Guest guest Posted July 10, 2007 Report Share Posted July 10, 2007 Urgent news from John Hammell about protecting dietary supplements in the US... Emergency Action Needed Immediately: Companion Bill to S.1082 To Be on House Floor Tomorrow - Wednesday - Without Debate HR 2900 is the companion bill to S.1082, the FDA Reform bill. HR 2900 has been put on the Suspension Calendar which means that as things stand right now, they plan on not allowing ANY DEBATE, or ANY AMENDMENTS, they plan on only allowing it to be voted on as it stands right now, and that is NOT GOOD! The Senate version of this bill (S.1082) has already passed, and unless we can get an amendment into this bill, the FDA will be able to attack safe dietary supplements at will using the Critical Path initiative as a weapon. For a full understanding and to send an email to your congressman with one mouse click go to: http://www.wellnessresources.com/health_freedom.php Byron Richards lists all the reasons in his articles about the Reagan Udall Foundation for the FDA. If the language is not changed, the FDA will be able to attack any dietary supplement using their Critical Path initiative the same way they fraudulently removed Ephedra from the market. WHAT WE MUST DO RIGHT AWAY: We must call the House leadership with the following message: " Please remove HR 2900 from the Suspension Calendar. The only way it can be properly debated is if it is brought up under a regular order. As it stands, S.1082/ HR 2900 threatens to block consumer access to dietary supplements, and Congressman Paul would like to be able to propose an amendment. This isn't my opinion, its the opinion of attorney Jonathan Emord, who has done more to defend the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act than any other attorney. To learn more see his article in News With Views titled " How the FDA is Becoming a Drug Company " Unless changes are made to the bill language, nothing will stop the FDA from using the Critical Path Initiative to ban safe dietary supplements via fraudulent means, the same way they banned Ephedra " http://www.newswithviews.com/Richards/byron35.htm WHO TO CONTACT WITH THIS URGENT MESSAGE: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office in DC is: (202) 225-4965 Email her at: AmericanVoices CALLS TO MAKE AND WHAT TO SAY: 1. We need to flood the office of Nancy Pelosi with phone calls, urging her to allow debate and amendments on HR 2900 (and if its not removed from the suspension calendar urge Pelosi, and all other congressmen to vote NO on this bill! (If they ask if you're a constituent, tell them you're an American citizen, she's the speaker of the House, you're extremely concerned about what's happening with HR 2900 and your input is important. Do the same with the others in the House leadership if you're not a constituent, because they've been arrogantly hanging up on people. You may call her office at (202) 225-4965 or email her at: AmericanVoices You will be transferred to voice mail where you can leave a message. Urge Rep. Pelosi to allow debate and amendments on HR 2900 by removing it from the Suspension Calendar. This will allow the bill to be brought up under a regular order, which will give Congressman Ron Paul the opportunity to offer amendments that will help support health freedom (among other things). If you want to live in a country where you retain free access to dietary supplements, please take action now to help move HR 2900 into a status allowing debate and amendments. You must call today, tonight or Wednesday morning. Also contact: Hoyer, Bonner, and Blunt's offices by calling them through the Capital Switchboard at 202-225-3121 Urge them to support the same thing. Please also contact your own congressperson and urge them to support open debate and amendments on HR 2900. Tell them that Congressman Paul is being blocked from proposing an amendment to this bill that dietary supplement consumers need. Tell them the amendment was written by attorney Jonathan Emord who has done more to defend the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act than any attorney in the country and that you will be enraged if this bill is pushed through under suspension without any amendments being allowed. If its not removed from the Suspension Calendar, you want them to vote NO on it! For Health Freedom, John C. Hammell, President International Advocates for Health Freedom 556 Boundary Bay Road Point Roberts, WA 98281-8702 USA http://www.iahf.com jham 800-333-2553 N.America 360-945-0352 World To remove yourself from future mailing, click the link below. http://www.holistichealthsecrets.com/mail/remove.php?u=844892e see sample letter: Please remove HR.2900 from the Suspension Calendar so that it can be brought up under a regular order so it can be properly debated and amendments can be made. As it stands S.1082/HR.2900 poses a significant threat to natural health options and allows the FDA unprecedented new regulatory power thorough the Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA. It enables the FDA to brand dietary supplements as unsafe based on drug-related risk benefit analysis, when in fact such dietary supplements are safe at the commonly consumed doses as instructed in the labeling. Certainly you are not intending to give the FDA the power, based on FDA opinion, to deny consumers access to dietary supplements that over 150 million Americans rely on for health. HR.2900 must be amended to prevent this flagrant abuse of power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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