President follansbee this is House Services Board Meeting for the Public Awareness follansbee was connected and is having technical issues and call the meeting to order. We will await his arrival. Madam secretary, please call roll. [roll call] Vice President canning, you have a quorum. Vice president canning pleas e call the next item on the agenda. My apologies, given the fact that we are virtual, if you would please review the details for the publics awareness for participating in our virtual meeting. Due to covid19 Health Emergency and to protect our Board Members City Employees and the public, the board of supervisors legislative chamber and Community Room are closed. However members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken prestudent to the local state and federal orders. Community members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting. We have a few courtesy reminders. You can see on the screen now. All Public Commen
Many situations people find themselves. The recession has laid bare the economic struggles of millions of American Families with almost no warning to the shutdown that claimed tens of millions of jobs and American Workers and families felt the ground fall from under them. The. The country was on the verge and so many have lost their livelihoods and exhausted their financial reserves. They are facing financial catastrophe. That growth hasnt been broadly shared starting in 2009 with 128 months of growth so many neighbors are facing financial catastrophe they do not fal falr r. E irreversible financial disaster. As businesses gradually reopen, many workers are coping with drastically reduced hours and lower paychecks that will not cover their bills. Even people fortunate enough to be returning to work will likely be struggling for some time to come the Child Tax Credit and earned income tax credit and it also supports workers with a more generous employer retention tax credit to maintain
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We are ready to go now. Take it all for joining the first remote hearing of the subcommittee on select revenue measures. We find ourselves in challenging times as evidenced by this new method of conducting Community Business in accord with the Public Health and safety recommendations. But the challenges we encounter here in congress are small compared to what i hear and see and what i am sure all of you here and see in our communities. Im glad we can move forward into the work that our constituents need given the difficult economic situations in which so many find themselves. The covid19 recession has laid bear the economic struggles of millions of American Families with almost no warning the shutdown claimed tens of millions of jobs, and American Workers and families felt the ground ball from under them. Many had been just barely scraping by and unable to save much for a rainy day, and the sudden loss of income has left them nothing. Food banks are Unprecedented Demand in the country
U. S. Senate when they return here on cspan2. Next a house ways and means subCommittee Hearing on efforts to provide tax relief to low income workers, minorities, women and families affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Witnesses include representatives from the National Womens law center, Georgetown University poverty and inequality center, the American Enterprise institute and Childrens Health watch at Boston Medical Center. We are ready to go now. Take it all for joining the first remote hearing of the subcommittee on select revenue measures. We find ourselves in challenging times as evidenced by this new method of conducting Community Business in accord with the Public Health and safety recommendations. But the challenges we encounter here in congress are small compared to what i hear and see and what i am sure all of you here and see in our communities. Im glad we can move forward into the work that our constituents need given the difficult economic situations in which so many fin