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Hearing
Federal Oversight of High Containment Bio-Laboratories
September 22, 2009
On Tuesday, September 22, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled "Federal Oversight of High Containment Bio-Laboratories." This was the second hearing the Subcommittee has held on biological research laboratories and their increased numbers since the 2001 anthrax attacks. The purpose of the hearing was to assess the status of government oversight over such labs.
Witness Testimonies
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Dr. Nancy Kingsbury |
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Dr. Ronald M. Atlas |
U.S. Representative Joe Barton
Joe Barton was first elected to congress by the people of Texas' Sixth Congressional District in 1984. In 2004, he was selected by his House colleagues to be the chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce...
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