JOINT HEARING

AGRICULTURE AND WATER RESOURCES HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AND SELECT COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT - MACHADO, ORTIZ, and SPEIER, Chairs
 

Selected excerpts: Opening Statement by Senator Michael Machado RealPlayer - QuickTime Elisa Odibashian - Consumers Union RealPlayer - QuickTime Anthony Iton - Alemeda County Health RealPlayer - QuickTime USDA's "memorandum of understanding" RealPlayer - QuickTime Dave Louthan - Killed the Mad Cow RealPlayer - QuickTime Dennis Laycraft - Canadian Cattlemen's Association RealPlayer - QuickTime Stanley Prusiner - Discoverer of Prions RealPlayer - QuickTime -  3 min. snip Realplayer - Quicktime Steven DeArmond - Professor of Neuropathology RealPlayer - QuickTime Entire 5 hour hearing - The California Channel (scroll down to "022404 Senate Info-Hearing")

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