> # Human Experimentation Bill

> # USA - 1998

> > From:

> > Roy Bercaw
> > Porter Square PO Box 297
> > Cambridge MA 02140 USA
> > 617-499-7965

> > E-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:

> > www.house.gov/reform/hr/hr61198/hr61198.htm

> > or

> > www.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.