December

• Executive Session  - Any Nominations cleared for action
  December 5

November

• Full Committee Hearing Hearing - Hearing on Building a 21st Century FDA: Proposals to Improve Drug Safety and Innovation
  November 16

• Full Committee Hearing - Food Safety: Current Challenges and New Ideas to Safeguard Consumers
  November 15

• Full Committee Hearing - Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments: Improving Indian Health Care for the 21st Century
  November 14

September

• Subcommittee Hearing - Roundtable on Crisis in the ER: How Can We Improve Emergency Medical Care?
  September 27

• Executive Session  - S. 2322, S. 1531, S. 3771, S. 1325, H.R. 5074,  Any Nominations cleared for action
  September 20

• Full Committee Hearing - Employment-Based Permanent Immigration:  Examining the Value of a Skills Based Point System
  September 14

August

• Executive Session - Any nominations ready for action
  August 2

• Full Committee Hearing - Nomination Hearing
  August 1

July

• Full Committee Hearing - Hearing on S. 3128: The National Uniformity for Food Act
  July 27

• Executive Session - Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Combating Autism Act, Nominations
  July 19

• Subcommittee Field Hearing - A Fresh Start for New Orleans' Children: Improving Education after Katrina
  July 14

• Subcommittee Field Hearing - Lessons Learned from Katrina in Public Healthcare
  July 14

June

• Executive Session - Older Americans Act Amendments of 2006,S. 3546, S. 707, S. 707, and Nominations
  June 28

• Full Committee Hearing - Medical Liability: New Ideas for Making the System Work Better for Patients
  June 22

May

• Executive Session - Ryan White Modernization Act, 2. 2803, S. 860 and Nominations
  May 17

• Subcommittee Hearing - Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities: A Model for Aging in Place
  May 16

• Subcommittee Heating - Longshore Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: Time for Reform?
  May 9

April

• Subcommittee Hearing (Roundtable Format) - All-Hazards Medical Preparedness and Response
  April 5

March

• Subcommittee Hearing - Senior Community Service Employment: Reauthorization of the Older Americans Act Title V
  March 28

• Subcommittee Hearing - Public Health Preparedness in the 21st Century
  March 28

• Full Committee FIELD Hearing - Roundtable on Methamphetamine: Fighting Meth Use - A Coordinated Effort
  March 23

• Full Committee Hearing - Enhancing Public Health and Medical Preparedness: Reauthorization of Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act
  March 16

• Executive Session - S.1955, S.1902, and Nominations (Continuation)
  March 15

• Executive Session - S.1955, S.1902, and Nominations
  March 8

• Full Committee Hearing (Roundtable format)- Answering the Call: The Response of Community-Based Organizations to the 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes
  March 7

• Full Committee Hearing - the State of Mine Safety and Health
  March 2

• Full Committee Hearing - Fighting the AIDS Epidemic of Today: Reauthorizing the Ryan White CARE Act
  March 1

• Subcommittee Hearing Protecting America’s Competitive Edge Act: Helping K-12 Students Learn Math and Science Better
  March 1

February

• Subcommittee Hearing - PACE Act: Teachers
  February 28

• Full Committee Hearing (Roundtable format) - Roundtable on Competitiveness: Building and Filling the Pipeline
  February 16

• Subcommittee Hearing (Roundtable format) - Mine Safety Technology
  February 15

• Subcommittee Hearing (Roundtable format) - Older Americans Act
  February 14

• Full Committee Hearing - The Role of Education in Global Competitiveness with Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings
  February 9

January

• Full Committee Hearing - Nominations of the Assistant Secretaries of OSHA and MSHA
  January 31

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