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Investigations >Biosafety Level (BSL) III & IV Laboratories

Biosafety Level (BSL) III & IV Laboratories

Letters

April 29, 2008	Letter to Committee on Agriculture Chairman Peterson and Ranking Member Goodlatte in regard to a provision in H.R. 2419 (the Farm bill) which would relocate the animal disease research laboratory which is currently on Plum Island, N.Y.
April 3, 2008	Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff requesting additional information regarding the Plum Island Animal Disease Center
Feb. 25, 2008	Letter to GAO Comptroller General Walker regarding expansion of the Committee's investigation on bio-safety labs March 12, 2008 response »
Feb. 21, 2008	Letter to the Wisconsin Cattlemen's Association regarding the Department of Homeland Security's recent decision to close the Plum Island Animal Disease Center May 1, 2008 response »
Feb. 21, 2008	Letter to North Carolina Pork Council, Inc. regarding the Department of Homeland Security's recent decision to close the Plum Island Animal Disease Center
Feb. 21, 2008	Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff requesting information related to the proposed closure of the Plum Island Animal Disease Center April 17, 2008 response » February 26, 2008 response »
Sept. 20, 2007	Letter to Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff in regard to activities at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center November 30, 2007 response »
Sept. 20, 2007	Letter to Agriculture Acting Secretary Conner in regard to activities at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center December 18, 2007 response » December 14, 2007 response »
Aug. 13, 2007	Letter to HHS Secretary Leavitt in regard to the GAO's evaluation of the risks associated with BSL 3 and 4 laboratories
March 27, 2007	Letter to GAO Comptroller General Walker requesting a GAO report on BSL 3 and 4 laboratories April 3, 2007 response »

News Releases

"Committee Questions Homeland Security Plans to Move Animal Disease Research Facility to U.S. Mainland" -- May 23, 2008

"Dingell, Stupak Announce Hearing on Biosafety Labs; Committee to Examine Risks Associated with Labs" -- August 9, 2007

Hearing Materials

Oct. 4, 2007

Germs, Viruses, and Secrets: The Silent Proliferation of Bio-Laboratories in the United States
(Witness List & Testimony)

Statements

May 22, 2008	Chairman Dingell at the hearing entitled "Germs, Viruses, and Secrets: Government Plans to Move Exotic Disease Research to the Mainland United States"
May 22, 2008	Chairman Stupak at the hearing entitled "Germs, Viruses, and Secrets: Government Plans to Move Exotic Disease Research to the Mainland United States"
Oct. 4, 2007	Chairman Stupak at the hearing entitled "Germs, Viruses, and Secrets: The Silent Proliferation of Bio-Research Laboratories in the United States"
Oct. 4, 2007	Chairman Dingell, hearing entitled "Germs, Viruses, and Secrets: The Silent Proliferation of Bio-Research Laboratories in the United States"