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2002 Testimony 

September 18, 2002                 William Hobson, Director, Office of Special Programs, HRSA, Subject: The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, Before: House Committee on Government Reform

September 10, 2002                Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Subject: Reducing Medical Errors and Improving Patient Safety, Before: House Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Ways and Means

July 16, 2002                Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Subject: HHS and the Department of Homeland Security, Before: House Select Committee on Homeland Security

June 25, 2002                Claude A. Allen, Deputy Secretary, HHS, Subject: HHS and the Department of Homeland Security, Before: House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

June 19, 2002                Roger Bernier, Ph.D., M.P.H., Associate Director for Science, National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, Subject: CDC's Vaccine Safety Research Activities, Before: House Committee on Government Reform

June 4, 2002                Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Subject: Testimony on Cancer Research, Before: Senate Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, Subcommittee hearing on cancer research

May 2, 2002                Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Subject: Homeland Defense/Supplemental Request, Before: Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing on Homeland Defense

April 25, 2002              Eve E. Slater, M.D., Assistant Secretary for Health, HHS, Subject: The Role of HHS in Improving Women's Health, Before: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Public Health

April 18, 2002             Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Subject: HHS Efforts to Coordinate and Prepare for Bioterrorism, Before: Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs

April 17, 2002             Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Subject: Integrating Prescription Drugs into Medicare, Before: House Committee on Ways and Means

April 16, 2002             Claude A. Allen, Deputy Secretary, HHS, Subject: Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (the Privacy Rule) and the Proposed Modifications to those Standards, Before: Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee

April 12, 2002             Nathan Stinson, Jr., Ph.D., M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health, Office of Public Health and Science, Subject: OMH's Role in Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health, Before: Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus

April 12, 2002              Robinsue Frohboese, Principal Deputy and Acting Director, Office for Civil Rights, Subject: The HHS/OCR's Role in Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health, Before: Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus

April 12, 2002             Deborah L. Parham, Ph.D., R.N., Acting Associate Administrator, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Subject: HRSA's Role in Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health, Before: Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus

April 11, 2002              Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Subject: The Next Phase of Welfare Reform, Before: House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources

April 9, 2002                Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Subject: Welfare Reform and Child Care, Before: House Committee on Education and the Workforce

March 21, 2002           William F. Raub, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness, Office of the Secretary, Subject: Combating Terrorism - Protecting The United States: The Role of HHS's Office of Public Health Preparedness, Before: House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations

March 19, 2002           Wade F. Horn, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, Subject: Child Care and Its Role in Advancing Our Welfare Reform Agenda, Before: Senate Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy of the Committee on Finance, and Before: Subcommittee on Children and Families of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

March 13, 2002           Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Hearing: President's FY 2003 Budget for DHHS President’s FY 2003 Budget for HHS, Before: House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health and the Environment

March 12, 2002           Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Hearing: Next Phase Welfare Reform, Before: Senate Finance Committee

March 12, 2002           Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Hearing: Next Phase of Welfare Reform, Before: House Committee on Ways and Means

March 7, 2002             Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Hearing: HHS FY 2003 Budget, Before: Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriation Subcommittee

March 7, 2002             Elizabeth M. Duke, Administrator, HRSA, Hearing: FY 2003 HRSA Budget Request, Before: House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

March 6, 2002              Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Hearing: FY 2003 Budget, Before: House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

March 5, 2002             Janet Rehnquist, Inspector General, OIG, Hearing: Fiscal Year 2003 Budget Request, Before: House Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations

February 28, 2002       Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Hearing: The President's FY 2003 Budget Proposal, Before: House Budget Committee

February 11, 2002        Josefina G. Carbonell, Assistant Secretary for Aging, HHS, Hearing: Administration on Aging's (AoA) perspectives on emergency preparedness for the elderly and those with disabilities, Before: Senate Special Committee on Aging - NY Field Hearing

February 11, 2002        Stephen Ostroff, M.D., Associate Director for Epidemiologic Science National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HHS, Hearing: The CDC and Emergency Preparedness for the Elderly and Disabled Before: Senate Special Committee on Aging - NY Field Hearing

February 6, 2002         Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, http://www.hhs.gov/budget/testify/b20020206.html, Before:  Committee on Ways and Means

 2001 Testimony 

November 29, 2001     David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service, Hearing:  Risk Communication: National Security and Public Health --The HHS Role  Before: Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations

 November 2, 2001       RADM Arthur J. Lawrence, Assistant Surgeon General and Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, HHS , Hearing: Emergency Preparedness in the Nation's Capital, Before: House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on the District of Columbia

 October 23, 2001        Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Hearing: Civilian Preparedness for Biological Warfare and Terrorism: HHS Readiness and Role in Vaccine Research and Development, Before: Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations, United States House of Representatives  

October 17, 2001        Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Hearing: Federal Efforts to Coordinate and Prepare for Bioterrorism: The HHS Role, Before: Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs and Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services  

October 15, 2001        Claude A. Allen, Deputy Secretary, HHS, Hearing: The Role of HHS's Office of Emergency Preparedness in the Federal Response Plan, Before: House Committee on Veterans Affairs  

October 10, 2001        Scott R. Lillibridge, M.D., Special Assistant to the Secretary for National Security and Emergency Management, Hearing: HHS Bioterrorism Preparedness
Before: House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce  

October 10, 2001        Claude A. Allen, Deputy Secretary, HHS, Hearing: Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations, Before: House Committee on Government Reform  

October 5, 2001          Scott R. Lillibridge, M.D., Special Assistant to the Secretary for National Security and Emergency Management, Hearing: Bioterrorism: The HHS Role in State and Local Preparedness, Before: House Before the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management, and Intergovernmental Relations, Committee on Government Reform  

October 3, 2001          Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Hearing: HHS Bioterrorism Preparedness, Before: Before the Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations  

September 5, 2001       Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS , Hearing: President's announcement on funding of embryonic stem cell research., Before: Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee  

July 26, 2001               Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Hearing: Strengthening and Improving the Medicare Program, Before: House Committee on Energy and Commerce  

July 20, 2001               Scott R. Lillibridge, M.D., Hearing: Activities of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in responding to Bioterrorism, other emergencies, and acts of terrorism, Before: Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate  

June 27, 2001              Denise H. Geolot, PhD, RN, FAAN, Director, Division of Nursing, Bureau of Health Professions/HRSA , Hearing: Finding a Cure to Keep Nurses on the Job, Before: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia  

June 20, 2001              Claude Allen, Deputy Secretary, HHS , Subject: Two Bills that Prohibit Human Cloning and the Administration's Position on Human Cloning, Before: House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health  

June 19, 2001              Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Hearing: Medicare Governance: Perspectives on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (formerly: HCFA) , Before: Senate Committee on Finance  

May 24, 2001              Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Subject: Reducing medical errors and improving the safety of the health care services that Americans receive., Before: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee  

May 9, 2001                Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Subject: Health and Human Services Readiness to Combat Terriorism, Before: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate  

May 8, 2001                Testimony by HRSA Acting Administrator Elizabeth M. Duke, Ph.D., on the Fiscal Year 2002 President’s Budget Request for HRSA http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/Newsroom/speeches/duketestimony6.htm 

May 2, 2001                Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Subject:  President's FY 2002 Budget, Before: House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Appropriations Subcommittee

 April 26, 2001              Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Subject:  President's FY 2002 Budget, Before: House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health  

April 25, 2001              Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, HHS, Subject: President's FY 2002 Budget for DHHS, Before: Senate Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee  

March 22, 2001           Claude Earl Fox, M.D., M.P.H., on Strengthening the Safety Net: Increasing Access to Essential Health Care Services http://newsroom.hrsa.gov/speeches/helpsubcommitteehearing.htm 

March 6, 2001             Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services , Subject: The President's FY 2002 Budget for the Department of Health and Human Services, Before: Senate Committee on the Budget  

March 5, 2001             David Satcher, M..D., Ph.D., Surgeon General, PHS, Subject: Special Hearing on Promoting Health for People with Mental Retardation, Before: Senate Committee on Appropriations

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