Amid of the fog of debate on healthcare reform, the Senate Dec. 3 approved the nomination of David Michaels to be the next Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA. 
Michaels, an epidemiologist and interim chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the George Washington University’s School of Public Health and Health, was approved by unanimous consent "en bloc" as part of a group of nominees confirmed. Sen. Robert Casey, D-PA, presented the unanimous consent request.
Neither OSHA nor the Department of Labor had yet to acknowledge Michaels' confirmation on their Web sites through Dec. 4, but he likely was sworn in immediately with a public swearing in to follow at an announced time.
Much to the chagrin of opponents, Michaels' nomination failed to muster much opposition in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee or the full Senate. The HELP Committee did not hold a confirmation hearing and approved Michaels' nomination Nov. 18 on voice vote with two Republican senators, Tom Coburn, OK, and Richard Burr, NC, requesting that had their votes be recorded as “no.” With the committee's ranking member, Sen. Mike Enzi, R-WY, allowing the nomination to proceed that dissipated any real objection in the full Senate.
In many months of talking points seeking to stymie the nomination, opponents decried what they said is Michaels' penchant for applying unproven science to business regulation. Conversely, Michaels is author of "Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health," published in 2008 by Oxford University Press.
Michaels, an epidemiologist and interim chair of the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the George Washington University’s School of Public Health and Health, was approved by unanimous consent "en bloc" as part of a group of nominees confirmed. Sen. Robert Casey, D-PA, presented the unanimous consent request.
Neither OSHA nor the Department of Labor had yet to acknowledge Michaels' confirmation on their Web sites through Dec. 4, but he likely was sworn in immediately with a public swearing in to follow at an announced time.
Much to the chagrin of opponents, Michaels' nomination failed to muster much opposition in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee or the full Senate. The HELP Committee did not hold a confirmation hearing and approved Michaels' nomination Nov. 18 on voice vote with two Republican senators, Tom Coburn, OK, and Richard Burr, NC, requesting that had their votes be recorded as “no.” With the committee's ranking member, Sen. Mike Enzi, R-WY, allowing the nomination to proceed that dissipated any real objection in the full Senate.
In many months of talking points seeking to stymie the nomination, opponents decried what they said is Michaels' penchant for applying unproven science to business regulation. Conversely, Michaels is author of "Doubt is Their Product: How Industry's Assault on Science Threatens Your Health," published in 2008 by Oxford University Press.
More: Michaels' confirmation details in Congressional Record, Description of Michaels' book
Photo: David Michaels (Source: George Washington University)
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