Waxman is introducing a bill that wasnt needed in the past, the Surgeon General Protection Act, in order to protect the Surgeon General from the type of political interference experienced by Bush's last SG,
Three former SG's agree it is necessary in order to keep political ideology out of educating the public on health issues....Reagan's (Koop), Clinton's (Satcher) and Bush's (Carmona).
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