The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The parliamentarian will read a communication to the senate. The clerk washington, d. C. , august 14, 2020. To the senate under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable tom cotto, a senator from the state of arkansas, to perform the duties of the chair. Signed chuck grassley, president pro tempore. The presiding officer under the previous order, the Senate Stands adjourned until 12 00 noon on tuesday, august 18, 2020. We dont expect any legislative work or vote until the chamber returns tuesday, september 8. Follow live coverage of the senate here on cspan2. We take you back to covid19s effect on Mental Health it taught me how to communicate and how to Old Community so that people feel comfortable. Thankyou again very much for being here today , thank you to all our witnesses for participating and madame chairwoman ideals back. The gentleman yields back and i thank him
To eliminate background noise. Members and witnesses, you are going have to unmute your microphone each time you wish to speak. So i just say that as a reminder and a little housekeeping issue, but please remember to do that. Documents for the record can be sent to megan bolin 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 the middle of impacts on the American Families who are grieving the loss of their loved ones to this virus. The economic downturn is also taking a mental toll
Mark hello america i am mark levin and this is a life, Liberty Levin saturday. Im glad you are here is going to be a killer show we have two great guest senator tom cotton trump attorney william scharf. But before we do i was in israel last week as you well know and wash some of the activities that took place there as a result of the Biden Administration policies of appeasement with a wrong intentionally funding a round to the tune of over 100 billion. None of this to be happening at donald trump were present around was broke on its back about to be overthrown by its own people. I keep hearing our own media, news people ask these riots, these and violent people at Columbia University or other universities and in our streets and all the rest of it, who is funding these people . It is funny i thought it was a drop of that media to find out the who and why. So i will do it. Never again do i want to hear anybody in that media say who is finding these people . First of all ive done this bef
Mark hello america i am mark levin and this is a life, Liberty Levin saturday. Im glad you are here is going to be a killer show we have two great guest senator tom cotton trump attorney william scharf. But before we do i was in israel last week as you well know and wash some of the activities that took place there as a result of the Biden Administration policies of appeasement with a wrong intentionally funding a round to the tune of over 100 billion. None of this to be happening at donald trump were present around was broke on its back about to be overthrown by its own people. I keep hearing our own media, news people ask these riots, these and violent people at Columbia University or other universities and in our streets and all the rest of it, who is funding these people . It is funny i thought it was a drop of that media to find out the who and why. So i will do it. Never again do i want to hear anybody in that media say who is finding these people . First of all ive done this bef
Mark hello america i am mark levin and this is a life, Liberty Levin saturday. Im glad you are here is going to be a killer show we have two great guest senator tom cotton trump attorney william scharf. But before we do i was in israel last week as you well know and wash some of the activities that took place there as a result of the Biden Administration policies of appeasement with a wrong intentionally funding a round to the tune of over 100 billion. None of this to be happening at donald trump were present around was broke on its back about to be overthrown by its own people. I keep hearing our own media, news people ask these riots, these and violent people at Columbia University or other universities and in our streets and all the rest of it, who is funding these people . It is funny i thought it was a drop of that media to find out the who and why. So i will do it. Never again do i want to hear anybody in that media say who is finding these people . First of all ive done this bef