Leader Griffith Remarks at Subcommittee Hearing with U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Washington, D.C. — Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader for Oversight and Investigations Morgan Griffith (R-VA) delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing with the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Chair Katherine Lemos.
Excerpts and highlights from his prepared remarks:
FAILING ITS PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
“The Chemical Safety Board is an independent, non-regulatory federal agency. According to its enabling statute, the leading charge of the Chemical Safety Board is to investigate and determine the cause of any accidental release resulting in a fatality, serious injury, or substantial property...
Leader Rodgers Remarks at Subcommittee Hearing with U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing with the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Chair Katherine Lemos.
Excerpts and highlights from her prepared remarks:
LANDSCAPE OF ACCIDENTAL RELEASES
“The chemical industry is one of the largest manufacturing sectors in the U.S., serving both a domestic and global marketplace.
“Our chemical industries help stimulate the economy by providing materials that we use in our everyday life.
“But when major...
Leader Rodgers: “It’s Time to Consider the Safety and Overall Well-Being of Our Children”
Washington, D.C. — House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered opening remarks at Wednesday’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the effects COVID-19 policies are having on America’s children.
Excerpts and highlights from her prepared remarks:
Too many elected officials continue to push policies focused ONLY on COVID-19 and cruel restrictions—restrictions that they themselves don’t want to follow.
Where is the consideration of other aspects of health and children’s overall well-being and mental health? pic.twitter.com/qWMGWQQ9iv
— CathyMcMorrisRodgers (@cathymcmorris) September 22, 2021
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