Howard Griffith

Since May 1, 2020, CSB has carried on with only one of its five board seats filled.

Unfortunately, though, the Board has historically been criticized for falling short of accomplishing this primary responsibility.

The Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is an independent, non-regulatory federal agency.

The CSB also faces challenges in recruiting and retaining qualified staff.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has successfully carried out its core mission work in fiscal year 2020 despite an unprecedented impact from COVID-19.

Thank you, Chair DeGette for holding this hearing.

The vacancies in Board member positions impede the agency from making substantial progress on benchmarks.

Unfortunately, the Board has been criticized for falling short of accomplishing this primary responsibility.

The Chemical Safety Board is an independent, nonregulatory Federal agency.

Thank you, Chair DeGette, for holding this hearing.

So, instead of another Big Government mandate, why shouldn't this administration be addressing the core problem, reinstilling trust in the Government?

So businesses in my district this past week or so, we've been overwhelmed with questions.

It was a dramatic figure for the increase in suicide in young women.

These are important questions that our constituents are asking us.

We need to hear from the heads of our agencies more than we are.

What are the impacts of social isolation on our children from school closures?

I would highly recommend that the CDC recommend that program to avoid further learning losses and exacerbating the secondary effects from the pandemic on children.

We owe it to our kids to keep them safe, and to do so by following the science.

Overall, children are at a lower risk than adults for severe illness, hospitalization, and death due to COVID-19, but there is still a risk, particularly for those who are unvaccinated.

I would love to know under what world that would actually work.

I appreciate that, and I tend to be tight with Federal dollars, but this may be one area we don't have any choice.

How expensive is it going to be for them, because they are under financial stress already, to set up this good hygiene?

All right, Dr. Dameff, and this is not on my list of questions, but it came up as a part of feeding off of Chairwoman DeGette's questions.

Thank you, Chair DeGette, for holding this hearing, especially considering the recent increase in ransomware attacks across our nation.

Both of these attacks appear to be Russia linked, which is the most recent showing of cyber threat Russia poses to the United States.