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

The Senate is considering the Dept. of Defense Authorization Bill at this time. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), has offered an amendment (S.A.1379), which will prohibit the sale of any supplements containing a stimulant, to be sold on a military installation or in their commissary store, exchange store, or other store.      This amendment if accepted would also establish Adverse Event Reporting by supplement manufacturers.      Time is of the essence.       Please e-mail, write or phone your Senate representatives and OPPOSE the Durbin Amendment S.A.1379, to the DOD Authorization Bill (S.1042). The amendment is being held, and if a unanimous consent is not granted, it will be voted on next week if not before.      This is a classic example of Durbin's Senate leadership position and his ability to attack DSHEA.      DOD Authorization Bill - S.1042 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006) An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.      DURBIN AMENDMENT S.A.1379 -  Click here to view the amendment.     Click on this address to find your U.S. Senators: http://www.senate.gov          The NHF sends out our free-e-newsletters and press releases to thousands and thousands of individuals, to keep everyone informed of issues involving health-freedom.      For those of you who are not NHF members already, please consider joining. We need your support now, more than ever, for the battles ahead.      The NHF exists totally on memberships, donations, and bequests only. We dare to tell the truth, and do. We are bought by no one.   Help Us Help You                        Please Join Us Now - click here.     Sample Petition Opposition Letter as follows:   Anti-Durbin Amendment To Department of Defense Authorization The Honorable (Senator First/Last Name) Dear Senator Last Name:       I am writing in  opposition to  Senator Durbin’s Amendment, #1379 to SB 1042,  the Department of Defense Authorization bill.      While I do not object to the need to protect our military service personnel, and their families, the Durbin amendment is, in my view, a back door attempt to regulate dietary supplements like drugs instead of like foods as is intended under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA).      The Durbin amendment would require manufacturers who sell on military bases dietary supplements containing stimulants to submit to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reports of serious adverse health reactions relating to such products. This sounds nice. However, this is already being done by consumers and by manufacturers under the DSHEA law. The definition of a stimulant in the Durbin amendment is so broad as to apply to products containing caffeine, a stimulate found in coffee, tea, soft drinks, and other products since supplements are regulated as foods.      Senator Durbin has previously been unable to convince his Senate colleagues that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs more authority than it already has under DSHEA to protect dietary supplement consumers. The FDA needs to be held accountable for its existing responsibilities before granting any new authority.      I appreciate your consideration of  my views in opposition to the Durbin amendment and look forward to knowing your position on this important issue.                                                                     Sincerely,                                                                                                                   ____________________________       P.O. Box 688, Monrovia, CA 91017 USA ~ 1 (626) 357-2181 ~ Fax 1 (626) 303-0642 Website:  www.thenhf.com                      E-mail:  contact-us@thenhf.com