Hooraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!! Durbin Withdraws Amendment!

[Guest guest]

May I suggest we send Senator Durbin and other senators our THANKS

and a repeat message that we will OPPOSE vigorously any efforts to

restrict or impede our access to supplements, vitamins and

alternative health care?

 

Best to all,

 

Elliot

 

Here is the news:

 

Consumer voice for natural health heard on the hill!

 

Yesterday, Sen. Richard Durbin (IL) withdrew Senate Amendment 3225

from a Department of Defense funding bill. Your actions undoubtedly

made a huge difference on this issue—over 12,500 letters were sent to

Congress in just six days asking your Senators to oppose this

amendment and protect your health choices!

 

Senate Amendment 3225 threatened to restrict access to certain

dietary supplements on military bases and place strict and

unnecessary reporting guidelines on manufacturers who sell vitamins

and supplements on these bases. This move would have set an

unacceptable precedent and could have been the beginning of other

policy moves that would undermine the Dietary Supplement Health and

Education Act (DSHEA), the act that gives Americans sustained

information and access to dietary supplements. However, due to lack

of support from Senate leaders and an outpouring of opposition from

natural health consumers nationwide, Sen. Durbin withdrew the

amendment yesterday at 5:10 p.m. after the issue was discussed on the

Senate floor.

 

Senator Hatch agreed to work with Sen. Durbin and the dietary

supplement manufacturers on a legislative strategy to create a system

for reporting Adverse Event Reports (AER's) to the FDA. This way the

issue will be given the consideration needed to create a successful

model for consumers and producers. This issue will likely be

included in an existing bill sponsored by Sen. Hatch and Sen. Biden,

the Anabolic Steroid Control Act.

 

Citizens for Health supports full product information requirements,

including a system for manufacturers to report serious adverse

experience reports. We want to make sure this issue gets full and

fair consideration in Congress and does not single out natural

products and hold them to a higher and more onerous standard than

pharmaceutical drugs, over-the-counter drugs or other regulated

categories like food additives.

 

Thank you for your support. We will continue to keep you informed on

this and other issues central to your health rights. Please visit

http://www.citizens.org/priorities/onemillion.cfm to learn about our

One Million Voices for Healthier Choices program.

 

Sincerely,

 

Ana Micka

President/CEO

Citizens for Health

 

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