Field Hearing: Addressing the Lead Crisis through Innovation & Technology

Subcommittee on Investigations & Oversight Date: Tuesday, October 15, 2019 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Early Childhood Center at Forest Glen, Gymnasium, 280 Davey Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003

Opening Statement

Chairwoman Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) of the Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight

Witnesses

Panel I

The Honorable Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr., County Executive, Essex County, New Jersey [Truth in Testimony]

The Honorable Joseph P. Scarpelli, Mayor of Nutley, New Jersey [Truth in Testimony]

The Honorable Michael J. Venezia, Mayor of Bloomfield, New Jersey [Truth in Testimony]

Panel II

Dr. Diane Calello, Executive and Medical Director, New Jersey Poison Information and Education System, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Rutgers University [Truth in Testimony]

Dr. Marc Edwards, University Distinguished Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University [Truth in Testimony]

Mr. Michael Ramos, Chief Engineer, Chicago Public Schools; Inventor, the Noah Auto Flushing Device for Lead Mitigation [Truth in Testimony]

Dr. Eric Roy, Founder, Hydroviv [Truth in Testimony]