June 2008 Archives
- Congressman Barney Frank 4th Congressional District of Massachusetts
- Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin » 2nd Congressional District of Wisconsin
- Diane Schroer » Retired Colonel United States Army Washington, D.C.
- Diego Sanchez » Director of Public Relations & External Affairs AIDS Action Committee Boston, Massachusetts
- JC Miller » Partner Thompson Hine, LLP Washington, D.C.
- Bill Hendrix » Global Leader The Dow Chemical Company Indianapolis, Indiana
- Glen Lavy » Senior Counsel and Senior Vice President For Marriage Litigation Alliance Defense Fund Scottsdale, Arizona
- Sabrina Marcus Taraboletti » Aeronautics Engineer Brevard County, Florida
- Shannon Minter, Esq. » Legal Director National Center for Lesbian Rights Washington, D.C.
- Edwin Foulke » Assistant Secretary of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- George Cole » Brother-in-Law of Harold Billingsley, Victim of a Recent Construction Accident Las Vegas, Nevada
- Robert LiMandri » Acting Building Commissioner New York City, New York
- Mike Kallmeyer » Senior Vice President of Construction Services Denier Electric
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Mark Ayers »
President
Building and Construction Trades Department AFL-CIO
- Mr. A.C. Span, Jr »
- Dr. Robert McLellan » Immediate Past President American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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John Ruser, Ph.D. »
Assistant Commissioner
Safety and Health Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics -
Mr. Baruch Fellner, J.D. »
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP
Representing the US Chamber of Commerce -
Kenneth Rosenman, M.D., FACPM, FACE »
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Michigan State University - Mr. Bob Whitmore » Former Chief OSHA Division of Recordkeeping U.S. Department of Labor
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Mr. George Scott »
Director
Education, Workforce, and Income Security Team Government Accountability Office - Philip O. Geier, Ph.D. » Executive Director Davis United World College Scholars Program
- William B. DeLauder, Ph.D. » Former President Delaware State College
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Mr. Philip O. Clay »
Director
International Admissions and Services University of Texas - Pan American -
Ms. Rachel C. Ochako »
Scholar
Davis United World College Scholars Program
Student
Middlebury College - Mr. David S. North » Fellow Center for Immigration Studies
Transcript:
"Restoring America’s Leadership Through Scholarships for Undergraduates from Developing Countries: The Uniting Students in America (USA) Proposal"
Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness Joint Hearing with the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight
"Restoring America’s Leadership Through Scholarships for Undergraduates from Developing Countries: The Uniting Students in America (USA) Proposal"
Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness Joint Hearing with the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight
The Committee held a hearing on bipartisan legislation that would help strengthen American families and help more children arrive at school ready to succeed by expanding access to early childhood home visitation programs for parents and children.
Research shows that these programs, which provide a variety of services ranging from pre-natal medical care to school readiness and family literacy programs, can help improve student achievement, reduce child abuse rates, improve early identification of developmental delays and disabilities, and improve access to health services.
Archived Webcast »
Witnesses:
Research shows that these programs, which provide a variety of services ranging from pre-natal medical care to school readiness and family literacy programs, can help improve student achievement, reduce child abuse rates, improve early identification of developmental delays and disabilities, and improve access to health services.
- Laura A. Ditka, JD » Deputy District Attorney and Chief of Child Abuse Unit Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- William A. Estrada » Director of Federal Relations Home School Legal Defense Association Purcellville, Virginia
- Julie Fenley » Participant Parents as Teachers Home Visitation Program Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia
- Makeda London » Healthy Families Program Director and Family Support Services Coordinator Near North Health Service Corporation Chicago, Illinois
- Jeanne Smart, R.N., M.S.N. » Director Nurse-Family Partnership Los Angeles County, California
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Heather B. Weiss, Ed.D. » Founder and Director Harvard Family Research Project »
Founder and Director
Harvard Family Research Project
Senior Research Associate and Lecturer Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Donna Dolan » Chair New York State Paid Family Leave Coalition New York, New York
- Julienne Condos » Director of Program & Development for Rehabilitation St. Charles Hospital Rocky Point, New York
- George Blekas » Outside Field Technician Verizon Manorville, New York
- Barbara Wankoff » Director of Workplace Solutions KPMG Montvale, New Jersey