Limitless, limitless wake up, everybody, wake up horns honking] dr. Biden wow. What a great welcome. Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you. We love you, jill dr. Biden well, thank you. I love pennsylvania, especially Luzerne County. Watched 4 days after our sons funeral, i watched joe shave and put on his suit, and i watched him steal himself in the mirror, take a breath, put his shoulders back and walked out into a world empty of our son. He went back to work as your vice president. Thats just who joe is. Joe has faced unimaginable hasedies, but purpose always driven him forward. His strength of will is unstoppable, and his faith is not inble because its politicians or political parties. R even himself it is in the providence of god, in the potential of our country. His faith is in you, in us. Through it all, he learned how to heal a broken family. Its the same way you heal a country with love and acts ofnding and strong kindness, with bravery, with unwavering hope. Joe has spent hi
Time zones, 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific time zones, 202 7488001, and you can also send us a text this morning, 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Catch up with us on social media. N twitter, facebook good sunday morning. You can start calling in now as we have a civil discussion about civility in politics. Having this discussion in a week that saw another residential battlescongressional over coronavirus really funding, and it also saw this, a series of Public Service announcements released by the candidates for governor in utah. Here is one headline, the straight noting that two candidates, the lieutenant governor, and his democratic opponent, appear together in a Public Service announcement on tuesday promoting civility in politics saying you talk and set an example for the rest of the country. Here is one of those announcements released by the candidates. We are currently in the final days of campaigning against each other
Org, or listen. Ceo of the American Psychological association. We know we are feeling more stress and the apa is trying to qualify the scope of the problem. Dr. Evans our stress in America Survey tries to measure the stress level of the nation to understand what the sources of those stresses are, what coping strategies people are employing, and really to draw attention to the fact that stress is highly related to physical and Mental Health challenges we face. Thatwe are seeing now is stress related to the pandemic is very high in the United States. Almost 80 of americans are reporting significant stress related to the pandemic. The stressors of that people have already been reporting precovid and in addition to that there are unique characteristics of this pandemic that are adding more stress to what americans are experiencing. Many americans are experiencing more economic stresses because of the loss of a job or a closing of a business. Concernsme significant about Racial Justice and
On the agenda today, resolution on the peaceful transfer of power after the president ial election, live house coverage at cspan. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk speakers rooms, washington, d. C. September 29, 2020. I hereby appoint Emanuel Cleaver to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Haplain conroy let us pray. Lord, father of us all, we give you thanks for giving us another day. As the stresses of the pandemic and as economic and educational effects stubbornly continue, we ask you once again to send your spirit of peace and healing upon our nation. Bless those who labor to bring healing and teaching during these difficult times. Comfort all who are ill with coronavirus and those who mourn the loss of loved ones because of it. As the members
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