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{{Short description|American politician (born 1938)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name          = Dan Burton
|image         = Dan Burton, Official Portrait, 108th Congress.jpg
|office        = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform|House Oversight Committee]]
|term_start    = January 3, 1997
|term_end      = January 3, 2003
|predecessor   = [[William F. Clinger Jr.]]
|successor     = [[Thomas M. Davis]]
|office1       = Chair of the [[Republican Study Committee]]
|term_start1   = January 3, 1993
|term_end1     = January 3, 1999
|predecessor1  = [[Tom DeLay]]
|successor1    = [[David M. McIntosh|David McIntosh]]
|state2        = [[Indiana]]
|term_start2   = January 3, 1983
|term_end2     = January 3, 2013
|predecessor2  = [[David W. Evans]]
|successor2    = [[Susan Brooks]]
|constituency2 = {{ushr|IN|6|C}} (1983–2003)<br>{{ushr|IN|5|C}} (2003–2013)
|state_senate3 = Indiana
|district3     = 31st
|term_start3   = December 4, 1980
|term_end3     = November 3, 1982
|predecessor3  = [[John Mutz]]
|successor3    = [[William Vobach]]
|state_house4  = Indiana
|district4     = 44th
|term_start4   = November 3, 1976
|term_end4     = December 5, 1980
|preceded4     = Stanley Clark Boyer
|succeeded4    = [[Lawrence Buell (politician)|Lawrence Buell]]
|state_senate5 = Indiana
|district5     = 19th
|term_start5   = November 6, 1968
|term_end5     = November 4, 1970
|preceded5     = Willie Hill
|succeeded5    = Willie Hill
|state_house6  = Indiana
|district6     = 26th
|term_start6   = November 9, 1966
|term_end6     = November 6, 1968
|preceded6     = ''Multi-member district''
|succeeded6    = ''Multi-member district''
|birth_name   = Danny Lee Burton
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1938|6|21}}
|birth_place  = [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]], U.S.
|death_date   = 
|death_place  = 
|party        = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse       = {{ubl |{{marriage|Barbara Logan||2002|end=died}} |{{marriage|Samia Tawil|2006}}}}
|children     = 4
|education    = [[Indiana University, Bloomington]]<br>[[Cincinnati Christian University]]
|allegiance   = {{flag|United States}}
|branch       = {{army|United States}}
|branch_label = Branch
|serviceyears = 1956–1962
|serviceyears_label = Service&nbsp;years
|module       = {{Listen |pos=center |embed=yes |filename=Rep. Dan Burton Remarks on the Chinagate Investigation.ogg |title=Burton's voice |type=speech |description=Burton on the progress of the [[House Oversight Committee]]'s [[1996 United States campaign finance controversy|Chinagate investigation]].<br>Recorded March 19, 1998}}
}}
'''Danny Lee Burton''' (born June 21, 1938) is an American politician who was the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|IN|5}}, and previously the {{ushr|IN|6|6th district}}, serving from 1983 until 2013. He is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] and was part of the [[Tea Party Caucus]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/29/who-is-the-tea-party-caucus-in-the-house/|title=Who is the Tea Party Caucus in the House?|access-date=May 15, 2018|language=en|archive-date=July 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721055956/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/29/who-is-the-tea-party-caucus-in-the-house/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Early life, education, and early career==
Burton was born in [[Indianapolis]], the son of Bonnie L. (née Hardesty) and Charles W. Burton. His father, a former policeman,<ref name="Salon"/> was abusive to his mother,<ref>[https://www.politico.com/click/stories/0910/nicole_kidman_speaks_on_the_hill.html Nicole Kidman Speaks on the Hill], October 21, 2009, Politico.Com. Retrieved October 22, 2009.</ref> and never held a job for very long. The family moved constantly, living in trailer parks, cabins, and motels. In June 1950, some years after the couple divorced,<ref name="Salon"/> his mother went to the police and got a restraining order against his father. He responded by kidnapping Burton's mother. Burton and his younger brother and sister were briefly sent to the [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion County]] Children's Guardian Home.<ref name="Indy-Fact"/> After his mother escaped, Burton's father went to jail for two years. Burton's mother remarried, and Burton and his younger brother and sister had happier teenage years.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.endabuse.org/programs/display.php3?DocID=100116 |title=When Violence Hits Home: A Congressman's Searing Memories of his Abusive Father |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929114244/http://www.endabuse.org/programs/display.php3?DocID=100116 |archive-date=September 29, 2006 |first=Dan |last=Burton |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=April 4, 1994 |via=[[Family Violence Prevention Fund]]}}</ref><ref>[http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=6782013 "Congressman Burton speaks out on domestic violence"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080220035552/http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=6782013 |date=February 20, 2008 }}, TV Station WTHR, Indianapolis, July 12, 2007</ref>

Burton worked as a caddy at a local country club in order to make ends meet, where he learned the golf skills that led to his winning a statewide golf championship in high school.<ref name="Salon">{{cite journal|last=Baker|first=Russ|url=http://www.salon.com/1998/12/22/newsa950556369/|title=Portrait of a political 'pit bull'|website=Salon.com|date=December 22, 1998}}</ref> He graduated from [[Shortridge High School]] in 1957, and attended [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]] (1958–59) and the Cincinnati Bible Seminary (now known as [[Cincinnati Christian University]]) (1959–60). He served in the [[United States Army]] from 1956 to 1957, before leaving active duty to return to college but remained in the Army Reserves from 1957 to 1962. After school, Burton became a real estate broker and he founded the Dan Burton Insurance Agency in 1968.<ref name="Indy-Fact">[http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/b/burton_dan/burton.html "Rep. Dan Burton – Member of Congress representing Indiana's 5th District"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523132319/http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/b/burton_dan/burton.html|date=May 23, 2013}}, "Library Factfiles", ''The Indianapolis Star'', updated 1/2007. Retrieved February 25, 2007.</ref>

==Indiana legislature==
Burton was a member of the [[Indiana House of Representatives]] from 1967 to 1968 and again from 1977 to 1980 and the [[Indiana State Senate]] from 1969 to 1970 and again from 1981 to 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=311:rep-dan-burton-official-biography&catid=30|title=Rep. Dan Burton Official Biography|publisher=Republicans.oversight.house.gov|access-date=September 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011210118/http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=311:rep-dan-burton-official-biography&catid=30|archive-date=October 11, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/all-offices/231 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320210409/http://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/all-offices/231 |archive-date=March 20, 2019 |title=Indiana Senate (District 31) |date=March 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://indystar.newspapers.com/image/106347641/?terms=John+Mutz+Dan+Burton|title=8 Jan 1981, Page 8 |work=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://indystar.newspapers.com/image/106176273/?terms=William+Vobach+Burton|title=5 May 1982, Page 10 |work=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Indiana House (District 44) |url=http://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/all-offices/144 |website=capitolandwashington.com |date=March 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190320210314/http://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/all-offices/144 |archive-date=March 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://legdb.iga.in.gov/#!/legislator/4325/Danny-Burton |title=Indiana Legislator Database |access-date=April 7, 2018 |archive-date=December 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203134733/http://legdb.iga.in.gov/#!/legislator/4325/Danny-Burton |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/all-offices/219 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228191817/http://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/all-offices/219 |archive-date=February 28, 2019 |title=Indiana Senate (District 19) |date=March 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/all-offices/h49 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221112144/http://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/all-offices/h49 |archive-date=February 21, 2019 |title=State Representatives from Marion County}}</ref>

==U.S. House of Representatives==
[[File:Reagan Contact Sheet C40145 (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|225px|Burton with [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1987]]
===Elections===
Burton first ran for Congress in 1970, losing to [[Democratic party (United States)|Democratic]] incumbent [[Andrew Jacobs, Jr.|Andy Jacobs]] in [[Indiana's 11th congressional district]]. Burton ran again in 1972, losing in the Republican primary to [[William H. Hudnut III|William Hudnut]].<ref name="Indy-Fact"/>

After the [[United States Census, 1980|1980 census]], the Republican-controlled state legislature reconfigured the [[Indiana's 6th congressional district|6th District]] on the other side of Indianapolis into a heavily Republican district focused on the capital's northern suburbs. The district's four-term Democratic incumbent, [[David W. Evans]], opted to challenge Jacobs in the Democratic primary (which he lost) rather than face certain defeat. Burton jumped into the Republican primary halfway into his second stint in the state senate, and won a five-way Republican primary with 37% of the vote.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=755094|title=Our Campaigns − IN District 06 − R Primary Race − May 04, 1982|website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}</ref> He then defeated Democrat George Grabianowski in the general election 65%–35%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=37018|title=IN District 6 Race – Nov 02, 1982|publisher=Our Campaigns|access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref> He would be reelected 14 times, never dropping below 62% in a general election.<ref name="Indy-Fact"/> His district was renumbered as the 5th District after the 2000 census.

;2008
{{see also|United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2008|United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2010|United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2012}}

In 2008, Burton faced a reasonably well-funded challenger in the Republican primary for the first time since his initial run for the seat in former [[Marion County, Indiana|Marion County]] Coroner John McGoff. Burton defeated McGoff 52% to 45% in the closest Republican primary election of his career.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008805070460|title=Burton holds off challenger|last=McFeely|first=Dan|date=May 7, 2008|newspaper=The Indianapolis Star|access-date=May 7, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527220219/http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008805070460|archive-date=May 27, 2014}}</ref>

;2010
In 2010, he faced six challengers in the Republican primary. He won the primary with a plurality of 30%. He defeated State Representative [[Luke Messer]] (28%), McGoff (19%), State Representative [[Michael Murphy (Indiana politician)|Mike Murphy]] (9%), Brose McVey (8%), Andy Lyons (4%), and Ann Adcock (3%). Burton only carried a majority in one county (55%): [[Huntington County, Indiana|Huntington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/primary/sos_primary10?page=office&countyID=-1&partyID=-1&officeID=5&districtID=-1&districtshortviewID=-1&candidate=|title=2010 primary results|publisher=Indiana Secretary of State|access-date=July 1, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=514126|title=IN District 05 – R Primary Race – May 04, 2010|publisher=Our Campaigns|access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref>

;2012
In 2012, Burton was due to face a number of challengers in the Republican primary including McGoff, former [[United States Attorney|U.S. Attorney]] [[Susan Brooks]], former U.S. Congressman [[David M. McIntosh|David McIntosh]], and attorney Jack Lugar. On the Democratic side, State Representative [[Scott Reske]] and labor activist Tony Long entered the race. While the reconfigured 5th is still a Republican stronghold, it is said to be slightly more Democratic than its predecessor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theindychannel.com/politics/29355223/detail.html|title=Democrat Joins Crowded 5th District Congressional Race|date=September 30, 2011|publisher=[[WRTV]]|access-date=October 1, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002031239/http://www.theindychannel.com/politics/29355223/detail.html|archive-date=October 2, 2011}}</ref> On January 31, 2012, Burton abruptly announced his retirement, saying, "I don't want to get into it, it's about personal problems with family health."<ref>{{cite web|last=Davies|first=Tom|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jiW8FptpEx27rcetXOTYLm3Vw92A?docId=2244baeeee7f4d8ebae1ca35d6efd04f|title=GOP Rep. Dan Burton of Ind. won't seek re-election|publisher=Associated Press|date=January 31, 2012|access-date=February 12, 2012}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Brooks won the election.

[[File:Declaration of American Energy Independence 6-26-08.jpg|thumb|left|240px|Burton speaking at the Declaration of American Energy Independence event in 2008]]
===Tenure===
;Helms–Burton bill
In 1995, Burton authored legislation targeting foreign companies that did business with Cuba. The bill allowed foreign companies to be sued in American courts if, in dealings with the government of [[Fidel Castro]], they acquired assets formerly owned by Americans. In February 1996, Cuba shot down two small [[Brothers to the Rescue]] planes piloted by anti-Castro Cuban-Americans. As part of the White House response to crack down on Cuba, President Clinton signed the [[Helms–Burton Act]] into law.<ref name="Indy-Fact"/>

;Conservative voting record
Burton was a consistently conservative vote in the US House. In the 109th Congress, he had a 100% rating from the [[National Right to Life Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.votervoice.net/NRLC/home|title=Action Center|website=www.votervoice.net}}</ref> He also has an A rating with the Gun Owners of America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gunowners.org/110hrat.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216183830/http://www.gunowners.org/110hrat.htm|url-status=dead|title=Gun Owners of America Scorecard|archivedate=February 16, 2008}}</ref>

Burton has received a number of awards from conservative groups, including a Friend of the Farm Bureau Award in 2004 from the [[American Farm Bureau Federation]], a True Blue Award in 2006 the [[Family Research Council]], eight Guardian of Small Business Awards from the [[National Federation of Independent Business]] and twenty-two Spirit of Enterprise Awards from the [[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]].<ref>[http://www.indianadan.com/our_congressman/dan_burton_awards.htm Awards Received By Congressman Dan Burton] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071005045313/http://www.indianadan.com/our_congressman/dan_burton_awards.htm |date=October 5, 2007 }}</ref>

;Government Performance and Results Act
Burton was the primary sponsor for a 1998 effort,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Statement of Administration Policy: H.R. 2883 − Government Performance and Results Act Amendments |url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/statement-administration-policy-hr-2883-government-performance-and-results-act-amendments |website=The American Presidency Project}}</ref> opposed by the Clinton administration,<ref name="auto"/> to require federal government agencies to do more strategic planning, establish more accountability measurements, and do more reporting on their performance. H.R. 2883, the "Government Performance and Results Act Amendments", was not enacted into law.

;Exposing the Winter Hill Gang/FBI Corruption
In his role as chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee, Burton helped expose FBI corruption that led to the wrongful conviction of Joseph Salvati, Peter Limone, Henry Tameleo and Louis Greco for the murder of Edward "Teddy" Deegan. The three-year investigation that Burton spearheaded helped exonerate the four, who were eventually awarded $102 million by Judge [[Nancy Gertner]] of the [[United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts|District of Massachusetts]].<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-07-26-wrongful-conviction_N.htm "Gov't to pay $102M for mob convictions"] USA Today.</ref>

;Republican Study Committee
{{main|Republican Study Committee}}
Burton served as chairman of the [[Republican Study Committee]], a caucus of conservative House Republicans, during the 101st Congress. After [[Newt Gingrich]] yanked funding for the group in 1995, Burton joined fellow congressmen [[John Doolittle]] of California, [[Ernest Istook]] of [[Oklahoma]] and [[Sam Johnson]] of [[Texas]] in refounding it as the Conservative Action Team. The three men shared the chairmanship from 1994 to 1999. In 2001, the CAT regained its original name, the RSC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.house.gov/hensarling/rsc/rsc_bio.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701200712/http://www.house.gov/hensarling/rsc/rsc_bio.shtml|url-status=dead|title="Republican Study Committee website"|archivedate=July 1, 2007}}</ref>

;Pro-Pakistan and Anti-India
Congressman Burton is a founding member and co-chair of Pakistan Caucus in House of Congress.<ref name="wapo"/> His consistent support for Pakistan and his voting record has prompted the Indian media to describe him as "[[anti-India]]" in the past.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/113271/ Dan Burton withdraws anti-India amendment], Indian Express, August 4, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/aug/03us4.htm Dan Burton Withdraws Anti-India Measure]. [[Rediff.com]], August 3, 1999.</ref>

Burton has received at least $10,000 in campaign donations from [[Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai]], who runs the Kashmir Center, a pro-Pakistan advocacy group.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tau|first=Byron|url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/ben-smith/2011/07/rep-burton-may-have-received-pakistani-cash-037594|title=Rep. Burton may have received Pakistani cash|publisher=Politico|date=July 19, 2011|access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref> Burton was the chief supporter in Congress of the Kashmiri American Council, until it was revealed to be a front of [[Inter-Services Intelligence]] Directorate engaging in illegal lobbying activities on US soil.<ref>[https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/10/the-man-behind-pakistani-spy-agencys-plot-to-influence-washington/246000/#.TooNM-V9hlc.twitter "The Man Behind Pakistani Spy Agency's Plot to Influence Washington"]. ''The Atlantic'', October 3, 2011.</ref>
[[File:Pence and Burton with Ambassador Bremer.png|thumb|right|270px|Burton and [[Mike Pence]] with [[Paul Bremer]] during the US invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2004]]

;Support for Bahrain's monarchy
Burton has been noted for his vocal support of Bahrain's [[King of Bahrain|monarchy]] and criticism of protesters during the [[Bahraini uprising (2011–present)|Bahraini uprising]]. In April 2012, Burton and his wife took a paid trip to Bahrain to meet with the country's rulers. The $20,966 trip was paid for by the pro-monarchy [[Bahrain American Council]], a non-profit group established by and closely linked to Policy Impact Communications, a [[Lobbying in the United States|lobbying]] firm founded by William Nixon.<ref>{{cite news|first=Justin|last=Elliott|title=Lobbyist-linked Group Footed Bill for Rep. Burton's Bahrain Trip|date=July 31, 2012|url=https://www.propublica.org/article/lobbyist-linked-group-footed-bill-for-rep-burtons-bahrain-trip/|work=[[ProPublica]]|access-date=August 5, 2012}}</ref>

===Committee assignments===
*[[United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs|Committee on Foreign Affairs]]
**[[United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific|Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific]]
**[[United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia|Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia]] (Chair)
*[[United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform|Committee on Oversight and Government Reform]]
**[[United States House Oversight Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives|Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives]]
**[[United States House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations|Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations]]

==Post-Congressional career==
On February 13, 2013, the Azerbaijan America Alliance announced his appointment as Chairman of the group.<ref>{{cite web|last=Iqbal|first=Anwar|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-azerbaijan-america-alliance-announces-former-congressman-dan-burton-as-chairman-of-the-board-191097441.html|title=The Azerbaijan America Alliance Announces Former Congressman Dan Burton as Chairman of the Board|work=azerbaijanamericaalliance.org|date=February 13, 2013|access-date=December 14, 2014}}</ref> Burton is listed as chairman on the organization's web site as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://azerbaijanamericaalliance.org/leadership|title=Leadership|publisher=azerbaijanamericaalliance.org|date=February 13, 2013|access-date=December 14, 2014|last=Iqbal|first=Anwar|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201233813/http://azerbaijanamericaalliance.org/leadership|archive-date=December 1, 2014}}</ref>

In October 2015, it was reported that Burton registered as a lobbyist on behalf of the [[Citizens Commission on Human Rights]] (CCHR), an organization established by the [[Church of Scientology]]. CCHR advocates against psychiatry and psychiatric medicine, and is critical of the [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA). It has been described by critics as a Scientology front group. While not a member of the Church, Burton attended the opening of the Church's national office in 2012 and has praised CCHR's work in the past.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legistorm.com/pro_news/view/id/1488.html|title=Caught Our EyeEx-Rep. Dan Burton now lobbying for Scientology organization|access-date=October 19, 2015|website=Legistorm}}</ref>

==Controversies==
{{Criticism section|date=July 2021}}

===Tainted funds from Pakistan===
In July 2011, Burton was revealed by an [[FBI]] investigation to have received tainted election funds ultimately traced to the [[military intelligence]] services of [[Pakistan]], apparently as a ''[[quid pro quo]]'' for "supporting to Pakistan's position on Kashmir".<ref>{{cite web|last=Iqbal|first=Anwar|url=http://www.dawn.com/2011/07/21/pro-pakistan-american-lawmakers-in-trouble.html|title=Pro-Pakistan American lawmakers in trouble|publisher=Dawn.com|date=July 21, 2011|access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref> These funds were routed via the so-called Kashmiri American Council, run by [[Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai]], later revealed to be a front for the [[Pakistani Military]]. Subsequently, Burton's office donated the funds to charity.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Williams|first1=Pete|last2=Windrem|first2=Robert|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna43811258|title=Pakistan accused of masking contributions to US politicians|work=NBC News|date=July 19, 2011|access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref>

===Vince Foster murder claims===
Burton led the House inquiry into the 1993 death of [[Vince Foster]], the deputy White House counsel to President [[Bill Clinton]] who [[Suicide of Vince Foster|committed suicide]], but who Burton believed was murdered. He urged extensive investigation into the possible involvement of the Clintons and gained attention for re-enacting the alleged crime in his backyard with his own pistol and a cantaloupe<ref>{{cite news |last1=Akers |first1=Mary Ann |author1-link=Mary Ann Akers |title=The Sleuth − Dan Burton, Protecting the House From Terrorists (Alone) |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2009/06/_rep_dan_burton_r-ind.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624101310/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2009/06/_rep_dan_burton_r-ind.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 24, 2011 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=June 19, 2009}}</ref> standing in for Foster's head. In 1998, Burton said of Clinton, "If I could prove 10 percent of what I believe happened [regarding the death of Foster], he'd be gone. This guy's a scumbag. That's why I'm after him."<ref name="Salon"/>

After hearings into Democratic fundraising (see section below) began, a [[Democratic National Committee]] staffer appeared in a pumpkin suit with a button that read, "Don't shoot".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20010523160222/http://www.time.com/time/daily/special/look/burton/ "Fool on the Hill"], ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'', May 8–10, 1998.</ref> Burton's information during the [[Whitewater controversy]] was based on research conducted by [[Floyd Brown]], who founded [[Citizens United (organization)|Citizens United]] in 1988. Due to problems with the quality of Brown's research and testimony, the investigation was closed.<ref>Thomas G. Wells, "Witness Denies Fabricating Clinton Story", ''Dallas Morning News'', April 6, 1996.</ref>

===Golfing===
In 1990, ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that in 1989, Burton had been a "celebrity player" at the Bob Hope Classic in Palm Springs, California, the Kemper Open in Potomac, Maryland, the Larry Bird Golf Classic in Indianapolis, the Danny Thompson Memorial Tournament in Sun Valley, Idaho, the Sugarloaf Invitational tournament in Maine and the Arte Johnson Tournament in Chicago. Such players received free airline flights, free meals, and free lodging from tournament sponsors and, often, free merchandise.<ref>Richard L. Burke, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE1DA103DF930A3575AC0A966958260&st=cse&sq=%22Dan+Burton%22+golf&scp=4 "For Congress, Golfing Is Working on the Green By"], ''New York Times'', September 3, 1990</ref>

In November 1995, the House voted to prohibit members and their staffs from receiving gifts, including free meals and free travel to charity sports events. Burton, who led the effort to exempt charity trips, said that he played in two golf tournaments each year, and, "We get more of these lobbyists in our office than we do on the golf course."<ref>Adam Clymer, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01E5DD1239F934A25752C1A963958260&st=cse&sq=%22Dan+Burton%22+golf&scp=1 "House Approves Rule to Prohibit Lobbyists' Gifts"], ''New York Times'', November 17, 1995</ref>

In January 1997, Burton played in the [[AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am]], at the invitation of [[AT&T Corporation]], the tournament sponsor. The day before the tournament, he played a practice round with [[Robert Eugene Allen|Robert E. Allen]], AT&T's chairman and chief executive, at a nearby country club. AT&T also hosted a campaign fund-raising dinner for Burton at a local restaurant. Three weeks earlier, Burton had become the chairman of the [[House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight]], which had jurisdiction over the legislative agency scheduled to soon award at least $5 billion in long-distance and local telephone and telecommunications contracts with the federal government. Burton defended his participation in the tournament, saying it would not affect his objectivity when dealing with telecommunications issues. He said that he had partially paid for the trip, with his re-election campaign funds paying as well because he attended three fund-raising events while in California.<ref>Don van Natta Jr., [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E0D91639F93AA35750C0A961958260 " Critic of White House Ethics Let AT&T Give Him Favor"], ''New York Times'', March 9, 1997</ref>

In December 2004, Burton and two aides flew to the island of [[Guam]]. The trip was paid for by the Guam government and tourism industry. In addition to some official events, including touring a military facility, Burton played in a charity golf tournament. After he returned, he tried to help Guam's tourism industry get a sought-after change in visa rules.<ref name="Indy5Feb07">Maureen Groppe, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080218123739/http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/19647/print "To golf, Burton missed 19 votes"], ''The Indianapolis Star'', February 5, 2007</ref>

In January 2007, the House passed a measure by a vote 430–1 that banned members from accepting gifts and free trips from lobbyists and discounted trips on private planes. Burton cast the sole nay vote.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070107094354/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,241858,00.html "Democrat-Led House Changes Budget, Ethics Rules"], Associated Press, January 5, 2007</ref>

In February 2007, a review by ''[[The Indianapolis Star]]'' of votes in the House of Representatives for the past decade showed that Burton had missed all votes during the [[Bob Hope Chrysler Classic]] golf tournament for five years between 2001 and 2007. The tournament, the third event each season on the [[PGA Tour]], pairs celebrities with golf professionals for four of the five days of play. Since 2004, Burton has played in a guest spot of the Eisenhower Medical Center, the primary charitable beneficiary of the event. The slot carries with it a commitment to donate $10,000 to the event; Burton has made arrangements with the hospital to do this over a period of time. Burton's campaign committee reported donating $1,500 to the medical center in December 2004 and $6,353 in January 2006.<ref name="Indy5Feb07"/>

''The Indianapolis Star'' review also found that in 2006, Burton ranked last in voting among members of Congress from Indiana, missing 11 percent of the 541 recorded votes.<ref name="Indy5Feb07"/> In 2007, ''The Indianapolis Star'' rated his voting record as "one of the strongest in the House, with an attendance record consistently above 95%."<ref>[http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/b/burton_dan/burton.html "Star Library Fact Files"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523132319/http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/people/b/burton_dan/burton.html|date=May 23, 2013}}, ''The Indianapolis Star'', January 2007</ref>

==="...&nbsp;off the coast of Bolivia"===
On March 29, 1995, during congressional hearings on the US [[war on drugs]], Burton proclaimed that the US military "should place an [[aircraft carrier]] off the coast of [[Bolivia]] and [[crop dusting|crop dust]] the [[coca]] fields." It was later pointed out to him that (a) Bolivia is [[landlocked]] and has no coast (Burton was chairman of the [[United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere|Western Hemisphere Subcommittee]]); (b) the Bolivian coca fields (in the [[yungas]] and [[Amazon Basin|Amazon]] lowlands) are beyond the reach of any carrier-borne crop-duster, being separated from the nearest coastline (the Pacific coast of [[Peru]] and Chile) by the 20,000+ feet high peaks of the [[Andes]]; and (c) [[F-18]]s cannot crop-dust. While criticism of this misstatement was muted in Washington, it sparked a major anti-American backlash in Bolivia, derailing the same war on drugs that Burton purported to be speaking for.<ref name="Youngers">{{cite news |last=Youngers |first=Coletta |title=Fueling Failure: U.S. Drug Control Efforts in the Andes |publisher=The Washington Office on Latin America |date=April 1995 |url=http://www.drugpolicy.org/library/tlcwola4.cfm|access-date=May 12, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070606045958/http://www.drugpolicy.org/library/tlcwola4.cfm |archive-date=June 6, 2007}}</ref><ref name="Kawell">{{cite news |last=Kawell |first=JoAnn |date=May 2001 |title=Closing the Latin American Air-Bridge: A Disturbing History |url=http://www.fpif.org/commentary/0105airbridge.html |publisher=Foreign Policy In Focus |access-date=May 12, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007151400/http://www.fpif.org/commentary/0105airbridge.html |archive-date=October 7, 2007}}</ref>

===Investigation of Democratic Party fund-raising===
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In 1997, Burton headed an investigation into possible Democratic Party campaign finance abuse, focusing on the 1996 presidential election. The committee investigation ran for several years and issued over 1,000 [[subpoena]]s of Clinton administration officials and cost over $7 million.<ref name="Raw">{{cite web |url=http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Arkansas_Senator_happy_to_see_top_0530.html |title=The Raw Story: Arkansas Senator happy to see top Rove aide end term as US Attorney |access-date=June 13, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601172937/http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Arkansas_Senator_happy_to_see_top_0530.html |archive-date=June 1, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The committee, and Burton's leadership, were labeled a "farce",<ref name="latimes97">{{cite journal|last=Lacey|first=Marc|title=House Probe of Campaign Fund-Raising Uncovers Little, Piles Up Partisan Ill Will|journal=Los Angeles Times|date=May 2, 1998|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/29150984.html?dids=29150984:29150984&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+2,+1998&author=MARC+LACEY&pub=Los+Angeles&edition=&startpage=14&desc=NEWS+ANALYSIS|access-date=July 5, 2017|archive-date=November 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107114538/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/29150984.html?dids=29150984:29150984&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+2,+1998&author=MARC+LACEY&pub=Los+Angeles&edition=&startpage=14&desc=NEWS+ANALYSIS|url-status=dead}}</ref> a "travesty",<ref name="nyeditorial">Editorial, ''The New York Times'', March 20, 1997</ref> a "parody",<ref name=nyeditorial/> and "its own cartoon, a joke, and a deserved embarrassment".<ref name="posteditorial">Editorial, ''The Washington Post'', April 12, 1997</ref>

In March 1997, as the investigation began, Burton was accused of demanding a $5,000 contribution from a Pakistani [[lobbying|lobbyist]]. The lobbyist said that when he was unable to raise the funds, Burton complained to the Pakistani ambassador and threatened to make sure "none of his friends or colleagues" would meet with the lobbyist or his associates.<ref name="wapo">{{cite news|last=Babcock|first=Charles R.|date=March 19, 1997|title=Pakistan Lobbyist's Memo Alleges Shakedown by House Probe Leader|newspaper=Washington Post|page=A01|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/stories/cf031997.htm|access-date=May 12, 2007}}</ref>

In May 1998, Burton apologized for releasing edited transcripts of prison audiotapes of [[Webster Hubbell]], a former associate of President [[Bill Clinton]]. The edited transcripts omitted substantial information and differed significantly from the original recordings. Burton was harshly criticized by members of his own party, including [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]] [[Newt Gingrich]], who called the investigation a "circus" and chided Burton for initially refusing to admit any error.<ref name="Lardner">{{cite news|last=Lardner Jr.|first=George|author2=Juliet Eilperin|date=May 7, 1998|title=Burton Apologizes to GOP|newspaper=Washington Post|page=A01|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/burton050798.htm|access-date=May 12, 2007}}</ref>

[[David Bossie]], the staff member who arranged the editing and release of the tapes, resigned on Burton's request. Noting that Burton had personally released the tapes and had supported Bossie's plans over the objections of other committee staffers and attorneys, Democrats urged Burton to step down as well. Minority Leader [[Dick Gephardt]] said, "A committee staff member should not be made the scapegoat for Chairman Burton's mistakes, missteps, and misdeeds."<ref name=Lardner/> Burton said, "I take responsibility for those mistakes", but never resigned nor faced any consequences for his actions.<ref name=Lardner/>

In President Clinton's final year in office, Burton was mentioned in a short film for the [[White House Correspondents' Association|White House Correspondent's Dinner]]. ''President Clinton: Final Days'', which depicted Clinton as a lonely man closing down a nearly-deserted [[White House]]. Clinton is shown hitting golf balls from the South Lawn, and gets excited when he hits a car parked in a spot near the [[United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol]] that says "Reserved for Chairman Burton".

===Autism===
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Burton has been an outspoken critic of what he terms the failure of government to determine the cause of an alleged [[autism]] epidemic. When his grandson began to show the signs of autism shortly after receiving [[vaccination]]s, Burton [[Vaccine hesitancy|inferred the relationship to be causal]]: "My only grandson became autistic right before my eyes – shortly after receiving his federally recommended and state-mandated [[vaccines]]."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ccmadoctors.ca/opening_statement_chairman_dan_b1.htm|title=Dan Burton, opening statement before the Committee on Government Reform hearing on The Status of Research into Vaccine Safety and Autism|access-date=March 16, 2006|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060316141931/http://ccmadoctors.ca/opening_statement_chairman_dan_b1.htm|archive-date=March 16, 2006}}, June 19, 2002</ref>

Burton was instrumental in pressuring the [[National Institutes of Health]] to launch a five-year, $30 million study of [[chelation therapy]] for cardiovascular disease.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Why the NIH Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT) Should Be Abandoned|journal=The Medscape Journal of Medicine|date=May 13, 2008|pmc=2438277|pmid=18596934|volume=10|issue=5|pages=115|last1=Atwood|first1=KC|last2=Woeckner|first2=E|last3=Baratz|first3=RS|last4=Sampson|first4=WI}}</ref>

In an October 25, 2000, letter to the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|Department of Health and Human Services]], acting in his role as chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform, Burton asked the agency's director to get the [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) to recall all vaccines containing the preservative [[Thimerosal]]. "We all know and accept that [[Mercury (element)|mercury]] is a [[neurotoxin]], and yet the FDA has failed to recall the 50 vaccines that contain Thimerosal", Burton wrote, adding "Every day that mercury-containing vaccines remain on the market is another day HHS is putting 8,000 children at risk."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.gov/burton/pr102600.htm |title=Chairman Burton Requests Vaccine Recall |access-date=March 24, 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010124042500/http://www.house.gov/burton/pr102600.htm |archive-date=January 24, 2001 }}, press release, October 26, 2000</ref>

The U.S. [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] did not agree that vaccines containing mercury caused autism, and the US FDA refused to ban the vaccines. Most manufacturers removed the preservatives from their vaccines anyway, with no resulting decrease in autism rates.<ref name="Paulson">{{cite news|last=Paulson|first=Tom|title=Autism experts bring insights to Seattle Scientists, parents work together to unravel mystery|newspaper=Seattle Post Intelligencer|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/314054_autism03.html|access-date=May 12, 2007}}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Burton maintained a page on his Congressional website called [https://web.archive.org/web/20090329060311/http://www.burton.house.gov/issues/autism House.gov "Autism"] which includes his speeches, transcripts from hearings, and newspaper articles on the relationship of autism and vaccines.

In a June 2017 episode of ''[[Last Week Tonight with John Oliver]]'' a C-SPAN 2 clip from 2002 of Dan Burton was used to highlight Burton's position on vaccines in relation to autism. In the clip Burton says, "I have yet to find any scientist who will say that there is no doubt, no doubt, that the mercury in vaccines does not contribute to autism. Now they'll say there's no scientific evidence, there's no studies or anything that proves that yet. But turn that around. There are no studies that disprove it either." John Oliver correctly highlights this as Burton's demand for "proving a negative" which he calls "an impossible standard".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VG_s2PCH_c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/7VG_s2PCH_c |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Vaccines: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)|date=June 25, 2017 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

===Constituent mailings===
An Arizona newspaper study ranked Burton as the fifth-biggest user of free congressional mail, sending constituents more than $190,000 worth of mail in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theindychannel.com/news/20655280/detail.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204013906/http://www.theindychannel.com/news/20655280/detail.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2013|title=Challengers Claim Rep Abused Free Mail Privileges|date=August 31, 2009|publisher=TheIndyChannel.com|access-date=September 4, 2009}}</ref>

===Daughter===
In June 2007, [[Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington]] reported that during the 2001–2006 period, Burton's campaign fund had paid $143,900 to his daughter Danielle Sarkine, who manages his campaign office. It is not illegal for federal candidates to pay family members for political work, as long as they are paid fair market value, the [[Federal Election Commission]] has ruled.<ref>Matt Kelley, [https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-06-17-campaign-funds_N.htm "Lawmakers used campaign funds to pay relatives"], ''USA Today'', June 17, 2007</ref>

===Sibel Edmonds testimony===
On January 6, 2008, [[FBI]] whistleblower [[Sibel Edmonds]] included Dan Burton's photograph among others featured in the "[[State Secrets Privilege]] Gallery" posted on her website, composing images of figures considered to be relevant to her case.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a010608SibelGallery#a010608SibelGallery|title=Sibel Edmonds Launches 'State Secrets Privilege Gallery'|publisher=[[History Commons]]|access-date=October 6, 2014|archive-date=April 10, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140410123046/http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a010608SibelGallery#a010608SibelGallery|url-status=dead}}</ref> Later, on August 8, 2009, she gave sworn testimony about Burton and others during a witness deposition before the Ohio Elections Commission in the ''[[Jean Schmidt|Schmidt]] v. [[David Krikorian|Krikorian]]'' case, in which she stated that he had engaged in "[E]xtremely illegal activities against the United States citizens&nbsp;... and against the United States' interests" that involved covert operations by foreign governments and entities, but did not further elaborate on these activities, ostensibly due to the limitations applied by the State Secrets Privilege.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whistleblowers.org/storage/documents/edmondsdepositiontranscript.pdf|title=Case No. 2009E-003|access-date=November 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161209233055/http://www.whistleblowers.org/storage/documents/edmondsdepositiontranscript.pdf|archive-date=December 9, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Brad Friedman|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-friedman/fbi-whistleblower-hastert_b_277704.html|title=FBI Whistleblower: Hastert, Burton, Blunt, Other Members of Congress 'Bribed, Blackmailed'|work=[[Huffington Post]]|date=October 21, 2009|access-date=October 6, 2014}}</ref>

===ADA===
In 1989, Burton argued against the protection of [[HIV/AIDS]] sufferers under the [[Americans with Disabilities Act]] (ADA). He stated "The ADA is a last ditch attempt of the remorseless [[LGBT rights in the United States|sodomy lobby]] to achieve [[Gay agenda|its national agenda]] before the impending decimation of AIDS destroys its political clout. Their Bill simply must be stopped. There will be no second chance for normal America if the ADA is passed."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Colker|first1=R|year=2004|title=Homophobia, AIDS Hysteria, and the Americans with Disabilities Act|journal=Journal of Gender, Race Justice|volume=8|issue=1|pages=33–56}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Burton's first wife, Barbara (Logan) Burton, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993<ref name="MM">{{cite news|title=Living treasures: Dan Burton|access-date=May 12, 2007|date=November–December 2001|work=[[Mothering (magazine)|Mothering]] |publisher=Gale Group|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0838/is_2001_Nov-Dec/ai_100807145|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041105023419/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0838/is_2001_Nov-Dec/ai_100807145|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2004}}</ref> at the age of 56. She died in 2002 from breast and colon cancer. They had three children together: Kelly, Danielle and Danny.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} In August 2006, Burton married Dr. Samia Tawil in Park City, Utah.<ref name="Indy-Fact" /> She was the internist who cared for Burton's wife during her cancer treatment. Tawil and her first husband had divorced in 2005.<ref>Susan Guyett, [https://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2006/09/is-it-right.html], ''The Indianapolis Star'', September 13, 2006 <!-- Note as of February 16, 2008 - link to original story, http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060913/COLUMNISTS04/609130472/1006/NEWS01, is bad, and newspaper on-line archives only go back one year. --></ref>

In 1995 speaking of the then recent affairs of Republican [[Robert Packwood]] and the unfolding story of [[Paula Jones]] and [[Bill Clinton]], Burton stated "No one, regardless of what party they serve, no one, regardless of what branch of government they serve, should be allowed to get away with these alleged sexual improprieties". A vocal critic of Clinton, he went on to say, "Above all, Dan Burton believes the people have a right to principled leadership and that character does matter".<ref name="Salon"/> Three years later in 1998, the magazine ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' was to print an article detailing an affair which Burton himself had in 1983 which had produced a child. Before publication, Burton was forced to admit to fathering a son with a former state employee out of wedlock in 1983.<ref name="Salon" /><ref name="Indy-Fact" /><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Washington Post |date=September 5, 1998 |title=Burton Fathered Child In Extramarital Affair |first=Edward |last=Walsh |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/burton090598.htm}}</ref>

Burton's brother, [[Woody Burton]], is a former Republican member of the Indiana House of Representatives, representing District 58.<ref>[http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=4637 Representative Charles "Woody" Burton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501232838/http://votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=4637 |date=May 1, 2010 }}, [[Project Vote Smart]]. Accessed October 22, 2009.</ref><ref>{{YouTube|Ym4ZN7LtP00|Woody Burton: Dan's Been An Example}}, YouTube.com. Accessed October 22, 2009.</ref>

Burton is a member of the board of advisors of the Institute on Religion and Public Policy. Burton is a 33° Scottish Rite [[freemasonry|Freemason]], and a member of Evergreen-Oriental Lodge No. 500 in Indianapolis, Indiana.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodapp|first=Christopher|url=http://www.indytemple.org/centennial/|title=A Great Day in Indianapolis|publisher=Indiana Freemason's Hall|date=June 2009|access-date=February 12, 2012}}</ref>

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://burton.house.gov/ Archive.org – Congressman Dan Burton official U.S. House website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.indianadan.com/ Archive.org – Dan Burton for Congress]
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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEXq_UvqBZM Appearance on 'Top Story'; February 28, 1993]
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