findings were due by August 2005. There was an initial letter response from Robert E. Robertson, Director of Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues dated June 30, 2005, to House of Representatives ranking democrat Minority Leader John Conyers — URL internet location: http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/responses/gaoasbestosresp63005.pdf
See EXHIBIT 3-ITEM 2 OF 4 — the testimony of Officials serving on the House Committee on the Judiciary; subject medical malpractice/asbestos scandal hearing held at the Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2141, Washington, D.C., February 8, 2005. URL internet location: http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/medmalforumtrans2805.pdf
See EXHIBIT 3-ITEM 3 OF 4 — The GAO findings were due by August 2005. There was an initial letter response from Robert E. Robertson, Director of Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues dated June 30, 2005, to House of Representatives ranking democrat Minority Leader John Conyers — URL internet location: http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/responses/gaoasbestosresp63005.pdf
EXHIBIT 3-ITEM 4 OF 4 — GAO response from Robert E. Robertson; 57 pages; Report #GAO-06-177 issued February 2006; report distributed to the
U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary Chairman. URL internet location: http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/gaoeeoicpa31006.pdf
EXHIBIT 4 — After the usual courtesy greetings were designated, the letter from members of Congress to USDOL Secretary Elaine Chao dated July 29, 2005, is in regard to: (1) the questioning of the reliability of the department’s final “interim regulations” (RIN 1215-AB5); (2) enforcement of the Congressional intent; and (3) the reliability of the USDOL’s administration of the EEOICPA Subtitle E provisions at Public Law 108-375. URL internet location: http://www.whistleblower.org/doc/Subtitle%20E%20Letter.pdf
Unlike the stricken Subtitle D provisions, the Subtitle E Amendment to the EEOICPA is suppose to guarantee a “willing payer” relative to the medical consequences caused by exposure to toxic substances; a maximum of $250,000 based on impairment and/or wage loss; and survivor benefits of $125,000 to $175,000 depending on the extent of wage loss. Uranium miners, millers and transporters are covered under RECA and assured their benefits through “mandatory spending.”
EXCERPTS EXHIBIT 2:
“The Committee on the Judiciary has jurisdiction over claims against the government. As part of that responsibility, the Committee has jurisdiction over the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Program Act (EEOICPA). There has been ongoing problems with the implementation of the EEOICPA that are of deep concern to the Committee.”