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
Denounce beijings proposed security bill. And under the shadow of coronavirus subdued celebrations for muslims marking one of their most important holidays. Lets begin with breaking news out of libya where russian mercenaries have been fighting in support of war highly for half the are leaving the country the mayor of the town of bani walid has confirmed that theyre evacuating through the airport there after withdrawing from the capital tripoli it follows a series of setbacks for have the us forces have been fighting to take territory from libyas internationally recognized government the way it is following developments from tripoli. The mayor of benny will lead the city that south of the city of god who now just stated that 3 flights left from but he will lead the airport loaded with it the russian mercenaries who have been fighting along with have to his forces over the past year in southern tripoli we do not know for certain where they were heading maybe to burn of ozzy to bimini an
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
Our lines are open. Host in the eastern or central time zone. In the mountain and pacific time zone, 202 7488001. Thank you for being with us. Numbers with the courtesy of Johns Hopkins university. More than 3. 1 million confirmed cases. Regions, the and death toll around the world in of 227,000. More than one million cases in the u. S. Joining us from boston is the president of of the anxiety and Depression Association of america and Program Director for the Community Psychology at Community Psychology at harvard medical center. Thank you for being with us. Guest thank you for having me. Host let me begin with information courtesy of the Kaiser Family foundation that puts this into perspective. Nearly 40 of americans have either lost a job or income as a result of covid19. 45 said the stress is affecting their Mental Health. One in five says it has a major negative impact. On the psyche of the average american, the mental healt of the average american, what does this mean . Guest we a