And how many were enslaved including those born free in the north. Enjoy American History tv every weekend on cspan3. Now, a hearing on the Health Concerns of veterans exposed to dangerous chemicals in uzbekistan known as k2. A veteran told members of the House Oversight committee that more Scientific Data is needed before providing health care and disability benefits to veterans who served at the base between 2001 and 2005. Hearin this is about 90 minutes. Ecur ity all right. Good morning, everyone. O welcome to todays hybrid will hearing of the national Oversight Committee on the committee of oversight and me government reform. Pursuant to house rules, some persons will appear remotely anl some in person via webex. Ce mas. Let me remind everyone from thea latest guidance from the house. Physician all individuals attending this hearing in persos will have to wear a face mask. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaki
Committee, though not physically present at the moment, some are joining in person and others will be joining us, almost every member of our committee will be participating expected in todays hearing. The focus of todays hearing is the implementation title 1 under Veterans Mission act, program of assistance to family caregivers. I scheduled this hearing because of my dissatisfaction with the pace. While officials were invited to discuss the critical programs they oversee, the department chose to decline that invitation. This committee and the va shared a common goal to pass the mission act in 2018 to better serve veterans and their families and we continue to Work Together to address important issues for our nations veterans. I would expect them to be here with this to share all theyve accomplished since the va was transformed with this legislation and discuss what needs to be done to make improvements. The va is an integral part of in dialog, which is why i planned a whole subsequent
The committee will come to order. Good morning to everyone and without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. With that, i will now recognize myself for my Opening Statement. I am honored to be convening todays hearing. My very first as chairwoman. As we continue to mourn the loss of our dear friend and colleague, chairman elijah cummings. And as i sit here today in his 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, and medical leave. It is an important 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 f
[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