WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation released today the witness list for the full Committee hearing on the Safety of Chinese Imports: Oversight and Analysis of the Federal Response. The witness list is below.
The Committee will hold an oversight hearing on the safety of consumer products and food imported from China. The hearing will focus on the consumer impacts from and federal agency responses to unsafe Chinese imports entering the United States.
Full Committee
Date: Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Room 253, Russell Senate Office Building
Witnesses: See below
Opening Remarks
The Honorable Sherrod Brown, United States Senator, Ohio
Panel I
The Honorable Nicole R. Nason, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
The Honorable Nancy A. Nord, Acting Chairman, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Dr. Murray Lumpkin, Deputy Commissioner for International and Special Programs, Food and Drug Administration
Dr. William Hogarth, Assistant Administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service
Panel II
Mr. Donald Mays, Senior Director of Product Safety, Planning and Technology Administration Consumers Union
Ms. Caroline Smith DeWaal, Director of Food Safety, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Mr. Jay Timmons, Senior Vice President of Policy and Government Relations, National Association of Manufacturers
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* Please Note: This hearing was changed to a listening session. *
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