Contact Congress
House Government Reform Committee (Shays) Report
Legislation
Hearing Testimony
GAO Reports
Letters from Congressmen

Contact Congress (please write or call, and email only as a last resort)

• Congressional switch number (202) 224-3121
• House of Representatives -- find and email your Congressman
• Senate -- find your Senator and link to their webpage
• If you are a member of the Armed Services and you've had an experience with the Anthrax vaccine, either good or bad, the House Government Reform Committee wants to hear from you. Please send your confidential email to anthrax@mail.house.gov. Your identity will not be revealed."

House Government Reform Committee (Shays) Report

• The DoD Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program: UNPROVEN FORCE PROTECTION, 17 Feb 2000 (full report in PDF format)
• -- Summary, Findings, Recommendations
• Listen to Representative Shays (short audio clip)

Legislation before Congress on anthrax vaccine

• HR 2543 -- makes DoD anthrax vaccine voluntary
• HR 2548 -- calls for moratorium on DoD anthrax vaccine policy pending a third party study
• HR 3460 -- prohibits DoD from waiving informed consent for 1) an investigational new drug or 2) a drug unapproved for its applied use

Hearing testimony

• 11 Oct 2000 -- House Government Reform Committee -- The Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program - What Have We Learned? -- Part Two [Accountability]
• 3 Oct 2000 -- House Government Reform Committee -- The Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program - What Have We Learned? [Victims]
• 12 Jul 2000 -- Senate Armed Services Committee
• 13 Apr 2000 -- Senate Armed Services Committee
• 9 Nov 1999 -- Force Protection: Improving Safeguards for the Administration of Investigational New Drugs to Members of the Armed Forces (House Government Reform, National Security Sub-Cmte)
• 12 Oct 1999 -- Defense Vaccines: Force Protection or False Security?(House Government Reform -- full committee)
•  30 Sep 1999 -- Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (AVIP) (House Armed Services Committee, Military Personnel Sub-cmte)
• 29 Sep 1999 -- Impact of the Anthrax Vaccine Program on Reserve and National Guard Units (House Government Reform, National Security Sub-Cmte)
• 21 Jul 1999 -- Anthrax Vaccine Adverse Reactions (House Government Reform, National Security Sub-Cmte)
• 30 Jun 1999 -- Oversight of DoD Sole Source Anthrax Vaccine Procurement (House Government Reform National Security Sub-Cmte)
• 29 Apr 1999 -- Anthrax (II): Efficacy of the Mandatory Vaccine (House Government Reform, National Security Sub-Cmte)
• 24 Mar 1999 -- Oversight of the Anthrax Vaccine Inoculation Program (House Government Reform, National Security Sub-Cmte)

General Accounting Office reports on anthrax vaccine

• 11 Oct 2000 -- ANTHRAX VACCINE: Preliminary Results of GAO’s Survey of Guard/Reserve Pilots and Aircrew Members. GAO-01-92T. (PDF file)
• 14 Apr 2000 -- "Contract Management: DOD's Anthrax Vaccine Manufacturer Will Continue to Need Financial Assistance", testimony before the Subcommittee on Personnel, Senate Committee on Armed Services. GAO/T-NSIAD-00-140 
• 13 Apr 2000 -- "Medical Readiness: DOD Continue to Face Challenges in Implementing Its Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program", testimony before the Senate Committee on Armed Services. GAO/T-NSIAD-00-157
• Medical Readiness: DOD Faces Challenges in Implementing Its Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program (22Oct99) GAO/NSIAD-00-36 (Click here for text version)
• Medical Readiness: Issues Concerning the Anthrax Vaccine (07/21/1999), T-NSIAD-99-226
• Contract Management: Observations on DOD's Financial Relationship With the Anthrax Vaccine Manufacturer (06/30/1999), T-NSIAD-99-214
• Medical Readiness: Safety and Efficacy of the Anthrax Vaccine (04/29/1999), T-NSIAD-99-148
• Gulf War Illnesses: Questions About the Presence of Squalene Antibodies in Veterans Can Be Resolved (03/29/1999), NSIAD-99-5

Letters from Senators and Congressmen to the Clinton administration

• 31 May 2000 -- Letter from five bipartisan members of the House Committee on Government Reform to SecDef William Cohen -- "You must no longer dismiss the preponderance of evidence which demonstrates siginifcant problems with the current vaccine, and its impact on morale, retention recruitment...please personally respond..."
• 16 May 2000 -- Letter from 34 House members to Secretary of Defense Cohen and DoD reply by USD Charles Cragin (PDF format)
• 6 Mar 2000 -- Letter from Rep Dan Burton to Secretary of Defense Cohen
• 6 Mar 2000 --- Letter from Rep Dan Burton to Secretary of the Air Force Peters
• 6 Mar 2000 -- Letter from Rep Dan Burton to Secretary of the Navy Danzig
• 24 Feb 2000 -- Letter from Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) to the Secretary of Defense
• 28 Dec 1999 -- Rep Dan Burton to Secretary of Defense Cohen
• 16 Dec 1999 -- Letter from Senator Conrad to the President Clinton
• 29 Nov 1999 -- Letter from three Congresswomen to the Secretaries of Defense and Health and Human Services
• 3 Nov 1999 -- Letter from four Congressmen to the FDA Commissioner
• 20 Jul 1999 -- Letter from six Congressmen to Secretary of Defense