Full Committee Hearing
Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services

“Federal Efforts to Coordinate and Prepare the United States for Bioterrorism: Are They Adequate?”

Date: October 17, 2001
Time: 9:30am
Location: 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Member Statements

Senator

Joseph I.

Lieberman

(ID -
 CT)

Senator

Fred

Thompson

(R -
 TN)

Witnesses

Panel I

The Honorable

Tommy G.

Thompson

Secretary

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Panel II

Michael D.

Brown

Acting Deputy Director

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Panel II

Anna

Johnson-Winegar, Ph.D

Deputy Assistant to the Secretary for Biological and Chemical Defense

U.S. Department of Defense

Panel III

Maureen E.

Dempsey, M.D.

Director

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

Panel III

Margaret A.

Hamburg, M.D.

Vice President for Biological Programs

Nuclear Threat Initiative

Panel III

Gary W.

McConnell

Director, Georgia Emergency Management Agency

on behalf of the National Emergency Management Association

Panel III

Amy E.

Smithson, Ph.D

Senior Associate

The Henry L. Stimson Center