Henry Waxman gets some testimony from Richard Carmoma, Surgeon-General of the United States from 2002-2006, on the subject of George W. Bush’s unprecedented political interference with that office:
Carmona’s opening statement here. Sadly, people die when public health agencies see their missions undermined by financial interests and ideological fanatics and that’s what George Bush is all about.
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