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Joe Courtney: “We have a bill in committee, the Federal Employees Worker…”

Featuring: Joe Courtney, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 2nd Congressional District

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Joe Courtney Discusses Workforce Development and Workplace Violence Prevention with Acting Secretary

Published | Video Starts at 04:22

That's exactly what Congress did during the AIDS crisis to get, you know, emergency rules through so that, you know, today, people wearing gloves, disposable needles, all that flowed from the fact that Congress acted to accelerate those rules. Lastly, We have a bill in committee, the Federal Employees Worker Compensation act. which would empower nurse practitioners and physician assistants under the federal workers compensation system to be able to evaluate patients and issue reports that could be connected to benefits. (04:22–04:26)

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