Bill Frist, R-Tennessee, chairman of the Committee of Public Health and Safety, which is looking into the ethics of cloning.

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And of course, I want to recognize Jim Reynolds as well as Tom Wilson for taking the lead as co-chairs of the Public Safety Action Committee.

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Gateway-based systems are difficult to use, require trained administrators to set them up and are limited in coverage, says John Powell, chair of the interoperability committee for the National Public Safety Telecommunications Council.

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"As a rule, it's very difficult to find educators and administrators that support the idea of putting arms in the schools, for whatever reason, " said Rep. Steve Martin, chairman of the Oklahoma House Public Safety Committee.

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After a Public Safety, Civil Rights and Technology Committee hearing in Seattle (held the night of Feb 7), where residents raised concern over the Seattle Police Departments attempt to use surveillance drones, the program was successfully killed.

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In December 1995, Mr Hogg tried to reassure the public about the safety of beef by attempting to get experts from the Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC) -- the government's advisory committee on mad cow disease -- to back his statements.

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So on Wednesday, executives from six of the biggest U.S. telcos appeared before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce to argue that no less than the future of American innovation, economic health and public safety depend on their mergers going through.

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