Deborah Ann Stabenow is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Michigan,a seat she has held since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party,she became the state's first female U.S. senator after defeating Republican incumbent Spencer Abraham in the 2000 election. Before her election to the Senate,she was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives,representing Michigan's 8th congressional district from 1997 to 2001. Previously she served on the Ingham County Board of Commissioners and in the Michigan State Legislature.
The President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB) is an advisor to the Executive Office of the President of the United States. According to its self-description,it "provides advice to the President concerning the quality and adequacy of intelligence collection,of analysis and estimates,of counterintelligence,and of other intelligence activities."
The Texas City Refinery explosion occurred on March 23,2005,when a hydrocarbon vapor cloud was ignited and violently exploded at the ISOM isomerization process unit at BP's Texas City refinery in Texas City,Texas,killing 15 workers,injuring 180 others and severely damaging the refinery. The Texas City Refinery was the second-largest oil refinery in the state,and the third-largest in the United States with an input capacity of 437,000 barrels (69,500 m3) per day as of January 1,2000. BP acquired the Texas City refinery as part of its merger with Amoco in 1999.
Marsha Lee Siegel Berzon is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
An occupational hazard is a hazard experienced in the workplace. Occupational hazards can encompass many types of hazards,including chemical hazards,biological hazards (biohazards),psychosocial hazards,and physical hazards. In the United States,the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conduct workplace investigations and research addressing workplace health and safety hazards resulting in guidelines. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) establishes enforceable standards to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses. In the EU a similar role is taken by EU-OSHA.
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board,generally referred to as the Chemical Safety Board or CSB,is an independent U.S. federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents. Headquartered in Washington,D.C.,the agency's board members are appointed by the president and confirmed by the United States Senate. The CSB conducts root cause investigations of chemical accidents at fixed industrial facilities.
The West Pharmaceutical Plant explosion was an industrial disaster that occurred on January 29,2003 at the West Pharmaceutical Plant in Kinston,North Carolina,United States. Six people were killed and thirty-six people were injured when a large explosion ripped through the facility. Two firefighters were injured in the subsequent blaze. The disaster occurred twelve years and 170 miles (270 km) from the 1991 Hamlet chicken processing plant fire,North Carolina's second-worst industrial disaster.
The T2 Laboratories explosion and fire occurred on December 19,2007,in Jacksonville,Florida,resulting in the deaths of four people and the injury of fourteen others. T2 Laboratories Inc. was a facility that specialized in the design and manufacture of specialty chemicals primarily for gasoline additives.
Deborah Ann Dingell is a Democratic Party politician who has been the U.S. representative for Michigan's 12th congressional district since 2015. She is the widow of John Dingell,her predecessor in the seat,who holds the record as the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history. She worked as a consultant to the American Automobile Policy Council. She was a superdelegate for the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte,North Carolina.
The 2008 Georgia sugar refinery explosion was an industrial disaster that occurred on February 7,2008,in Port Wentworth,Georgia,United States. Fourteen people were killed and forty injured when a dust explosion occurred at a sugar refinery owned by Imperial Sugar. Dust explosions had been an issue of concern among United States authorities since three fatal accidents in 2003,with efforts made to improve safety and reduce the risk of recurrence.
L. Kaye Kory is an American politician. Since 2010 she has served in the Virginia House of Delegates,representing the 38th district in Fairfax County. She served on the Fairfax County School Board 1999–2009. Kory is a member of the Democratic Party.
Vanessa L. Gibson is an American politician and Borough President-elect of The Bronx. She is since 2014 a member of the 16th district of the New York City Council,where she serves as chair of the Public Safety Committee. She is a Democrat. Gibson was elected Bronx Borough President in November 2021 to a four-year term beginning January,2022,running on a platform focused on recovery from COVID-19 impact,food insecurity and housing instability. She will be the first female and first African American Bronx Borough President.
The 2010 Connecticut power plant explosion occurred at the Kleen Energy Systems power station in Middletown,Connecticut,United States at 11:17 am EST on February 7,2010. The plant had been under construction from September 2007,and was scheduled to start supplying energy in June 2010. The initial blast killed five and injured at least fifty;one of the injured later died in hospital,bringing the total death toll to six.
Brett P. Giroir is an American pediatrician and a former four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. He currently serves on the board of directors for Remote Area Medical,and as the chief medical advisor for Gauss Surgical. He previously served as the 16th assistant secretary for health during the Trump administration from February 15,2018 to January 19,2021. He concurrently served as the secretary's principal public health and science adviser,the senior adviser for the Health Resources and Services Administration,the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration as well as the senior adviser to the secretary for Opioid Policy. From 2020 to 2021,he served additionally as the director of the U.S. coronavirus diagnostic testing,and as the U.S. representative on the World Health Organization Executive Board. As COVID-19 testing czar,he was part of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.
Rafael Moure-Eraso is a former chairman and chief executive of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB).
Geraldine Lee Richmond is an American chemist and physical chemist was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as Under Secretary of Energy for Science in the US Department of Energy. Richmond was confirmed to her DOE role by the United States Senate on November 5,2021. Richmond is the Presidential Chair in Science and Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oregon (UO). She conducts fundamental research to understand the chemistry and physics of complex surfaces and interfaces. These understandings are most relevant to energy production,atmospheric chemistry and remediation of the environment. Throughout her career she has worked to increase the number and success of women scientists in the U.S. and in many developing countries in Africa,Asia and South America. Richmond has served as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,and she received the 2013 National Medal of Science.
Subramanian Raja Krishnamoorthi is an Indian-born American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 8th congressional district since 2017. The district includes many of Chicago's northwestern suburbs,such as Hoffman Estates,Elgin,Schaumburg,Wood Dale,and Elk Grove Village. He was elected to succeed Tammy Duckworth,who gave up the seat to run for the U.S. Senate. Krishnamoorthi is a member of the Democratic Party and serves on the House Oversight Committee and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He is also chair of the Oversight Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy,and serves as an assistant whip.
This is a list of political appointments of current officeholders made by the 45th president of the United States,Donald Trump.
Shana M. Broussard is an American attorney who serves as the chair of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for 2021. She has been a Democratic member of the FEC since December 15,2020.
Katherine Andrea Lemos is an American safety professional and the chairperson and CEO of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB).
