Democrats:
Brad Miller (North Carolina),
Chair
Kathy A. Dahlkemper (Pennsylvania)
Steven R. Rothman (New Jersey)
Lincoln Davis (Tennessee)
Charles A. Wilson (Ohio)
Alan Grayson (Florida)
Bart Gordon (Tennessee),
ex officio
Republicans:
Paul Broun (Georgia),
Ranking Member
Brian P. Bilbray (California)
(Vacancy)
Ralph M. Hall (Texas),
ex officio
Subcommittee Looks At ATSDR Problems, Possible SolutionsChair Brad Miller |
Last year, the Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing and released a staff report on how the agency came to issue a scientifically-flawed formaldehyde health consultation for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The flawed report and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)’s botched response resulted in tens of thousands of survivors of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita remaining in travel trailers laden with high levels of formaldehyde.
“For the last two years, this Subcommittee has heard story after story about problems at ATSDR; problems that threaten the health and safety of the American public,” said Subcommittee Chairman Brad Miller . “Fixing ATSDR requires a cultural shift of the agency. If ATSDR’s leadership doesn’t make changes and make them soon, Congress needs a ‘Plan B’ to protect the public health.”
Read more about the Committee’s work with ATSDR >>
General and special investigative authority on all matters within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Science and Technology.
Subcommittee Quick Links |
(July 16, 2009) Subcommittee Reviews Possible Impacts of the FAA’s Proposed Reorganization of NWS’s Aviation Weather Service
(June 25, 2009) Problems Continue with New Technology to Detect Smuggled Radiation, Reports Find
Letters From:
(May 23, 2007) Department of Energy Officials Respond to Chairmen's Request Regarding SREL
(March 30, 2007) PCIE Releases Investigative Report on NASA Inspector General to Committee
Letters To:
(August 3, 2009) Miller Letter Secretary Sebelius Regarding the Lead Water Crisis in DC
(August 3, 2009) Miller Letter Mayor Fenty Regarding the Lead Water Crisis in DC
(June 24, 2009) Legislative Reports - 111th Congress
(September 20, 2007) Watching Over Spending Is Our Job [Miller, Lampson]
(July 2, 2007) Oversight of the NASA Inspector General
(June 25, 2009) [NAS] Evaluating Testing, Costs, and Benefits of Advanced Spectroscopic Portals for Screening Cargo at Ports of Entry
(June 17, 2009) [GAO] Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellites