Congressional Testimonies (Archived)
- 2020
- May
- [05/28/2020]Subject:Testimony of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt before the House Education and Labor’s Workforce Protections Subcommittee on OSHA’s efforts to protect workers from COVID-19
- 2016
- February
- [02/11/2016]Subject:Testimony of Deputy Assistant Secretary Jordan Barab before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management
- 2015
- October
- [10/07/2015]Subject:Testimony of Assistant Secretary Dr. David Michaels before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
- 2014
- December
- [12/11/2014]Subject:Testimony on Chemical Facility Safety and Security before the U.S. Senate Committees on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and Environment and Public Works
- April
- [04/29/2014]Subject:Testimony of Dr. David Michaels, Assistant Secretary, before the Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
- 2012
- June
- [06/28/2012]Subject:Promoting Safe Workplaces Through Voluntary Protection Programs - U.S. House of Representatives
- [06/10/2012]Subject:Worker Safety in our Nation's Energy Production Industries
- 2011
- October
- [10/05/2011]Subject:Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- April
- [04/14/2011]Subject:OSHA FY 2012 Budget Request
- March
- [03/16/2011]Subject:Construction Safety
- 2010
- July
- [07/13/2010]Subject:Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010
- June
- [06/23/2010]Subject:Worker Health and Safety from the Oil Rig to the Shoreline
- April
- [04/28/2010]Subject:Protecting America's Workers Act (PAWA) - U.S. House of Representatives
- [04/27/2010]Subject:Protecting America's Workers Act (PAWA) - U.S. Senate
- March
- [03/16/2010]Subject:Protecting America's Workers Act (PAWA): Modernizing OSHA Penalties
- 2009
- October
- [10/29/2009]Subject:Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA's) partnership with the States that have chosen to operate OSHA-approved plans
- May
- [05/14/2009]Subject:Protecting the Protectors: An Assessment of Front-line Federal Workers in Response to the H1N1 Outbreak
- [05/07/2009]Subject:Ensuring Preparedness Against the (H1N1) Flu Virus at School and Work
- April
- [04/30/2009]Subject:Improving OSHA's Enhanced Enforcement Program
- 2008
- March
- [03/12/2008]Subject:Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act of 2008
- 2007
- September
- [09/12/2007]Subject:OSHA's role in protecting workers after the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center (WTC) on September 11, 2001
- May
- [05/16/2007]Subject:OSHA Enforcement of the Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (PSM) standard in the Nation's Refining Industry
- April
- [04/24/2007]Subject:OSHA's progress in protecting the nation's working men and women.
- March
- [03/20/2007]Subject:OSHA FY 2008 budget request
- [03/06/2007]Subject:OSHA's Administration of the Whistleblower Provisions of Fourteen Statutes
- 2006
- June
- [06/14/2006]Subject:How OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard uses the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists' Threshold Limit Values
- 2005
- April
- [04/07/2005]Subject:OSHA's budget request for FY 2006
- 2004
- March
- [03/25/2004]Subject:OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard.
- February
- [02/26/2004]Subject:OSHA's budget request for Fiscal Year 2005.
- 2003
- October
- [10/28/2003]Subject:OSHA's role in protecting workers after the tragic events of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001
- May
- [05/01/2003]Subject:The President's Fiscal Year 2004 budget request for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- 2002
- July
- [07/11/2002]Subject:Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) commitment to protecting America's workers.
- April
- [04/25/2002]Subject:OSHA's overall strategy for addressing ergonomic hazards
- [04/18/2002]Subject:Department of Labor's comprehensive approach to ergonomics
- February
- [02/27/2002]Subject:Occupational Safety and Health Administration's efforts to protect immigrant workers.
- [02/14/2002]Subject:Fiscal Year 2003 budget for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
- [02/14/2002]Subject:Worker Protection -- their workplaces, their pensions, their wallets, and their rights.
- 2001
- July
- [07/31/2001]Subject:OSHA protects workers from the dangers of Asbestos exposure.
- April
- [04/26/2001]Subject:The need to reduce musculoskeletal disorders in America's workforce
- 2000
- July
- [07/20/2000]Subject:OSHA's Proposed Revision to Occupational Injury and Illness Recording.
- [07/13/2000]Subject:OSHA's proposed ergonomics program and its possible impact on Medicaid, Medicare, and other health care costs.
- June
- [06/22/2000]Subject:Bloodborne Pathogens.
- April
- [04/27/2000]Subject:Ergonomics.
- [04/13/2000]Subject:Ergonomics.
- March
- [03/23/2000]Subject:The President's Fiscal Year 2001 budget request for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
- [03/22/2000]Subject:Department of Energy (DOE).
- January
- [01/25/2000]Subject:OSHA's Assistant Secretary clarifies agency policy concerning home inspections
- 1999
- July
- [07/22/1999]Subject:OSHA's effort to promulgate a rule on safety and health programs.
- [07/22/1999]Subject:External regulation of worker safety and health for private-sector employees at national research laboratories and other worksites owned by the Department of Energy (DOE).
- May
- [05/10/1999]Subject:OSHA efforts to protect workers in the chemical industry.
- March
- [03/23/1999]Subject:OSHA's efforts to protect workers while forming partnerships with employees and employers.
- [03/17/1999]Subject:OSHA's core mission is to ensure a safe and healthy workplace for every working man and woman in the nation.
- [03/04/1999]Subject:OSHA's core mission is to ensure a safe and healthy workplace for every working man and woman in the nation.
- 1998
- May
- [05/21/1998]Subject:External regulation of worker safety and health at Department of Energy (DOE) research and nuclear facilities.
- April
- [04/29/1998]Subject:Proposals to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
- March
- [03/18/1998]Subject:OSHA's Small Business Assistance Programs.
- [03/18/1998]Subject:H.R. 3310, the Small Business Paperwork Reduction Act Amendments of 1998.
- February
- [02/26/1998]Subject:The President's fiscal year 1999 budget request for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
- [02/24/1998]Subject:OSHA's potential role in reducing exposure to environmental tobacco smoke.
- 1997
- September
- [09/17/1997]Subject:OSHA's proposal to improve the quality and collection of data on occupational injuries and illnesses.
- July
- [07/10/1997]Subject:How the New OSHA is improving safety and health in workplaces.
- June
- [06/26/1997]Subject:OSHA's plan to develop a Safety and Health Program Standard.
- [06/24/1997]Subject:How the New OSHA is improving safety and health in our nation's workplaces.
- April
- [04/17/1997]Subject:Occupational Safety and Health Administration's activities with regard to small businesses.
- [04/10/1997]Subject:The Fiscal Year 1998 appropriation request and the status of New OSHA initiatives.
- 1996
- September
- [09/25/1996]Subject:OSHA's initiatives to reduce the regulatory burdens on small business employers.
- June
- [06/27/1996]Subject:OSHA's efforts to improve its standard-setting process by the use of negotiated rulemaking.
- 1995
- November
- [11/29/1995]Subject:The Occupational Safety and Health Reform and Reinvention Act.
- October
- [10/17/1995]Subject:The "New OSHA" reviewed.
- September
- [09/06/1995]Subject:H.R. 2142, "The Department of Energy Laboratory Missions Act," and H.R. 1510, "The Department of Energy Laboratory Efficiency Improvement Act."
- July
- [07/26/1995]Subject:OSHA's initiatives to reinvent itself in order to protect workers at risk on the job more effectively and, at the same time, to reduce regulatory burdens on small businesses.
- [07/12/1995]Subject:The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's activities regarding ergonomically-related hazards in the workplace.
- June
- [06/28/1995]Subject:Review the mission and record of both OSHA and MSHA and discuss H.R. 1834.
- [06/22/1995]Subject:The mission and record of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. I hope this represents the beginning of our work together to create and build the new OSHA.
- [06/15/1995]Subject:The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's revised fall protection standard (Subpart M of 29 CFR Part 1926; Part 1910), particularly as it affects the residential construction industry.
- March
- [03/08/1995]Subject:Evaluate the mission and record of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
- February
- [02/23/1995]Subject:Occupational Safety and Health Administrations Fiscal Year 1996 appropriation request.
- [02/10/1995]Subject:The Department experience with the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA).
- [02/03/1995]Subject:Risk Assessment and Title III of H.R. 9.
- 1994
- July
- [07/14/1994]Subject:Occupational Safety and Health requirements that would apply to the legislative branch if it were covered by OSHA.
- [07/13/1994]Subject:Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
- June
- [06/29/1994]Subject:Occupational Safety and Health requirements that would apply to the legislative branch if it were covered by OSHA.
- March
- [03/24/1994]Subject:Occupational Safety and Health Administrations Fiscal Year 1995 appropriations request.
- [03/23/1994]Subject:Strengthen ways to protect Federal employees from workplace hazards.
- [03/10/1994]Subject:Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Fiscal Year 1993 appropriation request.
- February
- [02/10/1994]Subject:Efforts to reform the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
- [02/09/1994]Subject:Efforts to reform the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
- 1993
- April
- [04/28/1993]Subject:Occupational Safety and Health Act.
- [04/22/1993]Subject:The H.R. 881, the "Ban on Smoking in Federal Buildings Act."