Human Experimentation Bill
USA - 1998
From:Roy Bercaw
Porter Square PO Box 297
Cambridge MA 02140 USA
617-499-7965E-mail: roybercaw@hotmail.com
The Human Resources Subcommittee of the US House of Representatives Government Reform and Oversight Committee, considers a bill to regulate human experimentation. The New York Post reported on June 24, 1998 that the focus would be on protecting children and persons with mental disabilities.
On June 11, 1998 the Subcommittee held hearings. 11 persons testified. They were government officials, psychiatrists, and an MD from the pharmaceutical industry. They have an interest in relaxed standards.
No persons who were subjects of involuntary human experimentation testified. No persons opposed in principle to human experimentation testified. No persons harmed by human experimentation testified.
I've written to all members of the subcommittee (addresses below) asking why the limited focus, and why persons who were harmed were not invited to testify. I've had no response as of this date.
I think it is essential for the thoughts and experiences of persons who have been harmed by human experimentation to be considered by the subcommittee. The professionals who conduct these experiments are well represented. These experiments are conducted on persons who are not children and who do not have a mental disability.
The testimony of June 11, 1998 is posted on the www. The address is:
orwww.house.gov then click on committees, then click on Government Reform and Oversight, then click on subcommittees, then click on Human Resources.Except for US Rep. Steven Schiff (R-NM) who passed on recently, here are the addresses of the remaining members of the Human Resources Subcommittee.
Christopher Shays, (R-CT) Chairman
10 Middle Street
Bridgeport CT 06604-4223
203-579-5870
203-579-0771 fax
nPaul Pimentel, District Director
Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH)
1730 LHOB
DC 20515-3510
202-225-5871
202-225-5745 fax
Elizabeth C. (Lisa) Chamberlain, Legislative Assistant
Thomas H. Allen, (D-ME)
rep.tomallen@house.gov
1630 LHOB
DC 20515-1901
202-225-6116
202-225-5590 fax
Jackie Potter, Legislative Assistant
Thomas P. Lantos (D-CA)
400 El Camino Real, Suite 820
San Mateo CA 94402
650-342-0300
650-375-8270 fax
Evelyn Szelenyi, District Representative
Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
bernie@mail.house.gov
2202 RHOB
DC 20515-4501
202-225-4115
202-225-6790 fax
Steven Y. Bressler, Legislative Assistant
Thomas M. Barrett (D-WI)
telltom@mail.house.gov
1224 LHOB
DC 20515-4905
202-225-3571
202-225-2185 fax
Tama Mattocks, Legislative Director
Mike Pappas, (R-NJ)
pappas@mail.house.gov
1710 LHOB
DC 20515-3012
202-225-5801
202-225-6025 fax
Jack E. Grimes, Jr., Legislative Assistant
Vince Snowbarger (R-KS)
rep.snowbarger@mail.house.gov
509 CHOB
DC 20515-1603
202-225-2865
202-225-5897 fax
John R. Kerr, Legislative Assistant
Benjamin A. Gilman (R-NY)
2449 RHOB
DC 20515-3220
202-225-3776
202-225-2541 fax
P. Todd Burger, Legislative Director
Edolphus Towns (D-NY)
16 Court Street, Room 1505
Brooklyn NY 11241
718-855-8018
718-858-4542 fax
Brends E. Pillors, Chief of Staff
David M. McIntosh (R-IN)
mcintosh@hr.house.gov
1208 LHOB
DC 20515-1402
202-225-3021
202-225-3382 fax
Legislative Assistant
Mark E. Souder (R-IN)
418 CHOB
DC 20515-1404
202-225-4436
202-225-3479 fax
Ducky Hemenway, Senior Advisor
These addresses are from the 1998 Congressional Staff Directory which is usually available in larger libraries. Most college libraries have it.