Richard Blumenthal

Your civil servants, they are being assaulted, are they not?

Would you respond personally?

Again, would you respond to me because so far there has been inadequate response from the Postal Service.

Just as I said in my testimony, just looking to reform immigration policies so that we can support more direct care workers who are already filling a significant proportion of these roles would be important.

Anybody with familiarity about the work that is done by long-term care workers knows that they have highly demanding jobs emotionally and physically, and those jobs can be draining.

There are no Federal training requirements for categories of home care workers, such as personal care aides.

Do you think there should be?

In Connecticut, in 2021, 42 percent of direct care workers lacked affordable housing. That is a searing indictment of the present system.

We know that increased wages is not only better for those workers, but it also attracts a better quality workforce.

Wages are often at the very top of mind when we discuss long-term care professionals.

A recent report found that 43 percent of direct care workers rely on public assistance such as Medicaid or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP.

They are being assaulted, are they not?

Make available this land to local business?

I am supporting a measure called the Postal Police Reform Act of 2023, led by Senator Durbin and Senator Collins.

Again, would you respond to me because so far there has been inadequate response from the Postal Service.

Understaffing is linked to patient falls, emergency department visits, and inappropriate medication use.

Just as I said in my testimony, just looking to reform immigration policies so that we can support more direct care workers who are already filling a significant proportion of these roles would be important.

Do you think there should be?

There are no Federal training requirements for categories of home care workers, such as personal care aides.

Wages are often at the very top of mind when we discuss long-term care professionals.

We know that increased wages is not only better for those workers, but it also attracts a better quality workforce.

Anybody with familiarity about the work that is done by long-term care workers knows that they have highly demanding jobs emotionally and physically, and those jobs can be draining.

A recent report found that 43 percent of direct care workers rely on public assistance such as Medicaid or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP.

Noted what Senator Blumenthal talked about the 38 minutes on hold time.

Waiting 38, 39 minutes is just intolerable, and not the fault of the hard working people in the Social Security Administration, it is the lack of resources that you are provided, so, we got to do better.