By Dave McNary
12.05.2020 - 23:04 / variety.com
By Dave McNary
Film Reporter
Rep. Adam Schiff has expressed strong support for the safety of entertainment industry workers amid ongoing efforts to reopen Hollywood production as soon as possible.
“Worker safety has to be paramount,” he said during Tuesday’s hour-long virtual town hall meeting with SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris and IATSE International president Matt Loeb. More than 5,000 viewed the event, which was live-streamed.
Schiff, a 10-term Democratic congressman whose
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