Rep. Barton calls for investigation into handling of Burzynski case.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HANDLING OF BURZYNSKI CASE QUESTIONED BY REP. BARTON in a Sept. 7 letter to U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno. Requesting an investigation of what he called "very disturbing charges" surrounding the department's involvement in the case of Houston cancer researcher Stanislaw Burzynski, MD, the House Commerce/Oversight Subcommittee chairman said Burzynski has been "the victim of an extraordinary abuse of our legal system."