Rep. Barton continues to seek information on FDA employee Thompson's finances.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
REP. BARTON CONTINUES TO SEEK INFORMATION ON FDA's THOMPSON, requesting clarification of several transactions involving Associate Commissioner for Legislative Affairs Diane Thompson's personal finances. In an Aug. 3 letter to FDA Commissioner David Kessler, House Commerce/Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Joe Barton (R-Tex.) inquired whether Thompson "received prior clearance" from the HHS Ethics Office for two gifts listed in her Executive Branch Public Financial Disclosure Report for 1994: a $150 gift from the National Consumers League and a $150 gift from the Society for the Advancement of Women's Health Research.
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