Congress at the Crossroads

 


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URGENT ACTION NEEDED TODAY!
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http://tinyurl.com/SaveOurSupplements

Support Sen. Paul's amendment, No. 2143
To S.3187 (the FDA bill) Before the Senate TODAY!
His Amendment would disarm the FDA, put an end to raids on natural food stores and Amish farmers,
and stop FDA censorship of truthful claims of dietary supplements. 

"Mr. President, today [May 24, 2012] I'm offering an amendment to the FDA. I'm troubled by images of armed agents raiding Amish farms and preventing them selling milk directly from the cow. I think we have bigger problems in our country than sending armed FDA agents into peaceful farmers' land and telling them they can't sell milk directly from the cow.My amendment has three parts. First, it attempts to stop the FDA's overzealous regulations of vitamins, food and supplements by codifying the first amendment prohibition on prior restraint... READ MORE: http://paul.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=529

Senators Hatch & Harkin Tell the FDA:
"Don't Mess with Our Supplements!"
"The Good, the Bad, the Ugly..."

Senator Durbin's
Unnecessary Amendment 2127
(Dietary Supplement Registration provision)
May be added to the FDA bill, S.3187
Oppose that over-regulation too!

"Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) urged FDA to withdraw its New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) Draft Guidance in a letter to FDA Commissioner Hamburg... Senators Hatch and Harkin, the principal authors of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act  of 1994 (DSHEA), asked Dr. Hamburg to issue a new draft that, 'will provide needed clarification on what constitutes an NDI, but does not undermine the balance Congress struck in DSHEA to provide consumers with access to safe, affordable dietary supplement products.' ... The Senators said the draft guidance undermines DSHEA in a number of ways.."  http://www.naturalproductsinsider.com/news/2012/01/senators-hatch-harkin-call-for-ndi-guidance-redo.aspx 

   We now find Senator Durbin, this week, is seeking to saddle dietary supplement companies with a new registration requirement that is uneeded, since the 1994 DSHEA law already requires companies to notify the FDA about their claims. The Homeland Security laws already require manufacturers to register. 

   The information the Senator wants collected by the Govt under this new Amendment is already collected! 

   The Durbin Amendment 2127 to S.3187 is over-regulation and will simply tend to drive small companies out of business, thereby reducing consumer choice and increasing cost!

   At the same time, Senator Rand Paul's Amendment 2143 will Save Our Supplements!
Please support this amendment today!

Action Item:
http://tinyurl.com/SaveOurSupplments
What can we do about this?
We can educate our representatives
About these latest Congressional and FDA assault on our access to
High potency, advanced nutrition!
SUPPORT SENATOR PAUL'S AMENDMENT!

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