Mr. DeNoble. Mr. Chairman, I do have counsel with me, and I 

 would like the opportunity to talk with him, if necessary. 



Mr. Waxman. ok. Dr. Mele? 



Mr. Mele. Yes. I would likewise. 



Mr. Waxman. Do you object to appearing before the subcommit- 

 tee under oath? 



Mr. DeNoble. No, sir, I do not. 



Mr. Mele. No. 



Mr. Waxman. OK. If you have no objections to appearing before 

 us under oath, I'd like to ask you both to rise and raise your right 

 hand. 



[Witnesses sworn.] 



Mr. Waxman. Please consider yourself to be under oath. I'd like 

 to ask each of you to identify yourself for the record. 



Mr. DeNoble. I'm Dr. Victor John DeNoble. 



Mr. Mele. I am Dr. Paul C. Mele. 



Mr. Waxman. And would you introduce anyone who is with you 

 today? Could you be sure the mike is turned on? There is a button 

 that pushes forward. 



Mr. DeNoble. I have with me my wife. Chum DeNoble, and my 

 counsel, Eric Snyder. 



Mr. Mele. Yes. I have my wife, Joy Mele; my son, Tristan Mele; 

 my counsel, Dave Vladeck. 



Mr. Waxman. Thank you. Dr. DeNoble, I'd like to recognize you 

 to make your comments. 



Mr. DeNoble. Thank you. 



Mr. Waxman. Would you pull the microphone close to you so that 

 we can be sure to get all of this on the record? 



TESTIMONY OF VICTOR JOHN DENOBLE, SENIOR BEHAVIOR 

 ANALYST, DELAWARE COMMUNITY MENTAL RETARDATION 

 PROGRAM, ACCOMPANIED BY PAUL C. MELE, ARMED 

 FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE 



Mr. DeNoble. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, I 

 am Dr. Victor John DeNoble, and this is my colleague and friend. 

 Dr. Paul Mele. We are grateful to have this opportunity to talk to 

 you about our research. 



Mr. Waxman. Excuse me, Dr. DeNoble. I'm not sure your mike 

 is on. Is your light on? 



Mr. DeNoble. The light is on, yes, sir. 



Mr. Waxman. Pull it closer to you then. 



Mr. DeNoble. My career began in 1976 when I received a Ph.D. 

 in experimental psychology from Adelphi University in New York. 

 After receiving my degree, I began post-doctoral research on the be- 

 havioral and the electrophysiological effects of alcohol in non- 

 human primates at Downstate Medical Center, in New York. 



Following this, I accepted a post-doctoral position sponsored by 

 the National Institute of Drug Abuse at the University of Min- 

 nesota. At Minnesota I studied the self-administration techniques 

 in rodent, non-human primates. I am currently a senior behavioral 

 analyst with the Community Mental Retardation Program for the 

 State of Delaware. 



From April of 1980 to April of 1984, I was employed at the Philip 

 Morris Research Center in Richmond, Va., as an associate scientist; 



