On the recordNovember 21, 2019
I am pleased to rise in support of my colleague, Mr. DeSaulnier's amendment to H.R. 1309. As my good friend knows, I was planning to introduce an amendment that was virtually identical to his, and so I was happy to make this a combined effort and support his amendment as a cosponsor. As has already been explained, this amendment would require employers to provide information about trauma and trauma-related counseling for employees in their reporting, incident response, and post-incident investigation procedures. Doing so would ensure that employees have access to this vital information in the wake of incidents involving workplace violence. I think this is an important consideration as we consider this legislation responding to high rates of workplace violence. Our Nation's caregivers, including nurses, social workers, and many others working in the healthcare and social service sectors, suffer workplace violence injuries at far higher rates than in any other profession. Mr. DeSAULNIER. Madam Chair, I urge my colleagues to support the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. DeSaulnier). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Byrne The CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 3 printed in part B of House Report 116-302.
