Philip Morris U.S.A. Details Additional Misrepresentations by Congressman Waxman.

Business Wire | August 1, 1995 | Copyright

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 1, 1995--On July 24, Congressman Henry Waxman, in statements on the House floor, made a series of charges against Philip Morris based on allegedly "secret" documents pertaining to Philip Morris research. In fact, the documents Mr. Waxman cited were produced to the plaintiffs in the 1988 Cipollone case -- a case Philip Morris won in court.

More importantly, Mr. Waxman's characterizations of those documents are simply false. Repeatedly, Mr. Waxman eliminated critical passages from the documents he claimed to be quoting and seriously ...

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