December 2, 1998 --Harold Varmus (NIH)
Subject: Stem Cells
Before: Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies
October 7, 1998 --John Callahan (ASMB)
Subject: H.R. 1833, Tribal Self-Governance Amendments
of 1998
Before: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
October 7, 1998 --Luana L. Reyes (IHS)
Subject: H.R. 1833, Tribal Self-Governance Amendments
of 1998
Before: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
October 7, 1998 --Michael Friedman (FDA)
Subject: Implementation of the Food and Drug
Administration Modernization Act of 1997
Before: House Committee on Commerce
October 5, 1998 --Penny Thompson (HCFA)
Subject: Medicare Abuse at Mental Health
Centers
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
October 2, 1998 --Robert Knouss (OPHS)
Subject: Anti-Terrorism Measures
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on
National Security, International Affairs and Criminal Justice
October 2, 1998 --Sharon Smith Holston (FDA)
Subject: Agreement on Mutual Recognition between
the United States and the European Community
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
October 2, 1998 --Michael Hash (HCFA)
Subject: Medicare+Choice Implementation
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment
October 1, 1998 --Barry L. Johnson (ATSDR)
Subject: Haze and Pollution
Before: Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands,
Private Property, and Nuclear Safety
September 29, 1998 --Helene Gayle (CDC)
Subject: HIV Partner Protection Act
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment
September 25, 1998 -- Peter Van Dyck (HRSA)
Subject: Abstinence Education
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
September 24, 1998 --William Schultz (FDA)
Subject: Food Safety
Before:Senate Committee on Government Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations
September 24, 1998 --Patricia Montoya
Subject: Nominee to be Commissioner of the
Administration on Children, Youth, and Families
Before: Senate Committee on Finance
September 24, 1998 --John J. Callahan (ASMB)
Subject: Year 2000 Medical Device Issues
Before: House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations
September 23, 1998 --Dr. David Satcher (HHS)
Subject: Eradication of Polio and Measles
Before: Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education
September 22, 1998 --Norman B. Anderson (NIH)
Subject: "Mind/Body Interactions and Health"
Before: Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education
September 18, 1998 --Nancy-Ann DeParle (HCFA)
Subject: "State Children's Health Insurance Programs: A
Progress Report"
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment
September 17, 1998 --Statement for the Record by William Braithwaite (ASPE)
Subject: A National ID Card
Submitted to the: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs
September 16, 1998 --William Raub (ASPE)
Subject: Radiation Research
Before: Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations
September 16, 1998 --Richard Klausner (NIH)
Subject: Radiation Research
Before: Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations
September 16, 1998 --Anthony S. Fauci (NIH)
Subject: Update on the U.N. HIV/AIDS Program
Before: House Committee on International Relations
September 15, 1998 --Olivia Golden (ACF)
Subject: The Implementation of the Multiethnic Placement
Act of 1994 and the Interethnic Placement Provisions of 1996
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources
September 14, 1998 --Thomas D. Roslewicz (OIG)
Subject: Improving Safeguards in Long-Term Care
Before: Senate Special Committee on Aging
September 10, 1998 --The Honorable Donna E. Shalala (HHS)
Subject: Organ Transplant Policy
Before: Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, HHS and Education
September 9, 1998 --Michael Friedman (FDA)
Subject: GAO Report on "Blood Plasma Safety"
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
September 2, 1998 --Jane E. Henney
Subject: Nominee for Commissioner of the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
August 6, 1998 --Michael Hash (HCFA)
Subject: Home Health Issues
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health
July 31, 1998 --Richard Klausner (NIH)
Subject: Issues in Cancer Research
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight
July 30, 1998 --Michael Hash (HCFA)
Subject: Medicare+Choice Implementation
Before: Senate Committee on Finance
July 28, 1998 --Michael Hash (HCFA)
Subject: Nursing Home Neglect
Before: Senate Special Committee on Aging
July 28, 1998 --Alan I. Leshner (NIH)
Subject: Substance Abuse
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
July 23, 1998 --Edward J. Cone (NIH)
Subject: Federal Workplace Drug-Testing
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
July 23, 1998 --D. Bruce Burlington (FDA)
Subject: Federal Workplace Drug-Testing
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
July 23, 1998 --Joseph H. Autry (SAMHSA)
Subject: Federal Workplace Drug-Testing
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
July 23, 1998 --Kevin Thurm (HHS)
Subject: Year 2000 Computer Problem and Health Care
Industry
Before: Senate Special Committee on Year 2000 Technology Problem
July 23, 1998 --Michael A. Friedman (FDA)
Subject: Year 2000 Computer Problem and Health Care
Industry
Before: Senate Special Committee on Year 2000 Technology Problem
July 23, 1998 --Nancy-Ann DeParle (HCFA)
Subject: Year 2000 Computer Problem and Health Care
Industry
Before: Senate Special Committee on Year 2000 Technology Problem
July 22, 1998 --Penny Thompson (HCFA)
Subject: Medicare Home Health Program
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human
Resources
July 22, 1998 --Kevin Thurm (HHS)
Subject: S. 1770, A bill to elevate the Director of IHS to
Assistant Secretary
Before: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
July 21, 1998 --The Honorable Donna E. Shalala (HSS)
Subject: Patients' Bill of Rights
Before: Democratic Health Care Task Force
July 20, 1998 --Edison Liu (NIH)
Subject: The State of Cancer Research
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment
July 16, 1998 --Edison Liu (NIH)
Subject: Cancer Treatments for the 21st Century
Before: Senate Cancer Coalition
July 16, 1998 --Michael McMullan (HCFA)
Subject: Internet Information Services for Medicare
Beneficiaries
Before: Senate Special Aging Committee
July 16, 1998 --Nancy-Ann Min Deparle (HCFA)
Subject: "Balanced Budget Act Implementation"
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health
July 15, 1998 --Statement for the Record of the Health Care Financing
Administration
Subject: "Home Health Care: Can Small Agencies Survive
New Regulations?"
Submitted to the: Senate Committee on Small Business
July 14, 1998 --Ruth Kirschstein (NIH)
Subject: Federal Advisory Committee Act
(FACA)
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on
Government Management, Information, and Technology
July 9, 1998 --Stephen M. Ostroff (CDC)
Subject: The Safety of Food Imports
Before: Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations
June 25, 1998 --Lawrence J. Fine (CDC)
Subject: H.R. 3539-The "Radiation Workers Justice Act of
1998"
Before: House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims
June 18, 1998 --The Honorable Donna E. Shalala (HHS)
Subject: Joint Hearing on Organ Donation
Allocation
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources and House Committee on Commerce
June 17, 1998 --Francis Collins (NIH)
Subject: The Human Genome Project: How Private Sector
developments affect the government program
Before: House Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy and the Enviornment
June 11, 1998 --Gary Ellis (NIH)
Subject: Protecting Human Clinical Research
Patients
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on
Human Resources
June 10, 1998 --John Callahan (ASMB)
Subject: The Year 2000 Computer Problems
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on
Government Management, Information and Technology
June 8, 1998 --Richard J. Hodes (NIH)
Subject: "The Graying of Nations"
Before: Senate Special Aging Committee
June 8, 1998 --Jeanette C. Takamura (AoA)
Subject: "The Graying of Nations"
Before: Senate Special Aging Committee
June 2, 1998 --Robert Knouss (OPHS)
Subject: Preparedness for Epidemics and
Bioterrorism
Before: Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies
June 2, 1998 --James M. Hughes (CDC)
Subject: Preparedness for Epidemics and
Bioterrorism
Before: Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies
June 2, 1998 --Richard Jackson (CDC)
Subject: Preparedness for Epidemics and
Bioterrorism
Before: Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies
May 21, 1998 --Francis Collins (NIH)
Subject: Preventing Genetic Discrimination in Health
Insurance
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
May 20, 1998 --Stephen Katz (NIH)
Subject: Osteoporosis
Before: Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies
May 20, 1998 --Claire V. Broome (CDC)
Subject: Eradication of Infectious Diseases
Before: House Committee on International Relations
May 19, 1998 -- Donna Bonar (ACF)
Subject: "National Directory of New Hires"
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources
May 19, 1998 -- Margaret A. Hamburg (ASPE)
Subject: Health Care Quality: Grievance Procedures
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
May 19, 1998 -- Nancy-Ann Min DeParle (HCFA)
Subject: Commercial Off-The-Shelf Software (COTS)
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
May 8, 1998 -- D. Bruce Burlington (FDA)
Subject: The Mammography Quality Standards Act
(MQSA) of 1992
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
May 7, 1998 -- John Callahan (ASMB)
Subject: The Year 2000 Computer Problems
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight
May 7, 1998 -- Dr. David Satcher (HHS)
Subject: Immune Globulin Shortage
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
May 7, 1998 -- Michael Friedman (FDA)
Subject: Immune Globulin Shortage
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
May 6, 1998 -- Michael Hash (HCFA)
Subject: Medicare+Choice and Consumer
Information
Before: Senate Special Committee on Aging
May 6, 1998 -- John Jenkins (FDA)
Subject: Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in Metered-Dose
Inhalers (MDIs)
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
May 5, 1998 -- Don Sykes (ACF)
Subject: Reauthorization of the Community Block Grant
Program
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Children and Families
May 5, 1998 -- Mark L. Rosenberg (CDC)
Subject: Unintentional Childhood Injury and
Death
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
April 30, 1998 -- John M. Eisenberg (AHCPR)
Subject: Public Expectations of Health Care Quality: Role
of AHCPR
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Public Health and
Safety
April 30, 1998 -- Michael Friedman (FDA)
Subject: "Breast Cancer Prevention Trial"
Before: Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
April 30, 1998 -- Leslie Ford (NIH)
Subject: "Breast Cancer Prevention Trial"
Before: Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
April 28, 1998 -- Robert A. Berenson (HCFA)
Subject: The False Claims Act
Before: House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims
April 28, 1998 -- Lewis Morris (OIG)
Subject: The False Claims Act
Before: House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims
April 28, 1998 -- W. Rodney Hammond (CDC)
Subject: Youth Violence
Before: House Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families
April 24, 1998 -- Nancy-Ann Min DeParle (HCFA)
Subject: Chief Financial Officer's Act Audit
for FY 1997
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and also before the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology
April 24, 1998 -- June Gibbs Brown (OIG)
Subject: Chief Financial Officer's Act Audit
for FY 1997
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and also before the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology
April 23, 1998 -- Michael Hash (HCFA)
Subject: Medicare Appeals Processes
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health
April 23, 1998 -- James M. Hughes (CDC)
Subject: Infectious Diseases
Before: Senate Appropriation, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations
April 22, 1998 -- Michael Friedman (FDA)
Subject: On Various Programs for Providing Access to
Promising Therapies for Seriously Ill and Dying Patients
Before: House Government Reform and Oversight
April 21, 1998 -- Richard Klausner (NIH)
Subject: Breast Cancer Prevention Trial
Before: Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies
April 8, 1998 -- Mark R. Yessian (OIG)
Subject: Organ Donation
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
April 8, 1998 -- Claude Earl Fox (HRSA)
Subject: Organ Donation
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
April 2, 1998 -- John Jenkins (FDA)
Subject: The Implementation of Title VI of the Clean Air
Act as it relates to the use of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in Metered-Dose Inhalers
(MDIs)
Before: Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee
April 1, 1998 -- Michael Friedman (FDA)
Subject: FDA Management and Procurement Policies and
Practices
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation
March 31, 1998 -- Nancy-Ann Min DeParle (HCFA)
Subject: The Balanced Budget Act - Home Health
Provisions
Before: Senate Special Aging Committee
March 26, 1998 -- Harold Varmus (NIH)
Subject: New Developments in Medical Research: NIH
and Patient Groups
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment
March 19, 1998 -- Olivia Golden ACF)
Subject: Welfare Reform
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources
March 19, 1998 -- Howard Rolston (ACF)
Subject: Welfare Reform
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources
March 19, 1998 -- Nancy-Ann Min DeParle (HCFA)
Subject: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources
March 19, 1998 -- Linda Ruiz (HCFA)
Subject: Medicare Home Health
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
March 18, 1998 -- The Honorable Donna E. Shalala (HHS)
Subject: The Peace Corps: 10,000 Volunteers by the year
2000
Before: House Committee on International Relations
March 12, 1998 -- Margaret Hamburg (ASPE) and Sally Richardson (HCFA)
Subject: "Medicaid Community-Based Care"
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment
March 12, 1998 -- Nancy-Ann Min DeParle (HCFA)
Subject: "Health Technology Assessment"
Before: Senate Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Public Health and Safety
March 10, 1998 -- Nancy-Ann Min DeParle (HCFA)
Subject: Medicare Physician Practice Expense Regulations
Before: Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education and Related Agencies
March 5, 1998 -- Dr. David Satcher (HHS)
Subject: Hepatitis C
Before: House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on Human Resources
March 3, 1998 -- Dr. David Satcher (HHS)
Subject: Global Health: The United States Response to Infectious Diseases
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Public Health and
Safety
March 3, 1998 -- Anthony Fauci (NIH)
Subject: Global Health: The United States Response to
Infectious Diseases
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Public Health and
Safety
March 3, 1998 -- Stephen Blount (CDC)
Subject: Global Health: The United States Response to
Infectious Diseases
Before: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Public Health and
Safety
March 3, 1998 -- Nancy-Ann Min DeParle (HCFA)
Subject: "HCFA's role in Ensuring Health Care Quality"
Before: Bipartisan Congressional Health Care Task Force
March 2, 1998 -- Nancy-Ann Min DeParle (HCFA)
Subject: Fighting Fraud, Waste and Abuse in Medicare
Before: House Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
February 26, 1998 -- Nancy-Ann Min DeParle (HCFA)
Subject: Private Contracting in Medicare
Before: Senate Committee on Finance
February 26, 1998 -- John M. Eisenberg (AHCPR)
Subject: Health Care Quality
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health
February 26, 1998 -- Jeffrey Kang (HCFA)
Subject: Health Care Quality in Medicare
Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health
February 25, 1998 -- Michael H. Trujillo (IHS)
Subject: 1999 Budget Reguest for Indian
Programs
Before: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
February 25, 1998 -- Olivia A. Golden (ACF)
Subject: 1999 Budget Reguest for Indian
Programs
Before: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
February 25, 1998 -- Jeanette C. Takamura (AoA)
Subject: 1999 Budget Reguest for Indian
Programs
Before: Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
February 18, 1998 -- Jeanette C. Takamura (AoA)
Subject: Older Americans Act
Before: Senate Special Aging Committee
February 18, 1998 -- Nancy-Ann Min Deparle (HCFA)
Subject: Preparing for the retirement of the baby boom
generation
Before: Senate Special Aging Committee
February 12, 1998 -- Harold Varmus (NIH)
Subject: Human Cloning
Before: Senate Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Enviroment
February 12, 1998 -- W. Craig Vanderwagen (IHS)
Subject: Tribal Government Provisions of the proposed
Tobacco Legislation
Before: Senate Indian Affairs Committee
February 11, 1998 -- John M. Eisenberg (AHCPR)
Subject: AHCPR's role in Health Care Quality
Before: Senate Labor and Human Resources, Subcommittee on Public Health and
Safety
February 10, 1998 -- Michael P. Eriksen (CDC)
Subject: Tobacco
Before: Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee
February 10, 1998 -- William B. Schultz (FDA)
Subject: Tobacco
Before: Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee
February 10, 1998 -- Marc Manley (NIH)
Subject: Tobacco
Before: Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee
February 10, 1998 -- Alan I. Leshner (NIH)
Subject: Tobacco
Before: Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee
February 10, 1998 -- John M. Eisenberg (AHCPR)
Subject: Tobacco
Before: Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee
January 29, 1998 -- John Monahan (ACF)
Subject: Child Support Enforcement Systems
Penalities
Before: House Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources
January 29, 1998 -- Nancy-Ann Min DeParle (HCFA)
Subject: Preparing HCFA for the 21st Century
Before: House Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health
January 12-13, 1998 -- Jeanette C. Takamura (AoA)
Subject: Long-Term Care (LTC)
Before: Senate Special Committee on Aging