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. Between 2000 and 2017, warehouse jobs increased by  more PR