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Brady, Robert A. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
LAST JULY AND I APPRECIATE YOU ENGAGING WITH MEMBERS ON
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Harper, Gregg - U.S. Representative, [R] Mississippi
A REGULAR BASIS. THIS IS
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Brady, Robert A. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
YOUR FIRST APPEARANCE BEFORE THE HOUSE ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE AND I'M PLEASED TO WELCOME YOU. YOUR FORMAL STATEMENT WILL BE ADMITTED INTO THE RECORD....
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Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY INDICATION OF PUBLIC ASBEST OS HAZARD IN ANY OF OUR -- ASBESTOS HAZARD IN ANY OF OUR MUSEUM, THE SAFETY OF OUR VISITORS REMAINS OUR...
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| 00:15:29 |
Brady, Robert A. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
AND IT'S A VERY LARGE DOCUMENT, AND THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE, BUILDING COORDINATORS WERE IDENTIFIED, THEY BEGAN TO
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Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
HAVE THESE REGULAR MEETINGS TO I REFERRED TO AND GRADUALLY THAT BRANCHED OUT INTO A BROADER SET OF POLICIES FOR DISCUSSION OF ISSUES WITH EMPLOYEES....
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| 00:16:04 |
Brady, Robert A. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
HAVE THEIR OWN TRAINING, BUT I'M
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Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE STAFF, AND SOME THINGS THAT ARE IN THE BUILDING, HAVE BEEN IN THE BUILDING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, THAT THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT...
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Brady, Robert A. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
THAT'S EXTREMELY DANGEROUS, KNOWING MYSELF BEING IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD, AND EVEN THOUGH THE CONTRACTORS, MOST OF THEM ALL DO HAVE TEAR TRAINING,...
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| 00:17:34 |
Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES AND WORK WITH CERTIFIED CONTRACTORS. OF COURSE, CONTRACTORS TO WORK AT THE SMITHSONIAN HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED THAT THEY KNOW...
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| 00:19:01 |
Brady, Robert A. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
OF DIFFERENT OCCASIONS -- COUNTRIES AND LOCATIONS AND IN THOSE CASES THAT LEVEL OF TRAINING IS MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM. >> YOUR CONTRACTORS, I I KNOW...
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| 00:19:17 |
Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
THE WORK, COULD THEY BE SUPERVISED BY STAFF. >> THEIR SERVICES -- LET ME ANSWER, TELL ME IF I GOT IT, THEY GO THROUGH A BID PROCESS TO WORK FOR US....
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| 00:19:28 |
Brady, Robert A. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
SAY CONTRACTORS -- >> WE HAVE EMERGENCY CONTRACTORS THAT ARE ON A CERTAIN LIST, I'M SURE, YOU CAN'T PUT OUT THE
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Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
BID, YOU'VE GOT TO -- >> WE
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Brady, Robert A. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
HAVE CONTRACTORS WHO DO MONITORING FOR US AND WHO COME IN AND DO SAFETY WORK FOR US AND
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Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
PREPARE FOR ABATEMENT PROCESSES WITH US AT ALL TIMES. THEN IN ADDITION, WHEN WE CONTRACT WITH A CONTRACTOR,
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Brady, Robert A. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
THEY HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED THAT THEY ARE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH ASBESTOS ISSUES. WE HAVE A STUDY THAT WAS DONE BACK IN THE '90S AS YOU REFERRED TO THAT
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| 00:19:57 |
Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
IDENTIFIED THE LOCATION OF ASBESTOS AND -- THE LIKELY LOCATION OF ASBESTOS IN MUSEUMS, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATE THANK STUDY BECAUSE AS A RESULT...
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Brady, Robert A. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
COULD BE ASBESTOS YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT, SO EVERYBODY THAT MIGHT BE RUNNING INTO THAT WALL, YOU'RE GOING TO TRAIN THEM COMING IN? >> THAT'S RIGHT. THE...
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| 00:21:14 |
Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
VOTES, TO LET ME BE VERY QUICK ON THIS. CAN YOU TELL US HOW YOU COMMUNICATE TO YOUR EMPLOYEES WHEN ANY ASBESTOS WORK IS ABOUT TO BEGIN, DO YOU SEND...
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Brady, Robert A. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
SORT OF THING. >> THERE IS A PROCESS WE
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Lungren, Daniel "Dan" E. - U.S. Representative, [R] California
FOLLOW TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THERE WILL BE WORK IN THE MUSEUM. SUSLY IF IT'S A MINOR PROJECT LIKE PUTTING UP A NEW EXHIBIT THEN THE PUBLIC IS PROHIBITED...
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Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
WANDERING IN OR ACCESSING THAT PART OF THE BUILDING AND IN ADDITION THE PEOPLE ARE INFORMED THAT THE EMPLOYEES ARE INFORMED, ABOUT THE WORK, WHAT...
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Lungren, Daniel "Dan" E. - U.S. Representative, [R] California
MY, I'M GOING
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Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
TO ASK THEM AND THEY CAN RESPOND IF THEY THINK THEY'RE NOT BEEN WELL SERVED AND WE WILL LOOK TO IMPROVE THAT PROCESS. >> YOU HAD A TOUGH ASSIGNMENT...
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Lungren, Daniel "Dan" E. - U.S. Representative, [R] California
BEHIND. AND BOY IT WAS HOT AND HUMID, BUT I ENJOYED IT, AND
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Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
THANK YOU FOR THE HOSPITALITY. YOU HAD ALL THESE PRIORITIES, YOU HAD FUNDRAISING, YOU 45D -- YOU HAD ACADEMIC AWARENESS, FACTUALLY, ALL THAT SORT...
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Lungren, Daniel "Dan" E. - U.S. Representative, [R] California
NOW, YOU'VE GOT FUNDRAISING, GOVERNANCE,
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Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
RESEARCH, EDUCATION, ET CETERA. WHERE DOES SAFETY LINE UP WITH THOSE PRIORITIES? >> WELL, SAFETY IS ONE OF THOSE ISSUES YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO KEEP IN...
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Lungren, Daniel "Dan" E. - U.S. Representative, [R] California
THE FORE IN EVERY WAY, AND I'M COMMITTED TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. THE FOLKS WHO ARE BEHIND ME AT THE INSTITUTION ARE COMMITTED TO SEEING THAT HAPPEN, AND...
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| 00:24:47 |
Brady, Robert A. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
ON THE MALL? DO ALL OF THEM
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Harper, Gregg - U.S. Representative, [R] Mississippi
CONTAIN ASBESTOS MATERIALS? >> NO. AND I MIGHT GET A LITTLE BACKUP ON THIS, BUT I WOULD SAY ANY BUILDING BUILT RECENTLY WOULD
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Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
NOT HAVE ASBESTOS. IT'S MORE THE OLD
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Harper, Gregg - U.S. Representative, [R] Mississippi
BUILDINGS, WHEN PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THE HAZARDS OF ASBESTOS, THEY PUT THE INISLATION IN AROUND THE PIPES, THE TAPES THEY USED AND IN THE CASE OF THE...
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| 00:25:12 |
Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
MASKING MATERIAL THAT THEY USED ON THE JOINT. SUE: WHAT PROCESS DO YOU HAVE WHERE YOU NOTIFY EMPLOYEES THAT WORK IS GOING TO BE DONE, WHAT IS THAT PROCESS?...
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Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THOSE HAVE TRADITIONALLY HAD MANDATED TRAINING, IT'S A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO DO THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS. KEEP IN MIND...
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| 00:26:14 |
Harper, Gregg - U.S. Representative, [R] Mississippi
ONE HAS COME FORTH WITH AN EXPLICIT HEALTH ISSUE. THERE HAVE BEEN A KNEW THAT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SAID, WONDER IF
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| 00:26:20 |
Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
THERE MAY BE SOMETHING IN MY BACKGROUND THAT I SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT AND THAT'S WHY WE
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Harper, Gregg - U.S. Representative, [R] Mississippi
HAVE THESE FREE HEARINGS THAT THEY CAN GO TO AND GET HEALTH SCREENS AND HEALTH ADVICE ON THESE ISSUES. >> HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED ANY OTHER MATERIAL BESIDES
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Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
ASBESTOS THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL THAT IS IN THESE BUILDINGS. >> THIS ARE, AND LEAD IS ONE OF THOSE IN THE OLDER BUILDINGS, AND...
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Harper, Gregg - U.S. Representative, [R] Mississippi
SPECIMENS AND WE HAVE TAKEN GREAT PRECAUTIONS WITH THAT ALCOHOL TO MOVE IT OFF THE MALL AS MUCH AS WE CAN INTO OUR CENTERS OUT IN MARYLAND AND PUT INTO
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| 00:27:01 |
Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
THAT A PROTECTIVE CATEGORY. >> DO YOU MAKE AN EVIDENT TO DO SOME OF THE NECESSARY REPAIR WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE FROM TIME TO TIME, DO THAT AFTER MUSEUM...
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Harper, Gregg - U.S. Representative, [R] Mississippi
ISSUES. >> YES. >> IS EVERY EMPLOYEE REQUIRED TO READ THAT, OR IS IT JUST A REFERENCE GUIDE THAT THEY CAN READ IF THEY WANT TO, BUT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED...
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| 00:27:33 |
Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
QUESTION. WE ALREADY WILL GETTING MUCH MORE RIGOROUS ABOUT
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| 00:27:36 |
Harper, Gregg - U.S. Representative, [R] Mississippi
WHO IS MANDATED TO GO THROUGH THOSE PROCESSES AND BE BRIEFED. AND FOR EXAMPLE, IF WILL INCLUDE ALL EXHIBITION
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Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE. NOW, AT THE
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Harper, Gregg - U.S. Representative, [R] Mississippi
SMITHSONIAN, THERE ARE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF EXHIBITION PEOPLE, NOT TO BORE YOU WITH TOO MANY DETAILS, BUT THERE'S
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Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
EXHIBIT CENTER WHICH DOES MOST OF THE EXHIBIT'S WORK AT THE MUSEUM, AT OUR MUSEUM. IT TURNED OUT AT AIR AND SPACE THEY HAD THEIR OWN EXHIBIT SCREAM...
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| 00:28:27 |
Harper, Gregg - U.S. Representative, [R] Mississippi
PORTIONS YOU'D LIKE EVERYONE TO HAVE A LOOK AT AND TO UNDERSTAND, SO MAYBE WE CAN CONDENSE IT IN SOME WAY SO THAT SMALL AMOUNT OF MATERIAL THAT AFFECTS...
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Clough, G. Wayne - Secretary
MR. SECRETARY, APPRECIATE YOU APPEARING IN FRONT OF US AND WE DO NEED TO GO VOTE, PROBABLY ABOUT AN HOUR. YOUR SCHEDULE MAY BE FILLED. IF YOU CAN STAY,...
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Harper, Gregg - U.S. Representative, [R] Mississippi
PEOPLE CAN STAY IN CASE THERE
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| 00:28:57 |
Brady, Robert A. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
ARE QUESTIONS THROUGH THE OTHER PANELS. WE ARE GOING TO BE ADJOURNED FOR AT LEAST
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Brady, Robert A. - U.S. Representative, [D] Pennsylvania
AN HOUR. >>
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