On April 16, 1996, Congressman Jerry Nadler read this statement about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on the floor of the House of Representatives.
This is the letter he sent to Donna Shalala: Read more about Nadler and this letter in The Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Epidemic Cover-up . Now an audiobook! On April 16, 1996, Congressman Jerrold Nadler spoke on the floor of Congress about his request for a General Accounting investigation into how the CDC had handled the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome epidemic. Nadler did that at the urging of Charles Ortleb, the publisher and the New York Native and his reporter Neenyah Ostrom. Ortleb and Ostrom had made the case to Nadler that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and the virus it had been linked to, HHV-6, were serious public health issues. In an interview in New York Native with Neenyah Ostrom,Congressman Nadler said, "Congress can mandate research into CFS as a viral disease. Maybe it wi...