COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM TOM DAVIS, Virginia, Chairman CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut DAN BURTON, Indiana ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York GIL GUTKNECHT, Minnesota TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee JEAN SCHMIDT, Ohio BRIAN P. BILBRAY, California HENRY A. WAXMAN, California WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri DIANE E. WATSON, California STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts 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 BENJAMIN CHANCE, Chief Clerk PHIL BARNETT, Minority Chief of Staff/Chief Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY, EMERGING THREATS, AND INTERNATIONAL 1 CONTENTS Bascetta, Cynthia, Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Of- fice; Joseph Zadroga, Little Egg Harbor Township, NJ; Steven Centore, Flanders, NY; Lea Geronimo, New York, NY; and Lawrence Provost, Howard, John, M.D., M.P.H., J.D., Director, National Institute for Occu- pational Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Depart- ment of Health and Human Services; Dr. Robin Herbert, co-director of the World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program, Mt. Sinai Hospital, accompanied by Dr. Steven Levin; Thom- as R. Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Nicholas Scoppetta, commissioner, Fire Department of New York, accompanied by Dr. Carrie Kelly, head, Bureau of Health Services, and Dr. David Prezant, chief, Office of Medical Affairs; and Dr. Joan Reibman, associate professor of medicine, NYU Medical Center, director, Bellevue Hospital World Trade Center Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by: Bascetta, Cynthia, Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Of- Frieden, Thomas R., M.D., M.P.H., commissioner, New York City Depart- Herbert, Dr. Robin, co-director of the World Trade Center Worker and Volunteer Medical Screening Program, Mt. Sinai Hospital, prepared Howard, John, M.D., M.P.H., J.D., Director, National Institute for Occu- 96 Provost, Lawrence, Virginia Beach, VA, prepared statement of Reibman, Dr. Joan, associate professor of medicine, NYU Medical Center, director, Bellevue Hospital World Trade Center Health Impacts Clinic, Scoppetta, Nicholas, commissioner, Fire Department of New York, pre- 149 3 |