Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (PA-18) will convene a hearing tomorrow 12:00 p.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will testify. The Majority Memorandum, a witness list, and witness testimony are available here.
"We are singularly focused on protecting public health and ensuring that not a single additional case of Ebola occurs here in the United States. So far, traveler self-reported screening procedures and hospital infection control measures have been demonstrated failures. The public is anxious for the Administration to execute a domestic plan that covers all aspects of public health protection, and we stand ready to assist in accomplishing this critical goal," said Rep. Murphy.
WHAT: Examining the U.S. Public Health Response to the Ebola Outbreak
WHO: Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (PA-18)
WITNESSES:
Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, Director, Centers for Disease Control Prevention
Dr. Daniel Varga, Chief Clinical Officer and Senior Exec. V.P., Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health
Dr. Robin Robinson, Director, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority , Office of the Asst. Sec. for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
Dr. Luciana Borio, Assistant Commissioner, Counterterrorism policy, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Mr. John P. Wagner, Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security
WHEN: Thursday, October 16, 2014 at 12:00 p.m.
WHERE: 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515
CONTACT: Brad Grantz, 202.225.2301