Congressman: FDA lying about lawyer

[Judi Lynn]

Article Published: Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Congressman: FDA lying about lawyer

Agency's lead attorney accused of helping drug firms battle consumers

By Anne C. Mulkern
Denver Post Staff Writer


Washington - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration lied and obfuscated when asked to explain why its lead attorney is helping drug companies fight consumer lawsuits, a congressman said Tuesday.

Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y., had demanded answers from FDA Commissioner Lester M. Crawford in March after learning that FDA lead counsel Daniel E. Troy has filed court briefs in three lawsuits.

Troy in those cases argued that the suits against drug companies or medical-device makers were invalid.

"I think he's broken the law by not adhering to the responsibilities of his office to protect the public interest," Hinchey said at a news conference. "He should be removed from office. He doesn't belong there."
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http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E11676%257E2270484,00.html

[LibertyorDeath]

1. Un-fricking believable

Can you believe the nerve of these Fuckers

[lostnfound]

2. Kick -- In a normal administration, he'd be forced to resign.. nt

[alfredo]

3. Remember, the bush junta believes allowing drug companies

to do what they want no matter the consequences, is in the public interest.

[lostnfound]

4. kick because the public needs to know. nt

[GAspnes]

5. disgusted kick

but I imagined Crawford's ankle getting in the way of my foot.

[truthspeaker]

6. to the GOP, public=rich people

so by their definition he was acting in the public interest.

[tom_paine]

7. In Imperial Amerika, all governmental organizations work AGAINST People

The FDA is no different, from back before they purposefully LIED to the Brave Rescue Workers in NYC after 9-11.

Under the Empire, the FDA's job is to lie to us about environmentla quality and pollution levels, and to provide Imperial Allies with cover for their OWN pollution lies.

This Bushevik was only too obvious about who he serves and what his "job" is.

His job, and the FDAs now, is to tell lies, help corporations poison consumers where it is economically advantageous, and to defuse, deflect, and block any potential actions taken against Freidns of the Imperial Family.

This is absolutel;y unsurpirsiign.

What would surprise me was if some HONEST data made it out of Bushevik FDA.

And that person would soon be targeted for firing.