WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, chair of the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Nov. 17, 2022, entitled "Unsafe and Untenable: Examining Workplace Protections for Warehouse Workers": * * * We are meeting to examine the workplace safety crisis in warehouses and our responsibility to protect the health and safety of all workers. The demand for warehouse work is rapidly increasing. B  more