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Bad AER Bill Threatens Destruction Of Dietary Supplements

 

During the last few days a battle has been raging in Congress

concerning health freedom. The battle concerns the AER bill -

Adverse Event Reporting bill (S.3546 the Dietary Supplement and

Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act).

 

According to John Hammill, this bill will lead to the TOTAL

DESTRUCTION of the American dietary supplement industry. We'll

see supplements wrongly blamed for adverse reactions actually

caused by Rx drugs taken concurrently. We'll see " Trial by TV "

like never before against supplements.

 

We'll see insurance companies jack up their premium costs

beyond what any of the small, innovative companies such as

Wellness Resources or Life Extension Foundation could afford,

and we'd see a total Pharma takeover of the industry occur. As

it is now, we're dangling by a THREAD, but we AREN'T DEAD YET,

and while there is still BREATH in our bodies, we MUST FIGHT!!

 

Last nighte, the bad AER bill was rammed through the Senate at

9PM, and John didn't get word of it until the next morning.

WHAT THIS MEANS & WHAT WE MUST DO NOW TO KILL THE BILL IN THE

HOUSE.

 

If we can just HANG IN THERE for the next 2 days and kill it in

the House, then they'll have to completely reintroduce the bill

in the next congress and it will be back to square one for the

other side.

 

We MUST buy some time in order to get HEARINGS on this bill in

the next congress where we'd have the chance to de-fuse the

ticking bomb by getting language changes into it to protect our

interests!

 

Just in from Norm Singleton in Congressman Paul's office: " The

people who are pushing the bad AER bill are frustrated that

Boehner hasn't put it on the calendar, so they might try

attaching it as a rider to the NIH Reauthorization bill (a

voluminous piece of legislation.)

 

WHAT WE MUST DO:

In addition to taking the steps discussed here:

http://www.ymlp.com/pubarchive_show_message.php?jham+538)

 

Use the message below and fax it in 24/7 today and tomorrow

(friday). They could move on it at 3 am saturday morning for

all we know. Price of freedom = eternal vigilance!

 

1. Hastert: Fax 202-225-0697

2. Boehner: Fax 202-225-0704

3. Barton: Fax 202-225-3052

 

Also fax to your own Congressman- look up fax at

http://www.house.gov Follow your fax with a phone call (Capital

Switchboard 202-225-3121) Get your friends/family to help!

Contact as many people as possible about this, we only have

today and tomorrow (Friday December 8th) to kill this because

the Lame Duck session ends Friday. Its ok to fax and call 24/7.

If you call after hours there is someone working at Capital

Switchboard who will transfer you to the voice mail of any

congressional office that you ask for.

 

Please ALSO call your congressman via 202-225-3121 Capital

Switchboard 24/7, and tell them this:

 

" I want to kill HR 6168, the Dietary Supplement and

Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act. I understand

that some are frustrated that Congressman Boehner (pronounced

Bayner) hasn't put it on the calendar, so some are trying to

attach it as a RIDER to the NIH REAUTHORIZATION BILL. DO NOT

LET THIS HAPPEN!!

 

This bill badly needs a hearing. There is language in it that

must be changed. Do not pass it in the middle of the night

attached to something as thick as the Manhatten telephone

directory unless you want me to work tirelessly against you for

the rest of your career til you are driven from office. "

 

HR 6168 MUST BE KILLED!

 

" A large sector of the Dietary Supplement industry including

Solgar, Nutraceutical Corp, Nature's Plus, Life Extension

Foundation, Wellness Resources and many other companies oppose

HR6168 Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer

Protection Act.

 

This legislation has nothing in it to determine causality of an

Adverse event. Safe dietary supplements would be wrongly blamed

for problems actually caused by pharmaceutical drugs taken

concurrently with one or more dietary supplements - and there

would be no medical or scientific review required by FDA before

they could release the flawed " data " released by this witch

hunt.

 

This would be a trial lawyers dream, but its not good

government and it would do nothing to protect the public

health. There must be hearings on this legislation, and there

must be changes made to its language before it would actually

serve its intended purpose.

 

Do not ram it through on us during the lame duck- if you do,

you will enrage the millions of dietary supplements users who

flooded congress with more mail during the campaign to pass

SHEA than Congress ever received in its history on ANY issue. "

 

 

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