Virginia Foxx - Chairwoman of the Education and the Workforce committee | Official U.S. House headshot
Virginia Foxx - Chairwoman of the Education and the Workforce committee | Official U.S. House headshot
Tomorrow at 9:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA), will hold a hearing titled “Safeguarding Workers and Employers from OSHA Overreach and Skewed Priorities.”
“It is critical that OSHA acknowledge and implement feedback from the employers and job creators who are affected by its top-down mandates to ensure its policies are practicable in the field,” said Chairman Kiley. "We must ensure that any new regulations do not overburden the regulated community with prescriptive mandates. Meanwhile, little work has been completed by the agency on regulatory priorities that are essential to safeguarding workers in high-hazard industries. This hearing will allow the Committee to hold Biden’s OSHA accountable to ensure the agency is fulfilling its duty without harming job creators and workers.”
The subcommittee hearing will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at 2175 Rayburn House Office Building.
Witnesses scheduled to testify include Chief Tim Bradley, Director of North Carolina's National Volunteer Fire Council; Ms. Felicia Watson, Senior Counsel at Littler Mendelson; Mr. Jordan Barab, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of OSHA; and Mr. Peter Gerstenberger, Senior Vice President of Industry Support at Tree Care Industry Association.
The hearing is open to the press and will be live-streamed on the Committee’s YouTube page.
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