Hearing: “The Challenges of the 2009-H1N1 Influenza and its Potential Impact on Small Businesses and Healthcare Providers”

WASHINGTON- The House Committee on Small Business will hold a hearing entitled, “The Challenges of the 2009-H1N1 Influenza and its Potential Impact on Small Businesses and Healthcare Providers,” on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 1:00pm in Room 2360 of the Rayburn House Office Building.  The Committee will hear testimony from representatives of federal agencies, small businesses, and healthcare practices on preparedness efforts about the 2009-H1N1 influenza.

WHAT:       “The Challenges of the 2009-H1N1 Influenza and its Potential Impact on Small  Businesses and Healthcare Providers”

WHEN:        Wednesday, September 9, 2009
                       1:00 pm

WHERE:      2360 Rayburn House Office Building

Witness List—for planning purposes only:

Panel I
Rear Admiral Anne Schuchat, MD, USPHS
Assistant Surgeon General, United States Public Health Service
Director, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Department of Health and Human Services

Dr. Rebecca Blank
Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs
U.S. Department of Commerce

Mr. Bridger McGaw
Acting Assistant Secretary for the Private Sector
Office of Policy / Office of Private Sector
Department of Homeland Security

Panel II
Mr. Anthony Demangone
Director of Regulatory Compliance
Senior Compliance Counsel
National Association of Federal Credit Unions

Dr. Jim King, MD
Chair of Board of Directors
Selmer, Tennessee
American Academy of Family Physicians

Mr. Harold Jackson
President and CEO
Buffalo Supply, Inc.
Lafayette, CO
On behalf of the US Chamber of Commerce

Dr. David T. Tayloe, Jr, MD
President
Goldsboro, NC
American Academy of Pediatrics