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Workforce Protections Subcommittee: "Secret Rule: Impact of the Department of Labor's Worker Health Risk Assessment Proposal"

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

This hearing examined the Department of Labor’s last-minute proposal that would dramatically weaken future workplace health standards and further slow their enactment. The department allowed only 30 days for comment on the proposal and would not hold public hearings.

Chairwoman Woolsey's Opening Statement »

Archived Webcast »

Witness Testimony:

Randel Johnson
Vice President
U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Celeste Monforton, PhD, MPH
The George Washington University School of Public Health

Margaret “Peg” Seminario
Director of the Department of Occupational Health and Safety
AFL-CIO

Leon Sequeira
Assistant U.S. Labor Secretary for Policy


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