Hearing: “Protecting Scientific Integrity in the COVID-19 Response”

Subcommittee on Health (Committee on Energy and Commerce)

Thursday, May 14, 2020 (10:00 AM)

2123 RHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Panel one

Dr. Richard A. Bright
Senior Advisor, National Institutes of Health

Added 10/09/2020 at 10:06 AM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 10/09/2020 at 10:06 AM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 10/09/2020 at 10:06 AM

Panel two

Mike Bowen
Executive Vice President, Prestige Ameritech

Added 10/09/2020 at 10:06 AM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 10/09/2020 at 10:06 AM
  • Response to Questions for the Record [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 10/09/2020 at 10:06 AM

Support Documents

  • Hearing Memo [PDF]
  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Rep. Burgess - Document for the Record - A May 11, 2020, letter from Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Michael Burgess to Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Burgess - Document for the Record - A May 12, 2020, letter from Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Michael Burgess to Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (1) [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Burgess - Document for the Record - A May 12, 2020, letter from Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Michael Burgess to Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (2) [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Burgess - Document for the Record - A May 13, 2020, letter from Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Michael Burgess to Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (1) [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Burgess - Document for the Record - A May 13, 2020, letter from Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Michael Burgess to Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo (2) [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Burgess - Document for the Record - A May 8, 2020, letter from Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Michael Burgess to Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Burgess - Document for the Record - A May 10, 2020, letter from Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo to Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Michael Burgess [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Burgess - Document for the Record - A May 12, 2020, letter from Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo to Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Michael Burgess [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Burgess - Document for the Record - A May 13, 2020, letter from Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna Eshoo to Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Michael Burgess [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A January 2020 Politico article entitled, “House panel plans coronavirus hearing, citing public anxiety” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A May 2019 SES Performance Management System Executive Performance Plan for Dr. Rick Bright [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - An October 2019 Johns Hopkins University and Nuclear Threat Initiative report entitled, “Global Health Security Index: Building Collective Action and Accountability” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A May 2020 Wall Street Journal article entitled, “HHS Vaccine Expert to Detail Complaint in House Testimony” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A March 2020 NYTimes article entitled, “A Complete List of Trump’s Attempts to Play Down Coronavirus” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A May 2020 LA Times article entitled, “A nurse without an N95 mask raced in to treat a ‘code blue’ patient. She died 14 days later” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A March 2020 tweet from Bayer US [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - An April 2020 CBS News article entitled, “State Department says coronavirus samples from China ‘critical’ for developing vaccine; Experts say that’s not the case” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - An April 2020 CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report entitled, “Characteristics of Health Care Personnel with COVID-19, United States, February 12-April 9, 2020” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A May 2020 Politico article entitled, “Colleagues paint a mixed picture of ousted vaccine chief” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - An April 2020 Kaiser Family Foundation issue brief entitled, “Communities of Color at Higher Risk for Health and Economic Challenges due to COVID-19” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A May 2020 Worldometers Coronavirus Update [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A May 2020 Wall Street Journal article entitled, “FDA Pulls Approval for Dozens of Mask Makers in China” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - An April 2020 Wall Street Journal article entitled, “Health Chief’s Early Missteps Set Back Coronavirus Response” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A February 2020 Johns Hopkins University HUB Staff Report entitled, “Here’s the Johns Hopkins study President Trump referenced in his coronavirus news conference” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A May 2020 U.S. Office of Special Counsel letter to Dr. Rick Bright [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A May 2020 statement from the Puerto Rico Hospital Association [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A May 2020 White House fact sheet entitled, “President Donald J. Trump Is Committed to Providing Support to Underserved Communities Impacted By the Coronavirus Pandemic” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - CARES Act Provider Relief Fund General Distribution FAQs [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - March 2020 Remarks of President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - An April 2020 New York Times article entitled, “The Huge Cost of Waiting to Contain the Pandemic” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A May 2020 White House fact sheet entitled, “The United States Has Built the World’s Leading Coronavirus Testing System” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - An April 2020 Business Insider article entitled, “The White House has invoked the Defense Production Act to produce over 39 million N95 masks over the next 90 days" [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A May 2020 Politico article entitled, “Top Trump critic will testify before a chairwoman who is a close ally” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A February 2020 Transcript entitled, “HHS Secretary Alex Azar Testifies Before Congress” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - An April 2020 Kaiser Health News article entitled, “True Toll of COVID-19 On U.S. Health Care Workers Unknown” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A May 2020 Washington Post article entitled, “Trump administration pushed use of remdesivir, but unequal rollout angers doctors” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A May 2020 Vox article entitled, “Trump’s White House banner claims ‘America leads the world in testing.’ That’s wrong.” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - An April 2020 Politico article entitled, “U.S. medical stockpile wasn’t built to handle current crisis, former director says” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A May 2020 Washington Post article entitled, “The coronavirus pandemic is pushing America into a mental health crisis” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Eshoo - Document for the Record - A February 2020 FactCheck article entitled, “Will the New Coronavirus ‘Go Away’ in April?” [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Lujan - Document for the Record - An April 2020 U.S. News and World Report article entitled, "States Competing in 'Global Jungle' for PPE" [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM
  • Rep. Walden - Document for the Record - Email exchange between Mike Bowen, Executive Vice President of Presitge Ameritech, and HHS personnel [PDF] Added 06/08/2022 at 02:11 PM

Member Statements

  • Opening Statement of Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Chairman of the Full Committee [PDF]
  • Opening Statement of Rep. Anna G. Eshoo, Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Health [PDF]
  • Opening Statement of Rep. Greg Walden, Ranking Member of the Full Committee [PDF] Added 10/09/2020 at 10:06 AM
  • Opening Statement of Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D., Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health [PDF] Added 10/09/2020 at 10:06 AM

Hearing Record

  • Unedited Transcript [PDF] Added 10/09/2020 at 10:06 AM

First Published: August 7, 2020 at 02:42 PM
Last Updated: June 8, 2022 at 02:11 PM