Where you have a record of NIH employees owning stock and taking consulting fees and doing research which directly relates to the specific company and not filing financial disclosures, why should those employees, who are paid more than Members of the Senate, not be required to make a public disclosure as Senators are?
Senator Specter questions NIH employees' financial disclosure requirements.
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