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Scientists & Engineers for America

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

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Duties include oversight on all matters involving veterans’ affairs.

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Subcommittee Hearings

July 31, 2008 The Recent Salmonella Outbreak: Lessons Learned and Consequences to Industry and Public Health


July 24, 2008 Long-Term Care Insurance: Are Consumers Protected for the Long Term?


June 23, 2008 Energy Speculation: Is Greater Regulation Necessary to Stop Price Manipulation? – Part II


June 12, 2008 American Lives Still at Risk: When Will FDA’s Food Protection Plan Be Fully Funded and Implemented?


May 22, 2008 Germs, Viruses, and Secrets: Government Plans to Move Exotic Disease Research to the Mainland United States


May 15, 2008 In the Hands of Strangers: Are Nursing Home Safeguards Working?


April 29, 2008 The Heparin Disaster: Chinese Counterfeits and American Failures


April 22, 2008 FDA’s Foreign Drug Inspection Program: Weaknesses Place Americans at Risk


April 3, 2008 Selling the Department of Energy's Depleted Uranium Stockpile: Opportunities and Challenges


March 12, 2008 Regulatory Failure: Must America Live with Unsafe Food?


Feb. 26, 2008 Contaminated Food: Private Sector Accountability


Feb. 12, 2008 Ketek Clinical Study Fraud: What Did Aventis Know?


Jan. 29, 2008 Science and Mission at Risk: FDA’s Self-Assessment


Jan. 23, 2008 Combating Nuclear Proliferation: The Effectiveness of the Department of Energy’s Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention (IPP) Program


Dec. 12, 2007 Energy Speculation: Is Greater Regulation Necessary to Stop Price Manipulation?


Nov. 13, 2007 Diminished Capacity: Can the FDA Assure the Safety and Security of Our Nation’s Food Supply? – Part IV – Deception in Labeling


Nov. 1, 2007 FDA Foreign Drug Inspection Program: A System at Risk


Oct. 24, 2007 NASPER: Why Has the National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act Not Been Implemented?


Oct. 11, 2007 Diminished Capacity: Can the FDA Assure the Safety and Security of Our Nation’s Food Supply? – Part III


Oct. 4, 2007 Germs, Viruses, and Secrets: The Silent Proliferation of Bio-Laboratories in the United States


Sept. 18, 2007 Nuclear Terrorism Prevention: Status Report on the Federal Government’s Assessment of New Radiation Detection Monitors


Aug. 1, 2007 Post-Katrina Health Care in the New Orleans Region: Progress and Continuing Concerns – Part II


July 17, 2007 Diminished Capacity: Can the FDA Assure the Safety and Security of Our Nation’s Food Supply? – Part 2

June 26, 2007 Predatory Sales Practices in Medicare Advantage


June 12, 2007 Poisoned Patriots: Contaminated Drinking Water at Camp Lejeune


May 22, 2007 Gasoline Prices, Oil Profits, and the American Consumer


May 16, 2007 2006 Prudhoe Bay Shutdown: Will Recent Regulatory Changes and BP Management Reforms Prevent Future Failures?


Apr. 24, 2007 Diminished Capacity: Can the FDA Assure the Safety and Security of the Nation's Food Supply?


Apr. 20, 2007 The Department of Energy's Response to Ongoing Mismanagement at the Los Alamos National Labs


Mar. 22, 2007 The Adequacy of FDA to Assure the Safety of the Drug Supply - Part II


Mar. 13, 2007 Post Katrina Health Care: Continuing Concerns and Immediate Needs in the New Orleans Region


Feb. 13, 2007 The Adequacy of FDA Efforts to Assure the Safety of the Drug Supply


Jan. 30, 2007 Continuing Security Concerns at Los Alamos National Laboratory