Government Affairs

These bills need your attention. Bills have been introduced that need your support and your opposition! Support bills S.525/H.R.1298, H.R.163, H.R.164, H.R. 502, and H.R. 778 Oppose bills S.1941, H.R.759, Support S.525/H.R.1298 - Pharmaceutical Market Access & Drug Safety Act. Support H.R.163 - Prescription Drug Affordability. Support H.R.164 - Seniors Health Care Freedom Act of 2009. Support H.R.164 - Health Care Freedom of Choice. Support H.R.778 - Authorizing Interstate Traffic of Unpasteurized Milk & Milk Products. Oppose H.R. 502 - Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensing Act. Oppose H.R.759 - FDA Globalization Act of 2009. These bills need your attention.

FEDERAL LEGISLATION ON CONSUMER HEALTH

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NHF Opposes

Dietitian/Nutritionist Licensing Act

N.J. Assembly Bill 2933 and
Senate Bill S. 1941

Bill Overview

Sample Petition Letter

Treat Weight Loss Claims for
Dietary Supplements as Disease Claims

Petition Overview

Sample Petition Letter

Original Citizen Petition

FDA Globalization Act of 2009
(HR 759)

Bill Overview

Sample petition

National Health Insurance

Senator Baucus Blueprint

Baucus/Kennedy Letter to Obama

Rep. Dingell Letter to Obama

Wyden/Bennet Letter to Obama

FDA Regulatory Action
(B-6 Regulated as a "Drug")

Overview

Petition

This legislation would make it illegal for any practitioner other than a licensed dietitian to teach, consult, or advise about health, nutrition, supplements, diet, food, or food materials. If the bills pass one does not even have to be compensated to be in violation of the law.

Act on this poorly titled, self-serving, pharmaceutical industry "Citizen Petition" which would reclassify all dietary-supplement weight-loss claims as disease claims.

It is critical that consumers push to amend this proposed bill to exempt its application to dietary supplements, or there will be more regulation, higher costs for supplement manufacturers (domestic/foreign), and higher costs for consumers.

No bills introduced at this time.

The B-6 regulation of classifying this dietary supplement form as a "drug" is still tentative and not yet final. Pressure your representatives to rescind this regulatory action of banning vitamins by reclassifying them as "drugs."

NHF Supports

S.525/H.R.1298 Pharmaceutical Market Access & Drug Safety Act

S.525 Overview

H.R.1298 Overview

S.525 Sample Petition

H.R.1298 Sample Petition

H.R.163 Prescription Drug Affordability

Bill Overview

Sample Petition Letter

H.R.164 Seniors Health Care
Freedom Act of 2009

Bill Overview

Sample Petition Letter

H.R. 502 Health Care Freedom of Choice

Bill Overview

Sample Petition Letter

H.R. 778 Authorizing Interstate Traffic of Unpasteurized Milk & Milk Products

Bill Overview

Overview Article

H.R. 2629 Coercion is Not Health Care Act

Bill Overview

H.R. 2630 Protect Patients and Physicians Privacy Act

Bill Overview

This legislation will allow re-importation of lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada and other foreign countries. Act on this legislation to remove the FDA & pharmaceutical control over access to less-expensive prescription drugs for all Americans.

To allow an individual who has attained social security retirement age an 80 percent tax credit on the amount paid during the taxable year and not compensated for by insurance or otherwise for prescribed drugs purchased through the Internet.

To allow persons otherwise eligible for old-age benefits under Social Security to voluntary refusal to participate in any part of the Medicare program and continue to receive their Social Security.

To allow people the freedom to purchase the health insurance of their choice, to choose their own doctor, and make their own decisions about their health care. To eliminate the gross income percentage limitation on tax deductible medical expenses.

Congressman Ron Paul introduced this bill which would repeal current federal legislation prohibiting raw milk/products for human consumption in interstate commerce. It would also allow consumers to obtain raw milk products from other States without violating federal law. At present in the U.S., you may consume raw milk in all States but may only sell it in 1/2 of the States.

This bill will protect the American people's ability to make their own health care decisions by ensuring the Federal Government shall not force any American to purchase health insurance.

Individuals are free to opt out of Federally mandated electronic system for maintaining health-care information.

Click here for the NHF Archive of Important Past Legislation
(110th Congress - Archived Bills and Information)

Click here for the NHF Archive of Important Past Legislation
(108th-109th Congress - Archived Bills and Information)

Obama Health Care, Codex, and Supplement Safety

By Lee Bechtel
May 2009

NHF PRESS RELEASE

OBAMA HEALTH CARE - MORE DUCKS IN A ROW

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
April 22, 2009

NHF PRESS RELEASE

OBAMACARE UPDATE - EARLY 2009

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
April 10, 2009

Congress Doesn't Have Time
To Read Bills They Sign

By Dr. Laurie Roth
April 9, 2009

What Obama Means for
Functional Foods and Supplements: Part II

By Loren Israelsen
April 1, 2009

NHF PRESS RELEASE

THE EMPIRE STRIKES AGAIN -

CONTROLLING FOOD FROM GROWTH TO TABLE

March 26, 2009

Benign B6 Before BioStratum

By Scott Tips
March 2009

Will Congress Wipe Out Home Gardens, Growers Markets?

By Sarah Foster
March 23, 2009

22 Hawaii House of Representatives Members Sign
Resolution asking FDA to Rescind
Approval for Neurotoxic Aspartame

By Stephen Fox
March 2009

Peaceful Dissent and Government Witch Hunts

By Anthony Gregory
March 17, 2009

NHF PRESS RELEASE

SMALL LIGHT IN HEALTH-FREEDOM

CONGRESSIONAL CHALLENGES

March 14, 2009

By Corporate Crime Reporter

By Laura Carlsen
March 4, 2009

NHF PRESS RELEASE

LEGISLATION NEEDING YOUR ACTION

GET YOUR STATE SENATORS
TO SPONSOR A BILL TO BAN ASPARTAME

February 24, 2009

Obama Reaffirms Promise to Renegotiate NAFTA

By Laura Carlsen
February 2009

Conservatives Say Gov't.
Health Care Will Literally Kill You

By Jim Kouri
February 12, 2009

Obama Tries to Sneak Major
Health Care Reform into the Stimulus Bill

By Cliff Kincaid
February 12, 2009

Liberals Propose Fast-Tracking Treaties

By Cliff Kincaid
February 9, 2009

Chorus Call for New World Order

By Patrick Wood
January 17, 2009

Flirting With Disaster –
The Wrong Time For An Excellent Idea

By Scott Tips
January 2009

NHF Lobbyist’s Report

From “Smoke and Mirrors” to Near Reality
– Government-Run Health Insurance and the FDA

By Lee Bechtel
NHF National Lobbyist
January 2009

Should Medicare Providers Be
Forced to Use Electronic Medical Records?

By Institute for Health Freedom
December 10, 2008

Response to NHF Press Release
(Tough Times Ahead for Health Freedom in the U.S.)

November 26, 2008

NHF PRESS RELEASE

WAXMAN TAKES CONTROL IN THE HOUSE

November 24, 2008

Disemboweling America

By Jon Christian Ryter
November 21, 2008

U.S. Election Impact on GM Food

By Sarah Hills
November 2008

NHF PRESS RELEASE

Obama, Dingell, Waxman, Kennedy, and Durbin
Have Control of Decisions That Will Impact
Your Health Freedom of Choice

By Lee Bechtel
NHF National Lobbyist
November 8, 2008

Eye on the Health-Freedom Prize

By Lee Bechtel, National NHF Lobbyist
October 2008

NHF PRESS RELEASE

Stop Excessive FDA Regulation

Push to Amend the FDA Globalization Act Now

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
August 12, 2008

Why We Choose to Defend Liberty

By Anthony Gregory
August 2008

North America Doesn't Exist

By Laura Carlsen
July 3, 2008

It's All About FDA User Fees

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
June 2008

NHF PRESS RELEASE

Anti-Supplement Congressmen At It Again & Other Important Legislation

Consumer Action Needed To Amend the FDA Globalization Act of 2008

Contact Your Congressional Representatives Now

By the National Health Federation
June 5, 2008

NHF PRESS RELEASE

FDA Dietary Supplement Disease Claim Petition
Dietary Supplement Disease Claims

ACT NOW

By the National Health Federation
May 27, 2008

States To Homeland Security On Real ID: No Thanks

By Steven Yates
May 11, 2008

AER Supplement Guidance Released
-Purposes Abhorrent Erroneous Requirements

By Lee Bechtel (NHF Lobbyist)
April 2008

4/30/08 Petition submission has ended. Thank you to everyone that supported
our efforts by signing the on-line petition. The thousands and thousands of
petitions were printed out and mailed this afternoon to Fran Kammerer
(Environmental Health Hazard Assessment) in time for the May 2, 2008 deadline.

NHF PRESS RELEASE
California Targeting Safe Supplements
Don’t Let Them Succeed

By the National Health Federation

U.S. & Canadian Governments
Renaming "North American Union" To Fool Citizens

By Jim Kouri
April 17, 2008

Bush’s Phoney Free-Trade Agreement

By Cliff Kincaid
April 12, 2008

The Emerging Surveillance State

By Hon. Ron Paul
April 7, 2008

North American Military
Agreeement Signed by U.S. and Canada

By Jim Kouri
March 11, 2008

The Supplements Made Me Do It

By Orrin Hatch
February 21, 2008

Trans-Texas Treason
Town Hall Meetings A Con Game

By Alan Stang
February 17, 2008

Important NHF U.S. Legislative Update
DHEA Is Under Attack By Congress Again

January 2008

Will U.N. Have Jurisdiction
Over All Private Property?

By Derry Brownfield
December 28, 2007

Ron Paul Interview with Producer Kevin Miller

Posted December 15, 2007

Police with Dogs:
Vaccinating Kids in Maryland

By Barbara Loe Fisher
November 19, 2007

Passage of Peru Trade Deal
Endangers Consumers, Fails to Benefit
Farmers in the United States or Peru

By Wenonah Hauter
November 8, 2007

Feds Now Targeting Our Backyards

By Partnership for America
November 1, 2007

Dingell-Waxman and Durbin-Kennedy Review

By Lee Bechtel
National NHF Lobbyist
October 2007

North American Union and Global Integration

By Dennis L. Cuddy, Ph.D.
October 1, 2007

The Sunlight Rule

By Ron Paul (Weekly column)
September 17, 2007

NHF PRESS RELEASE
NHF MISSION: STOP FDA FROM
TREATING SUPPLEMENTS LIKE DRUGS

By the National Health Federation
September 7, 2007

Bush Favors U.N. Influence
Over American Healthcare And Law

By Jim Kouri
September 4, 2007

North American Union Threat

By Geoff Metcalf
August 27, 2007

Congress tells Bush: Back off SPP agenda
Lawmakers' letter warns 'stealth' effort
to 'harmonize' could undermine security

By Jerome R. Corsi
August 17, 2007

NHF PRESS RELEASE
Health-Freedom Crisis
Another Supposed Health-Freedom Crisis –
The Real Facts on Durbin’s Amendment

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
August 6, 2007

The Trilateral Commission: Upsurping Sovereignty

By Patrick Wood
August 5, 2007

We The People vs. Corporatist-Globalism

By Steven Yates
August 5, 2007

Ephedrine – What Is Next?

By Lee Bechtel
NHF National Lobbyist
July 2007

Global Backlash Against Globalization?

By Patrick Wood
July 2007

Public Forums Denied on Upcoming SPP Summit

By Patrick Wood
July 12, 2007

Dietary Supplements: FDA Finally Issues
Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Guidelines
Over A Decade Late. Value Of GMPs Questioned.

By Bill Sardi
June 28, 2007

NHF PRESS RELEASE
FDA RELEASES GMP REGULATIONS FOR SUPPLEMENTS

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
June 26, 2007

How the FDA is Becoming a Drug Company
Consumer Safety and Access
to Natural Health Options Threatened

By Byron J. Richards, CCN
June 14, 2007

NHF PRESS RELEASE
FDA Activity: Two More Strikes

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
June 10, 2007

North American Union Plan Headed to Congress in Fall
Powerful think tank prepares report
on benefits of integration between U.S., Mexico, Canada

By www.WorldNetDaily.com
May 24, 2007

NHF LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
H.R.1561 Overview

May 24, 2007

DHEA Supplements Threatened Once Again

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
May 2007

Supplements as Drugs
Before the U.S. Supreme Court, Now Decided

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
May 2007

The FDA Has Blood on Its Hands

By Bill Sardi
May 16, 2007

Understanding the Threat to Dietary Supplements - Part 1
The FDA is Acquiring New Powers
to Suppress Alternative Health

By Byron Richards, CCN
May 15, 2007

NHF PRESS RELEASE
SENATE HAS PASSED S. 1082

May 10, 2007

Update on Senate Bill 1082

By Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
May 2, 2007

NHF PRESS RELEASE
WHY SENATE BILL 1082 IS A DANGER TO SUPPLEMENTS

May 2, 2007

NHF PRESS RELEASE
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
Let's Get the FDA/CAM Issue Put to Rest

April 27, 2007

The Center For Public Integrity - Exposes Big Pharma Lobbying Spending

By The Center For Public Integrity
April 2007

Recent FDA/CAM Regulation "the sky is falling" Sendings

By the NHF
April 9, 2007

Drug Reimportation Is Picking Up Steam In Congress

Provided by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
March 2007

Health Freedom Constitutional Recognition

Update by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
March 2007

The Dingell-Waxman Durbin-Kennedy Era Begins

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Lobbyist
March 2007

AER Bill Passes –
What we may expect in the aftermath
by Scott C. Tips

Editor of Health Freedom News
NHF President and Legal Counsel

March 2007

PASSING A HEALTH FREEDOM BILL
by Pamela Gerry, RN, CCT
NHF Board of Governor Member
March 2007

SURRENDERING OUR SOVEREIGNTY
by Cliff Kincaid
February 24, 2007

NORTH AMERICAN UNION "CONSPIRACY" EXPOSED
by Cliff Kincaid
February 21, 2007

Free Trade: Fast Track Battle Heating Up
by Patrick Wood
February 15, 2007

Residents of Planned Union to Be ‘North Americanists’
by Bob Unruh
Posted February 2007

THE TRUTH ABOUT CONSPIRACY THEORIES
by Tom DeWeese
January 22, 2007

Truth Be Tolled - DVD Now Available
by Bill Molina
January 2007

Beware Of The Unfolding Anti-Dietary Supplement

Propaganda Campaign
Witch hunt (definition): An investigation carried out ostensibly to uncover

subversive activities but actually used to harass and undermine.
by Bill Sardi
Knowledge of Health, Inc.
January 17, 2007

NHF Lobbyist Update
Kennedy Calls for Universal Health Insurance

by Lee Bechtel
NHF National Lobbyist
January 11, 2007

One Percent of FDA Sense

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Lobbyist
January 9, 2007

Banning Aspartame: A Common Sense Precaution

by New Mexico Senator Jerry Ortiz Y Pino
Sun Monthly
January 5, 2007

The North American Union
by Doug Hornig
Posted January 2006

WILL THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION BE

AMERICAN PATRIOTS' LAST STAND?
by Dr. Edwin Vieira, Jr., Ph.D., J.D.
December 7, 2006

Bush Will Sign AER Legislation
Update by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
December 22, 2006

House & Senate Both Pass Adverse Event Reports (AER) Bill

Mourning freedom's early morning loss
by Christopher Barr
December 19, 2006

BIG PHARMA JUGGERNAUT ROLLS TO VICTORY -

HEALTH FREEDOM REELS (Parts I & II)

by Byron J. Richards, CCN
December 18, 2006

A Challenging Two Years for Health Freedom Advocates

by Lee Bechtel, National NHF Lobbyist

December 2006

Final S. 3546/H.R. 6168 (AER) Update
Report by Lee Bechtel NHF Lobbyist
December 9, 2006

THE NAU: IT'S THE ELEVENTH HOUR - GET BUSY
by Devvy Kidd
NewsWithViews.com - © 2006

November 20, 2006

Listen to the new internet radio show,

Weekly Wellness Update with Byron Richards (NHF Board Member)

Special guest Scott Tips from NHF

November 14, 2006

NHF HIGH PRIORITY ALERT
HELP STOP DURBIN & HATCH IN THEIR TRACKS
IMMEDIATE CONSUMER ACTION IS NEEDED
November 12, 2006

Some Security and Prosperity Partnership

Documents Revealed
by Patrick Wood
Oct 24, 2006

A Night At The Opera -
The Debate Over Mandatory Adverse Event Reporting
by Scott C. Tips

Editor of Health Freedom News
Board Member and Legal Counsel for NHF

Posted October 19, 2006

Quietly, Quietly Building the North American Union
by Professor Steven Yates
October 5, 2006

Access to Cheaper Drugs - Sort Of

& NHF Impact on Legislation
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
October 3, 2006

AER Still Not Acted On
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
October 2, 2006

Congressional Health Freedom Looking-Glass
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
September 2006

Alert Message to NHF Members
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
September 28, 2006

Latest AER Piece of the Puzzle
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
September 25, 2006

Drug Reimportation - Blue Smoke and Mirrors
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
September 25, 2006

Secret Rumsfield Meeting to Implement North American Union;

Health Freedom in Jeopardy

by Byron J. Richards, CCN
September 21, 2006

Von Eschenbach Nomination - More Trouble
Update by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
September 18, 2006

NHF PRESS RELEASE

TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE

S. 3546 -
The Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription and

Drug Consumer Protection Act
(Adverse Event Reporting)

September 13, 2006

Update:

September 28, 2006 - Click here for information on this bill now introduced in the

House of Representatives as H.R.6168.

Update:

October 2, 2006 - Click the following link for the latest information

regarding S. 3546 / H.R. 6168: "AER Still Not Acted On"

North American Union -

A Top Goal of Secretary of Commerce
by Jerome Corsi, Ph.D.
September 6, 2006

Court Upholds FDA Ephedra Ban
Provided by Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
August 29, 2006

A North American United Nations?

by Hon. Ron Paul of Texas
August 28, 2006

Toward a North American Union

by Patrick Wood

August 19, 2006

FDA Trilateral Charter – Congress Weighs In
Legislative Update by Lee Bechtel, NHF National Lobbyist
August 2006

SECURITY AND PROSPERITY PARTNERSHIP BACKGROUND

by Dennis L. Cuddy, Ph.D.
August 7, 2006

Von Eschenbach Confirmation On Hold
Update by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
August 3, 2006

NO BORDER, NO ORDER, NO NATION

by Frosty Wooldridge
July 31, 2006

You And Me Against The Brave New World
by Chuck Baldwin
July 14, 2006

Homeland Security and Prescription Drug Reimportation
Update by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
July 13, 2006

The FDA - A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
by Byron Richards
July 2006

Passing the Event Horizon
International Charter lacks legal standing

and is drawing us into a black hole
by Scott C. Tips

Editor of Health Freedom News
Board Member and Legal Counsel for NHF

June 2006

The Debate Over Mandatory Adverse Event Reporting
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
June 2006

S.3546 -

Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer

Protection Act

Bill Analysis by NHF Lobbyist Lee Bechtel
June 28, 2006

Activities with Congress and the FDA
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
May 2006

RON PAUL NEEDS OUR HELP,

AND NHF MEMBERS NEED HIM

by Hon. Ron Paul of Texas
March 2006

Health Freedoms and the 2006 Congress
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
March 2006

Contacting Your Congressional Representatives

Information You Need to Know
March 2006

Hastert, Frist Said to Rig Bill for Drug Firms

by Bill Theobald
Gannett News Service
Provided by the Tennessean.com

February 9, 2006

Ron Paul's Call for Cosponsors for H.R.4282

by Hon. Ron Paul of Texas
February 3, 2006

A Natural Path To Health Freedom

by Kevin Miller

February 2, 2006

Update: Please click here for details.

S.1873 Alert

(Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and

Drug Development Act of 2005)
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
February 2006

CAFTA, THE EU & COMMUNITARIAN LAW

by Niki Raapana
January 25, 2006

CONGRESSMAN JIM MATHESON OPPOSES

HEALTH FREEDOM

by Coalition to End FDA & FTC Censorship
January 24, 2006

NHF PRESS RELEASE

ALERT: America As You Know It May Soon Be Over

OPPOSE

The North American Cooperative Security Act (NACSA)

(S.853 & H.R.2672)

by Cheri Tips
January 19, 2006

AMERICA WILL BECOME AMERICA AGAIN

by Frosty Wooldridge
January 16, 2006

SCUTTLING BAD TRADE AGREEMENTS

by Steven Yates
Posted January 14, 2006

NHF Legislative Checklist

December 2005

CONGRESSIONAL CHALLENGES CONTINUE
by Lee Bechtel, NHF Lobbyist
December 2005

A BILL TO SUPPORT
by Scott C. Tips

Editor of Health Freedom News
Board Member and Legal Counsel for NHF

December 2005

Insights from Our Lobbyist - Lee Bechtel
Congress Poised To Again Block Drug Reimportation
November 2005

Alert to Readers
National All Schedules Prescription

Electronic Reporting Act of 2005 (H.R. 1132/S. 518)

Signed into law August 11, 2005

November 2005

HR 1790: House Passes Bill Protecting

Children From Forced Psychiatric Medication

by Sepp Hasslberger
November 24, 2005

ERASING AMERICA!

by Steven Yates
November 23, 2005

THE GLOBAL ELITE: WHO ARE THEY?

by Patrick Wood
November 21, 2005

HR 4282: Act Aims To Revolutionize

Nutritional Health Information

by Sepp Hasslberger
November 16, 2005

Ron Paul Statement on H.R.4282

HON. RON PAUL OF TEXAS
BEFORE THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 10, 2005

Durbin Anti-DSHEA Amendment Still Alive
by Lee Bechtel

National NHF Lobbyist

October 13, 2005

CLICK HERE FOR UPDATE

Abolishing the USA
by William F. Jasper
The New American
October 3, 2005

The Growing Threats to DSHEA

by Paul Anthony Taylor

September 2005

FDA SUPPLEMENT REGULATION -

A SLAP AT YOUR FREEDOM

by Hon. Ron Paul
September 2005

Congressional Agenda Gets More Ominous
by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

September 2005

THE CAFTA LOSS — AND BEYOND

by Steven Yates
August 14, 2005

NEXT, THE FTAA

by Henry Lamb
August 7, 2005

Scott Tips of the National Health Federation Responds to

NutraIngredients-USA.com Spin Article
Response to NutraIngredients-USA.com’s so-called Article
by Scott Tips

Editor of Health Freedom News
Board Member and Legal Counsel for NHF

August 2005

NAFTA, CAFTA, SHAFTA, NOW WHAT?

by Cheri Tips

August 2005

Democracy Sold Out -

CAFTA Approved by Pork and a Hill of Beans
Razor Thin Vote Seals Fate Against More Expansion of NAFTA
by Deborah James
July 28, 2005

CAFTA Has Passed
by Chris Gupta
July 28, 2005

FDA Bureaucrat Bonuses
Provided by Lee Bechtel
July 28, 2005

SADLY CAFTA/DRCAFTA TREATY PASSES

BY CLOSE HOUSE VOTE 217 TO 215

VIEW THE CAFTA VOTE ROLL CALL FOR

BOTH HOUSE AND SENATE

July 28, 2005

HELP DEFEAT CAFTA!

by Charlotte Iserbyt
July 25, 2005

NHF URGENT ALERT

DURBIN IS AT IT AGAIN

ACT NOW TO SAVE OUR SUPPLEMENTS

DURBIN WANTS TO KILL OFF MORE

U.S. TROOPS BY NOT HAVING ACCESS TO

LIFE SAVING SUPPLEMENTS

July 24, 2005

CAFTA Update - Bush Stumps Today - Bill Clarification

by Philip Beckwith
July 21, 2005

Where They Stand On CAFTA

Provided by the Liberty Committee
July 19, 2005

Urgent Press Release

National Health Federation Urgent Alert - CAFTA

July 2, 2005

What All Americans Should Consider Regarding H.R. 2234

Provided by the Institute for Health Freedom
June 2005

We Need You To Act Now

Keep Pounding Senate Finance Committee On CAFTA-

Tomorrow is the Bigger Day- Still Deliberating
by John Hammell

June 2005

CAFTA UPDATE

CAFTA Petition Letter

H.J. Res 27 Voting Outcome
June 10, 2005

FOOD CZAR WITH SHEEP’S CLOTHING
by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

April 2005

Are Biological Warfare Vaccines The Same As

Routine Childhood Vaccines?

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

March 2005

Alternative Medicine Loses Key Slot and Member

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

March 2005

Federal Expectations 2005

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

March 2005

World Trade Organization Ruling on

GMO Foods Signals Danger for DSHEA

by The Dr. Rath Health Foundation
February 2005

Science For Political And Bureaucratic Ends

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

January 25, 2005

Lame-Duck Congress Acts

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

December 2004

FDA Starting Off On Wrong Foot Again

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

November 20, 2004

Anabolic Steroids Bad & Good News

Current Update by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

~~October 14, 2004~~

Update - The Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2004

has been signed into law by President Bush

“WILL THE REAL FDA PLEASE STAND UP?”
DRUG REIMPORTATION &

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

September 2004

Anabolic Steroids Update

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

July 13, 2004

Political Pressure for

Drug Reimportation Is Growing

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

July 2004

WHAT IS THE FDA DOING NEXT?

by Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

July 2004

H.R. 3866 Passes
The Noose Tightens Around DSHEA.

by Scott Tips
(Editor of Health Freedom News,
Board Member and Legal Counsel for NHF)
June 29, 2004

Durbin DSHEA Attack Underway

By Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

June 22, 2004

Assault on Dietary Supplements Continues

By Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

June 10, 2004

TEN YEARS AFTER DSHEA – IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
DIETARY SUPPLEMENT HEALTH AND EDUCATION ACT

By Lee Bechtel
National NHF Advocate

May 2004

Institute of Medicine Executive Summary
"Dietary Supplements: A Framework for Evaluating Safety"
April 1, 2004

A just released Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, “Dietary Supplements: A
Framework for Evaluating Safety” has concluded that the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) doesn't need direct evidence of human harm before banning the sale of dietary supplements.

The report also concluded, among its recommendations, that the 1994 Dietary
Supplement Health Education (DSHEA) law should be amended to mandate supplement
manufacturers' reporting of adverse side effects, just like prescription drug
makers must now do.

According to Dr. Susan Walker, the FDA's dietary supplement chief, the report
"appears to be consistent" with the ephedra supplement approach and "We
anticipate this will be a very useful document." DSHEA requires the FDA to
demonstrate “unreasonable risk” from a supplement, something the panel insisted can
be done with less strict evidence. The report says that data from animals,
test-tube studies, or similar products could suffice to justify the removal of a
supplement from the market.

In April, all supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids are slated to become
the first classification of supplements to be banned by the FDA. The FDA’s
action comes after 155 deaths, over eight years, were linked to a specific
ingredient, and after the FDA changed its position. Rather than proving a
supplement actually caused an adverse human health effect, a supplement ingredient's
actions inside of the body were the grounds for the banning regulation.

Existing scientific data and the FDA’s own Adverse Event Reporting (AER) data
shows that adverse events, in the same year, related to supplements were
1,214 compared to 300,000 for prescription drugs. Illnesses from tainted foods,
which the FDA regulates, kill 5,000 Americans each year. A 2002 survey of a
national pharmacy database has found a total of 429,827 medication errors from
1,081 hospitals. And, in 2001, 7.5 million unnecessary surgeries were performed
and resulted in 37,136 unnecessary deaths. This data is not included in the IOM
report, but comes from Congressional hearings on the safety of dietary
supplements.

According to public survey data, the majority of the 158 million Americans
who take supplements believe them to be either reasonably or completely safe.
Surveys have also shown that people take supplements for purposes such as
treating colds or alleviating depression, even though there are health claims
restrictions on product therapeutic benefits.

A PDF file containing the Executive Summary of the IOM Report, with findings
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