Congressional Hearings of Interest
2010
9/16/2010 – Hearing on the Promise of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
2008
5/8/2008 – House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health
Stem Cell Science: The Foundation for Future Cures
5/8/2008 – Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Cancer: Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century
3/11/2008 – Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
The Broken Pipeline: Losing Opportunities in the Life Sciences
2/28/2008 – House Energy and Commerce Committee
A Review of the Department of Health and Human Services Fiscal Year 2009 Budget
2/27/2008 – House Budget Committee
Department of Health and Human Services Fiscal Year 2009 Budget
Witness: The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Web Casts: (1 hour, 6 minutes): Video (145mb) | Audio (16mb)
2/26/2008 – House Committee on Science and Technology
Oversight of the National Science Foundation
2/6/2008 – House Energy and Commerce Committee
A Review of the Department of Health and Human Services Fiscal Year 2009 Budget
2007
10/17/2007 – House Science and Technology Committee, Research and Science Education Subcommittee
Women in Academic Science and Engineering
7/17/2007 – Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Federal Response to the Alzheimer’s Epidemic
5/15/2007 – Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
Alzheimer’s Disease: Current and Future Breakthrough Research
5/2/2007 – Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing with 2006 Nobel Laureates
4/18/2007 – Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the treatment and research of autism.
3/29/2007 – House Committee on Science and Transportation
Reauthorizing the National Science Foundation, Part 2
3/20/2007 – House Committee on Science and Transportation
Reauthorizing the National Science Foundation, Part 1
3/20/2007 – Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee
The State of Alzheimer’s Research: 100 Years Later
3/19/2007 – Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the proposed FY08 NIH budget. NIH Witnesses include NIH Director Elias Zerhouni and ASCB member Joan Brugge.
2/13/2007 – House Budget Committee
Department of Health and Human Services FY 2008 Budget
Witness: The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Web Casts (2 hours, 30 minutes): Video (108mb) | Audio (22mb)
1/19/2007 – Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Senate Committee on Appropriations joint committee hearing – Can Congress Help Fulfill the Promise of Stem Cell Research?
Witnesses include ASCB member George Daley
2003
4/29/2003 – Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
2002
6/19/2002 – Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Reauthorization of the National Science Foundation: Strengthening Math and Science Education, Research and Development
4/30/2002 – Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Nomination of Elias Zerhouni to be Director to the National Institutes of Health
4/23/2002 – Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Protecting Human Subjects in Research: Are Current Safeguards Adequate?
