101st

Congress,

2d

Session

-

Union

Calendar

No.

415

-

House

Report

101-672

THE

AGENT ORANGE

COVERUP:

A

CASE

OF FLAWED

SCIENCE

AND

POLITICAL MANIPULATION

TWELFTH

REPORT

BY

THE

COMMITTEE

ON

GOVERNMENT

OPERATIONS

together

with

DISSENTING

VIEWS

AUGUST

9,

1990.-Committed

to

the

Committee

of

the

Whole

House

on

the

State

of

the

Union

and

ordered

to

be

printed

U.S. GOVERNMENT

PRINTING

OFFICE32-302

WASHINGTON:

1990

 

COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

JOHN

CONYERS,

JR.,

Michigan,

Chairman

CARDISS COLLINS,

Illinois

GLENN ENGLISH,

Oklahoma

HENRY

A.

WAXMAN,

California

TED WEISS,

New

YorkMIKE

SYNAR,

OklahomaSTEPHEN

L.

NEAL,

North

Carolina

DOUG BARNARD,

JR.,

GeorgiaBARNEY

FRANK,

Massachusetts

TOM

LANTOS,

California

ROBERT

E.

WISE,

JR.,

West

Virginia

BARBARA

BOXER,

California

MAJOR

R.

OWENS,

New

YorkEDOLPHUS

TOWNS, New York

JOHN

M.

SPRATT,

JR.,

South

Carolina

BEN

ERDREICH,

Alabama

GERALD

D.

KLECZKA,

Wisconsin

ALBERT

G.

BUSTAMANTE,

Texas

MATTHEW

G.

MARTINEZ,

California

NANCY

PELOSI,

California

DONALD

M.

PAYNE,

New

Jersey

JIM

BATES,

California

GARY

A.

CONDIT,

California

DENNIS

E.

ECKART, Ohio

FRANK

HORTON, New York

WILLIAM

F.

CLINGER,

JR.,

Pennsylvania

AL

McCANDLESS,

California

HOWARD

C.

NIELSON,

Utah

RICHARD

K.

ARMEY,

Texas

DONALD E. BUZ

LUKENS, Ohio

J.

DENNIS HASTERT, Illinois

JON

L. KYL,

ArizonaCHRISTOPHER

SHAYS,

ConnecticutPETER

SMITH,

Vermont

STEVEN SCHIFF,

New

Mexico

CHUCK DOUGLAS, New

Hampshire

C.

CHRISTOPHER

COX,

California

CRAIG

THOMAS,

Wyoming

ILEANA

ROS-LEHTINEN,

Florida

JULIAN

EPSTEIN,

Staff

Director

DONALD

W.

UPSON,

Minority

Staff

Director

HUMAN

RESOURCES

AND

INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

SUBCOMMITTEE

TED WEISS, New

York,

Chairman

HENRY

A.

WAXMAN,

California

RICHARD K.

ARMEY,

Texas

NANCY PELOSI,

California PETER

SMITH,

Vermont

DONALD

M.

PAYNE,

New

Jersey

ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN,

Florida

Ex

OFFICIO

JOHN

CONYERS,

JR.,

Michigan FRANK

HORTON, New York

JAMES

R.

GOTrLIEB,

Staff

Director

MARC

SMOLONSKY,

Professional

Staff

Member

PAMELA

H.

WELCH,

lerk

WAYNE

CIMONS,

Minority Professional

Staff

 

LETTER

OF

TRANSMITTAL

HOUSE

OF

REPRESENTATIVES,

Washington, DC,

August

9

1990.

Hon.

THOMAS

S.

FOLEY,

Speaker

of

the

House

of

Representatives,

Washington,

DC.

DEAR

MR.

SPEAKER:

By

direction

of

the

Committee

on

Govern-

ment Operations,

I

submit

herewith

the

committee's twelfth

report

to

the

101st

Congress. The

committee's

report

is

based

on

a study

made

by

its Human

Resources

and

Intergovernmental

Relations

Subcommittee.

JOHN

CONYERS,

Jr.,

Chairman.

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