[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 29, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D59]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
OVERSIGHT--HEALTH THREAT POSED BY TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM 
ENCEPHALOPATHIES
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Human 
Resources and Intergovernmental Relations held an oversight hearing on 
recent steps by the FDA and other federal agencies to address the 
health threat posed by transmissible spongiform encephalopathies 
(TSEs), including so-called ``Mad Cow Disease.'' Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human 
Services: Michael Friedman, M.D., Deputy Commissioner, FDA; Lawrence B. 
Schonberger, M.D., Assistant Director, Public Health, Division of Viral 
and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and Clarence J. Gibbs, Jr., 
Acting Chief, Laboratory of Central Nervous System Studies, National 
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH; Linda Detwiler, 
Chair, TSE Working Group, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
USDA; and public witnesses.