0T - URGENT FEDERAL HEALTH FREEDOM ALERT: S 3546 Passes Senate

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"Everything is slowly being in put in place for global laws which will affect all countries - so called 'harmonisation'.  The drugs companies are desperate to stem the tide of popularity of natural medicine and are leaning on governments to create this kind of legislation...also happening in NZ right now. Zeus"

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December 6th, 2006

Dear Health Freedom Advocates across the Country:

Last night, December 6th, the AER bill PASSED the Senate on the consent calendar and was sent over to the House. It is not on the House calendar yet today, but we have until end of tomorrow for session.

A CHANCE STILL EXISTS THAT it could be heard or tacked on to another bill. It is all happening very fast.

Here's what to do now:

Immediately call for a STOP to S 3546 and HR 6168 AER bills to these four key individuals:

Congressman Boehner of Ohio, House Majority Leader

Washington, DC Office

1011 Longworth H.O.B.

Washington, DC 20515

(202) 225-6205

(202) 225-0704 fax Toll-free number

Residents of the 8th District of Ohio may use this toll-free number: (800) 582-1001

Congressman Roy Blunt from Missouri, House Majority Whip

Mailing Address and Phone

H-329 The Capitol

Washington, DC 20515

Phone: (202)225-0197

Congressman Dennis Hastert (R-IL) from Illinois, House Speaker

Washington DC Office

235 Cannon House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

Phone: (202) 225-2976

Fax: (202) 225-0697

Congressman Joe L. Barton of Texas, Chairman Energy and Commerce Committee

Washington Office

2109 Rayburn Building

Washington, DC 20515

(202) 225-2002

(202) 225-3052 fax

Arlington Office

6001 West I-20, Suite 200

Arlington, Texas 76017

(817) 543-1000

(817) 548-7029 fax

Call by phone immediately or

Go to the HEALTHKEEPERS ALLIANCE WEBSITE

http://www.healthkeepers.net/?id=12062006 and send an email to oppose the AER bill NOW.

When you make contact, tell them

+ that you know that dietary supplements are nutrients with good food regulations in the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act,

+ that they should not be treated as risky drugs,

+ that you want them to continue to be treated as foods and

+ that the government has the burden to show harm before they put more onerous regulations on them.

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Please send Hammell a donation, as Zeus Information Service has done, to continue doing the excellent and very brave work he is doing.....(Americans can send cheques).  Everything is slowly being in put in place for global laws which will affect all countries - so called 'harmonisation'.  The drugs companies are desperate to stem the tide of popularity of natural medicine and are leaning on governments to create this kind of legislation...also happening in NZ right now. Zeus) 

S.3546 has passed in the Senate. The Senate is now pressuring the House to pass the companion bill which is HR6168, during the Lame Duck session. 

We MUST buy some time in order to get HEARINGS on this bill in the next Congress where we'd have the chance to defuse the ticking bomb by getting language changes into it to protect our interests! If we don't take this very seriously, it 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. 

If we can kill the AER bill in the House during this lame duck session which ends Friday, the bill would have to be reintroduced in the next Congress under new bill numbers - they'd have to try again - and we will have to push very hard for a HEARING on the bill in order to get the changes made to it that we need.

The other side is pulling out all the stops to get this bill through because it would enable the big supplement companies that could afford the red tape, to knock off the small companies that can't and the big ones would gain hugely increased marketshare.  Thank God not all big companies are against us! Please be sure to THANK Nature's Plus, Nutraceutical, and Solgar for being in our corner against NPA (formerly NNFA).

WE CAN STOP THIS BILL - but ONLY if you make the calls and urge all your FRIENDS and FAMILY to also make the calls! 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.

So..... we must call:  202-225-3121 (Capital Switchboard 24/7) and ask for:

1. Hastert

2. Boehner- (tell him not to allow it to be put on the calendar- he opposes the bill, but now there's going to be HUGE pressure on him to let it be voted on.)

3. Barton

What to say:

"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 the 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" from this witchhunt.

 

This would be a trial lawyer's dream, but it's 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 time.   If you do, you will enrage the millions of dietary supplements users who flooded congress with more mail during the campaign to pass DSHEA than Congress ever received in its history on ANY issue."

IAHF needs your help to get back to DC in January.

We must continue to build our base regardless of what happens on this Bill.

We must ALSO push for a hearing on FDA's illegal Trilateral ation Charter with Canada/ Mexico wherein FDA is attempting to harmonize the food and drug regs for all 3 countries as if the N.American Union already existed.  We're seeing a concerted effort to DESTROY our country - but it will only be destroyed if we LET it!

See my petition and please sign it: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/373269232#body

For Health Freedom, C. Hammell, President International Advocates for Health Freedom 556 Boundary Bay Road Point , WA 98281-8702 USA Paypal donate button at http://www.iahf.com  jham@...  800-333-2553 N.America 360-945-0352 World

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IAHF ALERTS:

 

JAM THESE HOUSE FAX LINES TOO!! WE CAN & MUST KILL HR 6168 BY FLOODING CONGRESS TODAY & FRIDAY!!  

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

  

CHANGE OF PLANS: BAD AER BILL PASSED IN SENATE LAST NIGHT AT 9 PM: BATTLE SHIFTS TO THE HOUSE!!!  

http://www.ymlp.com/pubarchive_show_message.php?jham+537  

  

Calls To Senate Still Urgently Needed on Bad AER Bill- Voting Was Delayed on it til Thurs or Friday  

http://www.ymlp.com/pubarchive_show_message.php?jham+536

 

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NHF HIGH PRIORITY ALERT - ACT NOW

S. 3546/H.R. 6168 (AER BILL) HAVE NOT YET PASSED & SHOULD NOT

 

CONSUMER ACTION IS NEEDED TO STOP BOTH BILLS

LET HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER, JOHN BOEHNER, KNOW THE TRUE

FACTS ABOUT AER BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

December 7, 2006

http://www.thenhf.com/oppose_S3546_nhf_call_to_action_dec_2006.htm

forwarded by

Zeus Information Service

Alternative Views on Health

www.zeusinfoservice.com  

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From: IAHF.COM

 

Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 2:45 PM

Subject: UPDATE- BAD AER BILL- 5:30 PM Eastern time- They Might Try Attaching it As Rider to the NIH Reauthorization Bill

IAHF List:

This just in from Norm Singleton in Congressman '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 in the last alert (also sent out today: http://www.ymlp.com/pubarchive_show_message.php?jham+538)

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 and 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

For Health Freedom, C. Hammell, President International Advocates for Health Freedom 556 Boundary Bay Road Point , WA 98281-8702 USA http://www.iahf.com jham@... 800-333-2553 N.America 360-945-0352 World