DEMS demands answers to workforce safety reductions
The House Committee on Education and top Democrats in the workforce are seeking answers from the Department of Health and Human Services. Staff cut At the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Located at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), NIOSH is a research institute focused on research. Workers' safety And healthy.
“As news reports are spreading about CDC personnel delivery, we focus on the costs across the NIOSH to help us evaluate the outcomes of NIOSH capabilities, in addition to reports on stagnant contracts and grants across the federal government. Accounting is necessary. To get things done for American workers, Jr. first shared letters with the hill.
Committee staff said they at least heard the report. dozen People at the agency were fired as part of the Trump administration's efforts to significantly reduce the size of the federal government.
The letter asked Kennedy for a specific accounting for the number of NIOSH staff who were end Since Trump took office, he has suspended grants and contracts that have been suspended.
Fear is losing Institutional knowledgethis is fairly limited in areas like occupational safety and health, committee staff said the agency lacks the ability to do the job effectively.
“Everyone who works to live to benefit from the work Niosh does,” said a committee staff member.
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