to hear from our witnesses sooner and provide for all members of adequate it time to ask questions. I recognize myself for the purpose of making an opening statement. As a mom and a policy maker, i know how important it is to protect the Economic Security of pregnant women and working families. Unfortunately, our current laws are inadequate and many pregnant workers are placed on unpaid leave or forced out of work when th
The committee on education and labor it will come to order. Well come, i know that and decorum is present. I know we are meeting today to hear testimony on age our 260 94, pregnant workers farm and act. I note, for the subcommittee, that mr. Mcbath and, mr. Cohen of tennessee are permitted to participate in todays hearing. Members who sit on the subcommittee and our president should have a force priority to, followed by members that only after all Committee Members can ask questions. Pursuant to Committee Rule seven, Opening Statements are limited to the chair and Ranking Member, this allows us to hear from our witnesses sooner and provide for all members of adequate it time to ask questions. I recognize myself for the purpose of making an opening statement. As a mom and a policy maker, i know how important it is to protect the Economic Security of pregnant women and working families. Unfortunately, our current laws are inadequate and many pregnant workers are placed on unpaid leave or
[inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible] Committee Welcomes order. Good morning to everyone and without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess on a committee at any time. Withthat i will now recognize myself from my Opening Statements. I am honored to be convening todays hearing. My very first as chairwoman of the committee on oversight and reform as we continue to mourn the loss of our dear friend and colleague chairman Elijah Cummings and as i sit here today and as chair i am mindful of his Lifelong Mission to seek not only Common Ground but higher ground. With that in mind i am very pleased to hold todays hearing on an issue we have been fighting for for many years. The need for comprehensive paid family andmedical leave. It is important for people to understand the Current Situation in our country. Right now we are one of only two nations in the world that do not provide our workers with any form of paid family or medical leave. The United States and pound gi
Test. Test. Test. A checkpoin we increase the population in this world is through childbirth and that there is a need for a woman to be able to take time off and, god help her if she has a child who is sick. And so after the birth of the killed continuously having to care for that child, that could be the father, the mother, a samesex couple, all of the issues that goes with caring with a sick child, we as a sophisticated, major force of democracy in this world should not be one of the last to say that every person working and trying to provide for the family, regardless of their income, do not have access to paid family leave. I want to ask a question, how many workers across the country currently have access to paid family or medical leave benefits. 19 of workers have access to paid family leave. And how current is that . That is from march of this year. March of this year, the big, amazing fix all pay cut happened, did that did that have a major increase on providing this benefit to
The committee will come to orderment good morning ord order. Good morning to everyone. Without objection the chair is allowed to declare a recess at anytime. Ill recognize myself for my Opening Statement. Im honored to be convening todays hearing, my very first as chairwoman of the committee on oversight and reform. As we continue to mourn the loss of our friend and colleague, elijah cummings. I am mindful of his life long mission to seek not only Common Ground, but higher ground. With that in mind, im very pleased to hold todays hearing on an issue we have been fighting for for many years, the need for comprehensive paid family and medical leave. Its important for people to understand the Current Situation in our country. Right now, we are one of only two nations in the world that does not provide our workers with any form of paid family or medical leave. The United States and papua new guinea. I remember when i was pregnant with my first child and i asked my offices about leave polic