COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM
TOM DAVIS, Virginia, Chairman
CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut
DAN BURTON, Indiana
ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida
JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York
JOHN L. MICA, Florida
GIL GUTKNECHT, Minnesota
MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana
STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio
TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania
CHRIS CANNON, Utah
JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee
CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan
MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio
DARRELL E. ISSA, California
JON C. PORTER, Nevada
KENNY MARCHANT, Texas
LYNN A. WESTMORELAND, Georgia
PATRICK T. MCHENRY, North Carolina
CHARLES W. DENT, Pennsylvania
VIRGINIA FOXX, North Carolina
JEAN SCHMIDT, Ohio
HENRY A. WAXMAN, California
TOM LANTOS, California
MAJOR R. OWENS, New York
EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York
PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania
CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York
ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland
DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio
DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois
WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri
DIANE E. WATSON, California
STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts
CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland
LINDA T. SANCHEZ, California
C.A. DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER, Maryland BRIAN HIGGINS, New York
ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of Columbia
BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont (Independent)
DAVID MARIN, Staff Director
LAWRENCE HALLORAN, Deputy Staff Director
TERESA AUSTIN, Chief Clerk
PHIL BARNETT, Minority Chief of Staff/Chief Counsel
SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, EMERGING THREATS, AND INTERNATIONAL
Hearing held on May 9, 2006
Statement of:
Embrey, Ellen P., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense of Defense
for Health Affairs for Force Health Protection and Readiness, U.S.
Department of Defense; Jean Reed, Special Assistant for Chemical
and Biological Defense and Chemical Demilitarization Programs, U.S.
Department of Defense; Gerald W. Parker, D.V.M., Principal Deputy
to the Assistant_Secretary, Office of Public Health Emergency Pre-
paredness, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Richard
E. Besser, M.D., Director, Coordinating Office for Terrorism Prepared-
ness and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; S. Elizabeth
George, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Biological Countermeasures Portfolio,
Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland
Security, accompanied by John Vitko, Jr., Ph.D., Director, Biological
Countermeasures Portfolio, Science and Technology Directorate, U.S.
Department of Homeland Security; and Dana Tulis, Deputy Director,
Office of Emergency Management, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, accompanied by Mark Durno, on-scene Coordinator [OSC] EPA
Region 5
Rhodes, Keith, Chief Technologist, Center for Technology and Engineer-
ing, Applied Research and Methods, U.S. Government Accountability
Office, accompanied by Sushil Sharma, Assistant Director, Center for
Technology and Engineering, Applied Research and Methods, U.S. Gov-
ernment Accountability Office
Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by:
Besser, Richard E., M.D., Director, Coordinating Office for Terrorism
Preparedness and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, pre-
pared statement of
Embrey, Ellen P., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense of Defense
for Health Affairs for Force Health Protection and Readiness, U.S.
Department of Defense, prepared statement of
George, S. Elizabeth, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Biological Countermeasures
Portfolio, Science and Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security, prepared statement of
Parker, Gerald W., D.V.M., Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary,
Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness, U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, prepared statement of
Porter, Hon. Jon C., a Representative in Congress from the State of
Nevada, prepared statement of
Reed, Jean, Special Assistant for Chemical and Biological Defense and
Chemical Demilitarization Programs, U.S. Department of Defense, pre-
pared statement of
Rhodes, Keith, Chief Technologist, Center for Technology and Engineer-
ing, Applied Research and Methods, U.S. Government Accountability
Office, prepared statement of.
Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-Continued
Shays, Hon. Christopher, a Representative in Congress from the State
of Connecticut, prepared statement of
Tulis, Dana, Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Management, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, accompanied by Mark Durno, on-
scene Coordinator [OSC] EPA Region 5, prepared statement of
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