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Workforce Protections Hearing
10:00 AM, 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.
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Witnesses:
- 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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