Congressional Pay and Ethics; Thalidomide; Wellstone
|(14 Minutes) Congressional Pay and Ethics The House of Representatives moved to win a pay increase and also to change the way ethics violations are investigated. GUEST: Gary Ruskin, head of Congressional Accountability Project. (19 Minutes) Thalidomide Food and Drug Administration looks set to approve Thalidomide, the drug that caused tens of thousands of horrific birth defects in newborns decades ago. GUEST: David Blanco, employed by LifeLink, a company that now sells Thalidomide over the phone. (17 Minutes) Wellstone Senator Paul Wellsone (D-MN) speaks to students at Howard University about race, poverty and the need for a living wage. TAPE OF: Senator Paul Wellstone.
Democracy Now! September 24, 1997
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PZ0287.417
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September 24, 1997
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September 24, 1997
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Station: Pacifica National Programming
Program: Democracy Now! September 24, 1997
Series: DEMOCRACY NOW!
Keywords: Birth defects, BLANCO, DAVID, COMMUNITY CONCERNS, CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT, CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATIONS, CONSTITUTION, CONSUMER AFFAIRS, Economics., ETHICS, FDA, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, GENERAL HISTORY, GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, LEPROSY, LIFELINK, MEDICINE AND HEALTH, MINIMUM WAGE, Political science., POVERTY, RACE, RUSKIN, GARY, Thalidomide, United States. Congress., WELFARE, Welfare reform., WELLSTONE, PAUL, Women
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