Thursday, May 02, 2002
Committee Activities in Past Congresses: Health Investigations

Chairman Burton Asked to Drop Threats to Subpoena Patient Information from Vaccine Database

In a letter to Committee Chairman Dan Burton, Rep. Waxman asks that he drop his threats to subpoena patient information from the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) project, a national database for monitoring vaccine safety. According to the CDC, a subpoena could lead to the collapse of the VSD database and jeopardize the medical privacy of millions of Americans.