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• U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, & Pensions [website]

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  This is the website for the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, abd Pensions, the jurisdiction of which covers: Measures relating to education, labor, health, and public welfare, aging, agricultural colleges, arts and humanities, biomedical research and development, child labor, equal employment opportunity, individuals with disabilities, labor standards, occupational safety, private pension plans, public health, student loans, and wages. The site includes information about subcommittees, press releases, hearings, and bills.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
• Long-Term Health Impacts from September 11: A Review of Treatment, Diagnosis, and Monitoring Efforts [webcast]

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  This is an audio/video clip of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on "The Long-Term Health Impacts from September 11: A Review of Treatment, Diagnosis, and Monitoring Efforts" held Wednesday, March 21, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. located in Hart 216. Witnesses include Michael R. Bloomberg, Robin Herbert, Kerry J. Kelly, Joan Reibman, Jim Melius, Jeanne Mager Stellman, and Jeff Endean.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2007-03-21
• Food Safety: Current Challenges and New Ideas to Safeguard Consumers [webcast]

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  This is an audio/video clip of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on "Food Safety: Current Challenges and New Ideas to Safeguard Consumers" held Wednesday, November 15, 2006, 3:00 PM located in Dirksen 430. Witnesses include Robert Brackett, Lonnie King, Kevin Reilly, Robert Whitaker, Terri-Anne Crawford, Jeff Palmer, and John Vazzana.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2006-11-15
• Report on the August 6, 2007 Disaster at Crandall Canyon Mine

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  "This report does not examine the extensive and complex rescue effort which began on the morning of the collapse and effectively ended on August 31. Nor does it seek to determine the cause of the August 6 and August 16 fatal collapses. The Secretary of Labor has tasked an Accident Investigation Team with determining the proximate cause of these events - its work is ongoing. Instead, this report examines (1) how mine operating company Murray Energy Corporation ('Murray Energy') conceived, designed, and tested its plans to mine the barrier pillars in the Main West section and (2) the Mine Safety and Health Administration's (MSHA) review of those plans and its monitoring of safety conditions during mining of the barrier pillars. These events stretch back a year prior to the accident to when Murray Energy purchased the mine in August 2006."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2008-03-06
• Reforming and Strengthening ASPR: Ensuring Specialized Capabilities, Sufficient Capacity, and Specific Authorities to Meet 21st Century Public Health Threat

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  From the Document: "The 2006 Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA) created the position of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). By statute, the ASPR is the principal advisor to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on all matters related to federal public health and medical preparedness and response for public health emergencies. [...] PAHPA created the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) under the ASPR to support, coordinate, and provide oversight of advanced development of vaccines and other medical countermeasures. Along with development, the ASPR oversees procurement and deployment of these life-saving products through Project BioShield and the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). [...] Congress must better align interagency coordination between HHS and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Department of Defense (DoD). Reforms at ASPR, BARDA, and HHS are needed to ensure the organization is strong, agile, and remains focused on the important mission Congress designed: protecting Americans from public health threats. This mission demands ASPR have the ability to leverage cutting-edge innovation and logistics for the ever-changing threats confronting the nation in the 21st Century."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2021-06-24
• Shark Tank: New Tests for COVID-19, Hearing Before the Committee on Health, Education Labor and Pensions, U.S. Senate, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, Second Session, May 7, 2020 [video]

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  This video is from the May 7, 2020 hearing on "Shark Tank: New Tests for COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]" held before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education Labor and Pensions. Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Francis Collins and Gary Disbrow. The duration of this video is 3 hours, 6 minutes and 25 seconds. The complete written record for this hearing can be found here: [https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=861780].

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2020-05-07
• Joint Full Committee Hearing: Ebola in West Africa: A Global Challenge and Public Health Threat, Held Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, One Hundred and Thirteenth Congress, Second Session, September 16, 2014

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  This testimony compilation is from the October 10, 2014 hearing, "Ebola in West Africa: A Global Challenge and Public Health Threat" before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. From the statement of Beth Bell: "Ebola is a severe, often fatal, viral hemorrhagic fever. The first Ebola virus was detected in 1976 in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, outbreaks have appeared sporadically. The current epidemic in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone is the first that has been recognized in West Africa and the biggest and most complex Ebola epidemic ever documented. We have now also seen cases imported into Nigeria and Senegal from the initially affected areas, which is of concern. Ebola has an abrupt onset of symptoms similar to many other illnesses, including fever, chills, weakness and body aches. Gastrointestinal symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea are common and severe, and can result in life threatening electrolyte losses. In approximately half of cases there is hemorrhage-- serious internal and external bleeding. There are two things that are very important to understand about how Ebola spreads. First, the current evidence suggests human-to-human transmission of Ebola only happens from people who are symptomatic-- not from people who have been exposed to, but are not ill with the disease." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Beth Bell; Anthony S. Fauci, Robin Robinson, Kent Brantly, and Ishmeal A. Charles.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2014-09-16
• Protecting the Public Health: Examining FDA's Initiatives and Priorities, Hearing Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, Second Session, March 13, 2014

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  This testimony compilation is from the March 13, 2014 hearing on "Protecting the Public Health" held before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. From the testimony of Margaret Hamburg: "Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee, I am Dr. Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of Food and Drugs at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency), which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Thank you for the opportunity to be here today to provide an overview of the important actions and initiatives FDA has been working on over the last year, including implementation of several new laws passed with this Committee's leadership: the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), Public Law 111-353; the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA), Public Law 112-144; and the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA), Public Law 113-54. I would like to express my gratitude to you and the Members of this Committee for championing passage of these landmark laws, all of which directly impact the public health. Their importance cannot be overstated, and the breadth of their provisions touch and guide so much of what we do every day. I appreciate the opportunity to provide this Committee with an overview of the Agency's implementation of various provisions of these laws." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of Margaret Hamburg.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2014-03-13
• Campus Safety: Improving Prevention and Response Efforts, Hearing Before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, U.S. Senate, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, Second Session, July 13, 2016

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  This testimony compilation is from the July 13, 2016 hearing "Campus Safety: Improving Prevention and Response Efforts" before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. From the statement of Rick Amweg: "Harassment, intimidation, bullying and hazing are often times thought of as occurring only in the elementary and secondary (K‐12) school environments. Until recently, most research in this area has focused on students in this environment. Studies now show that bullying and related activities as well as cyberbullying does not end with high school. Some reports indicate that nearly 25 percent of college students are victims or bullying or hazing. [...] Two approaches to this issue need to be considered: Prevention and Response. Some measures, such as training programs for campus staff that interact with students, bystander intervention programs, and awareness and familiarity training could impact the prevalence of bullying, hazing and related activities on campuses. Changing behaviors and attitudes toward bullying and hazing are also important aspects of prevention‐focused programming." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Rick Amweg, Elizabeth Allan, Melynda Huskey, Wendy Krisak, Joseph Storch, and Jane Clementi.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2016-07-13
• Emerging Disease Threat: How the U.S. is Responding to COVID-19, the Novel Coronavirus [video]

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  From the Testimony: "Since President Trump took office, his work to protect the health and safety of the American people has included a specific focus on monitoring, preparing for, and responding to biological threats, such as infectious disease outbreaks. As soon as the United States became aware of a novel coronavirus at the end of 2019, the U.S. Government was tracking its spread and began preparing necessary responses."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2020-03-03
• Democratic COVID-19 Response: A Roadmap to Reopening by Ensuring a Speedy and Ubiquitous Lab Testing System (Results)

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  From the Document: "The United States must rapidly increase and optimize COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] testing to collect and analyze the information we need to manage this crisis. The health of our nation-- physically, behaviorally, and economically--depends on it. The path forward requires centralized leadership that only the Executive Branch can provide. Given the repeated failures of the Trump Administration to effectively and rapidly respond to the COVID-19 crisis--including a continued failure to address testing shortages and insufficient data on the spread of the disease--Senate Democrats are putting forward detailed proposals outlining how the Administration should ramp up testing and public health capacity across the country."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Murray, Patty, 1950-

  2020-04-16?
• Democratic COVID-19 Response: A Roadmap to Getting a Safe and Effective Vaccine to All

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  From the Document: "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] poses an unprecedented threat to public health--in the mere months since SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease 2], the virus that causes COVID-19, was detected in the U.S., more than 3.2 million individuals have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and over 135,000 people have died in the United States. According to CDC [U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] Director Dr. Robert Redfield, the actual case count is likely 10 times the confirmed case count. The disease has pushed public health departments, health care facilities, communities, and families to their limits. And this public health crisis has brought with it educational, social, and economic challenges the nation must respond to as well. Ultimately, vaccines that are safe and effective, produced at scale, equitably distributed, free and accessible to everyone, and widely taken up by the population are our best hope for ending this pandemic. Furthermore, neither U.S. health security nor economic security can be achieved unless markets around the world also recover, requiring vaccines be available and administered globally. We are not safe until all countries are safe. Achieving this goal is not just about doing things fast, it is about doing them right."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Murray, Patty, 1950-

  2020-07-13
• COVID-19 & Achieving Health Equity: 'Congressional Action is Necessary to Address Racism and Inequality in the U.S. Health Care System'

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  From the Introduction: "This Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Democratic staff report examines the intersection of the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, inequality in infection rates and health outcomes, and structural racism within the health care system. It describes the impact of COVID-19 on the health of communities of color and discusses a few of the factors that have contributed to inequality in health outcomes, including exploitation of communities of color, segregation, discrimination, and bias within the health care system, lack of access to high-quality care, and social determinants of health. Throughout, the report conveys the impact COVID-19 has had on communities of color using data and individual storytelling. This review is meant to be illustrative rather than complete; the factors that contribute to systemic racism and inequality in health outcomes are complex and are not all included in this document. The report concludes with initial steps Congress can take to begin to address inequality and systemic racism within the health care system."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2020-09
• Preparing for the Next Pandemic

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  From the Executive Summary: "According to the 'New York Times' on March 1, 'Much about the coronavirus remains unclear and it is far from certain that the outbreak will reach severe proportions in the United States or affect many regions at once. With its top-notch scientists, modern hospitals and sprawling public health infrastructure, most experts agree, the United States is among the countries best prepared to prevent or manage such an epidemic.' Even the experts underestimated the ease of transmission and the ability of this novel coronavirus to spread without symptoms. We continue to learn more about the science and trajectory of this disease that is changing the response on a daily basis. In the midst of responding to COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], the United States Congress should take stock now of what parts of the local, state, and federal response worked, what could work better and how, and be prepared to pass legislation this year to better prepare for the next pandemic, which will surely come. [...] Looking at lessons learned from the COVID-19 crisis, many of the challenges Congress has worked to address during the last 20 years still remain. Additionally, COVID-19 has exposed some gaps that had not been previously identified. These include unanticipated shortages of testing supplies and sedative drugs, which are necessary to use ventilators for COVID-19 patients."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Alexander, Lamar

  2020-06-09
• Hearing: Vaccines: Saving Lives, Ensuring Confidence, and Protecting Public Health [video]

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  This is the hearing on "Vaccines: Saving Lives, Ensuring Confidence, and Protecting Public Health" held before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. The duration of the video is 2 hours, 55 minutes and 21 seconds.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2020-09-09?
• COVID-19: Update on Progress Toward Safely Getting Back to Work and Back to School [video]

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  This is a video of the U.S. Senate hearing to examine COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], focusing on an update on progress toward safely getting back to school. The length of this video is 3 hours, 22 minutes, and 22 seconds.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2020-06-30
• COVID-19: Lessons Learned to Prepare for the Next Pandemic [video]

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  This is the June 23, 2020 hearing on "COVID-19: Lessons Learned to Prepare for the Next Pandemic," held before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. From the Testimony of Julie L. Gerberding: "Reviewing the lessons learned from COVID-19 and other past pandemics and preparing for the next pandemic is critical. Unfortunately, we can't expect this pandemic to be a 'once in a century' event; it is a sobering harbinger of things to come. [...] Experts have predicted for years that a pandemic of this magnitude would occur, and significant progress has been made over the last decade in increasing our capabilities and readiness. Now that we are in the midst of the experience, while we must focus on the immediate task at hand, we can already see some of the vulnerabilities in our system that need to be addressed for the future." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: William Frist, Joneigh S. Khaldun, Julie L. Gerberding, and Michael O. Leavitt. The duration of this video is 2 hours, 53 minutes, and 53 seconds.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2020-06-23
• COVID-19: An Update on the Federal Response, Hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, U.S. Senate, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, Second Session, September 23, 2020

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  This is from the September 23, 2020 hearing on "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]: An Update on the Federal Response" held before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. In this full committee hearing, Chairman of the Committee Senator Lamar Alexander and Senator Patricia Murray provided opening statements, followed by witness statements allotted five minutes each, and then the floor was opened for questions from each senator, allotted five minutes each. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, there was not room allowed for the public to attend, although under normal circumstances this session would be open to the public. The main discussion of the hearing was the current state of the pandemic in the United States, the federal response to date, and future containment goals that still needed implementing. Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Anthony Fauci, Robert Redfield, Brett Giroir and Stephen Hahn.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2020-09-23
• Pharmacy Compounding: Implications of the 2012 Meningitis Outbreak, Hearing Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, One Hundred and Twelfth Congress, Second Session, November 15, 2012

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  This testimony compilation is from the November 15, 2012 hearing, "Pharmacy Compounding: Implications of the 2012 Meningitis Outbreak" before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. This Committee investigated who may have been responsible for the outbreak of bacterial meningitis which originated at the New England Compounding Center [NECC] in Framingham, MA. 32 Americans died and 438 were sickened after receiving contaminated injections, and an estimated 15,000 others were exposed. The NECC has a long history of problems with compliance with state regulations and product contamination. Although the NECC was investigated several times by the FDA and various state boards and was warned repeatedly by state and federal regulators, the NECC had no action taken against it before the outbreak. Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Beth Bell; Peggy Hamburg; Lauren Smith; Barry Cadden; Marion Kainer; David G. Miller; and Kasey K. Thompson.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2012-11-15
• Medical and Public Health Preparedness and Response: Are We Ready for Future Threats? Hearing Before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, U.S. Senate, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, First Session, February 26, 2015

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  This is a testimony compilation from the February 26, 2015 "Medical and Public Health Preparedness and Response: Are We Ready for Future Threats?" held before the Senate Committee on Hearing Before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. From the testimony of Stephen Redd: "State and local public health agencies are the lead entities in public health preparedness and response. CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] provides ongoing technical assistance and, if requested, will provide on-theground personnel to assist with a state's response effort. For example, CDC personnel are providing laboratory capacity and communications support to California public health agencies in response to the current measles outbreak. Investments in preparedness since 2001 have greatly increased the Nation's public health preparedness for all hazards. One of the lessons learned as a result of responding to the 9/11 and anthrax attacks was that state and local health departments lacked critical capabilities needed to mount an emergency response, and the Nation's public health system also was unable to provide essential public health services during an emergency. Health departments lacked laboratory networks, electronic disease surveillance systems, risk communication networks, and emergency operations centers."

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2015-02-26
• Zika Virus: Addressing the Growing Public Health Threat, Hearing Before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, Second Session, February 24, 2016

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  This testimony compilation is from the February 24, 2016 hearing, "Zika Virus: Addressing the Growing Public Health Threat," before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Anne Schuchat testified before Congress and requested about $1.9 billion in emergency funding for the Zika outbreak, of which $828 million will go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]. Doctors and other employees at the CDC will use the funds to continue testing Zika and improving Zika monitoring and surveillance in the United States and its territories. Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Anne Schuchat, Anthony Fauci, and Robin Robinson.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2016-02-24
• Oversight of the Implementation of the President's Executive Order on Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security Joint Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, One Hundred and Thirteenth Congress, First Session, December 11, 2014

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  This is a testimony compilation from the December 11, 2014 hearing on "Oversight of the Implementation of the President's Executive Order on Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security" held before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. From the opening statement of Barbara Boxer: "In April 2013, a massive explosion at a fertilizer distribution plant in West, Texas, killed 15 people, injured hundreds more, and damaged or destroyed homes, businesses, and three unoccupied schools. Chemical facilities can be a threat to communities, including schools, across the nation. A recent report by the Center for Effective Governance found that 1 out of 3 school children in America today attends a school within the vulnerability zone of a hazardous chemical facility, and as many as ten million children go to school under the shadow of two hazardous zones. […] In the 602 days since the West, Texas, tragedy, there have been 355 chemical accidents, resulting in 79 deaths and almost 1,500 hospitalizations according to Chemical Safety Board data. In my home state of California, there have been 23 chemical incidents and 96 people have been hospitalized. I am very concerned that despite the clear risks posed by our nation's chemical facilities, very little progress has been made to improve safety. The Executive Order directed that 15 actions be taken, including proposing changes to safety measures for ammonium nitrate, proposing changes to the list of chemical hazards under EPA's program to reduce risks of chemical accidents, and providing more information to first responders and accident investigators. Of the 15 actions directed by the Executive Order, only four have been completed. Six actions won't be complete until 2015 or later, and five have no timeline at all for completion. No agency has proposed changes to its chemical safety program, and not a single facility faces new federal requirements to adopt safety precautions to reduce chemical hazards." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Barbara Boxer, David Vitter, Ed Markey, John Barrasso, David Michaels, and Mathy Stanislaus.

  United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works; United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  2014-12-11