The House workforce protections chairman says GOP lawmakers are discussing at the staff level which OSHA matters to bring before the subcommittee, which intends to hold at least one hearing on OSHA in 2012. Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) also tells Inside OSHA Online in an exclusive interview that he is concerned about the agency pulling back on some Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) next fiscal year. Plans for a new round of OSHA hearings come after a year in which the new GOP majority brought in experts to testify on several hot-button issues swirling around the agency's policy and regulatory age
December 29, 2025