TESTIMONY ON FREEDOM OF CHOICE
AT THE HISTORIC MEETING OF THE HOUSE COMMITTE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM AND OVERSIGHT, 2/12/98

This testimony was delivered on the second day of of the historic Hearings of the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Dan Burton, Chairman (R-IN), 2/12/98.

Like the earlier testimony of 2/4/98, for about one month it will be available at the Committe's own Web site: http://www.house.gov/reform/fda298.htm

In order to assure more permanence on the Web, we have downloaded all the speeches from this second day of hearings and linked to them.

FDA Hearings of February 12, 1998

Chairman Dan Burton

Opening Statement

[Powerful statement from the Chairman of the Committee, expressing his resolve to reform the situation at FDA.]

Panel I

Honorable Peter DeFazio

(D-Oregon)

[Wise words from the sponsor of the Access to Medical Treatment Act. Note in particular his demand that NCI move forward with the POMES process.]

Honorable James Moran

(R-Virginia)

[Moving appeal for change from a U.S. Congressman whose own daughter was stricken with a rare tumor. How he used a combination of conventional and alterantive approaches to save her.]

Honorable Ed Gochenour

Georgia State Senator

[A state senator who developed brain cancer explains what happened to him when he sought an unconventional approach.]

Panel II

Dr. Lyle E. Cheadle and his daughter Janet

[The incredible story of how the FDA blocked Dr. Cheadle from getting the Burzynski treatment for his daughter, because they felt it would serve no useful research purpose.]

Panel III

Tammy Geurkink Born, MD

[A member of the Michigan state medical board tells what really goes on behind closed doors at the meetings and conventions of "quackbusters."]

Peter Mattiessen, MD

[A leading physician from Germany tells us how "medical pluralism" first developed in his country, and what has been the result.]

James S. Gordon, MD

[The first chairman of the OAM advisory board and professor at the Georgetown University Medical School proposes a vast increase in the budget, scope and independence of the OAM.]

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Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D. is director of the The Moss Reports for cancer patients. Dr. Moss is the author of eleven books and three documentaries on cancer-related topics. He is or has been an advisor on alternative cancer treatments to the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, the American Urological Association, Columbia University, the University of Texas, the Susan G. Komen Foundation and the German Society of Oncology. He wrote the first article on alternative medicine for the Encyclopedia Britannica yearbook. He is listed in Marquis Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in the East, and Who's Who in Entertainment (as a film documentarian). This Web site does not advocate any particular treatment for cancer. We urge you to always seek competent medical advice for all health problems, especially cancer. Before consulting our site please read our full Disclaimer statement.

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