Title:

Excerpt from the Senate Section of the Congressional Record dated Tuesday, September 23, 1997

Creator:

105th Congress

Date:

23 September 1997

Description:

This portion of the Congressional Record shows that Senator Tom Harkin proposed an Amendment to S. 830 (FDA Modernization & Accountability Act of 1997) that would establish a Center for Alternative & Complementary Medicine at NIH, to supersede the Office of Alternative Medicine. He argued that there was great interest in AM, and the OAM wasn't doing nearly enough to explore and evaluate, mainly because it didn't have its own grant authority. Senator Bill Frist (a physician) argued that few legislators really understand the difference between and office and a center at NIH, and that it was inappropriate to tack this amendment on to a FDA bill; rather, they should examine it properly, via committee and hearings, and then consider making it part of the NIH reauthorization bill or similar legislation. [This printout includes Varmus's notes and highlighting.]

Periodical:

Congressional Record

Publisher:

United States. Government Printing Office

Location:

Box: 6. Folder: 17

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Congressional records
Excerpts

Subject:

Complementary Therapies

Format:

Text

Extent:

14 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. [105th Congress]. [Excerpt from the Senate Section of the Congressional Record dated Tuesday, September 23, 1997]. Congressional Record 143, 128 (23 September 1997): S9755-S9769. Congressional Record. Excerpt. 14 Images.. Congressional Record

Legacy ID:

MVBBXQ

NLM ID:

101584926X379

Profiles Collection:

The Harold Varmus Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584926X379

Story Section:

Basic Science and Congressional Politics: NIH Director, 1993-1999