I want to begin today by thanking Chairman Michaud and Ranking Member Miller for permitting me to join you today to discuss a matter that is...
It is an especially important appointment, and I am honored to introduce him.
I recommend him to you, Mr. Chairman, and hope the Committee will quickly recommend him to the full Senate for confirmation.
We do have antiviral drugs available to us to respond to the folks that are getting sick.
I think that is very important.
When are you going to be able to tell whether or not folks should be vaccinated for this?
The purpose of that is that somebody has the virus, and the antiviral deals with it so they do not get sick and die.
Please clarify that.
You need to clarify that because you have flu shots does not necessarily mean that you are going to be exempt from this.
I think we have to be aware of the capabilities of existing law here.
You know, when you look at state statutes for manslaughter, let us say you had 100,000 cases of manslaughter nationally, and there were only...
There is really a two-class society here when it comes to the concerns of workers and the concerns of corporate executives.
Workplace safety, which should be a basic right, is not.
When you look at state statutes for manslaughter... people would start to ask questions about what is wrong with the law.
It is an anathema to me as to why, 40 years after the OSHA law was passed... we are sitting here today having a discussion.
Is it an accident if an employer fails to provide safety equipment?
I think that I am hopeful that either in this committee or another committee, we will have OSHA in front of us.
Thank you very much for having this hearing, and it's my first opportunity to be on this subcommittee.
