Breaking News: Senator Rand Paul MD, United States Senator from Kentucky, has introduced an amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act.
The most exciting provisions of this amendment concern the claims about the effects of foods and dietary supplements on health-related conditions and a prohibition of employees of the Food and Drug Administration from carrying firearms and making arrests without warrants.
I got a heads up from a fellow Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader from Kentucky at the St. Louis Regional Conference last week that this amendment was in the works, and only just learned that it had hit the floor of Congress late last night.
Please contact both your US Senators TODAY and urge them to vote “YES” to Senator Paul’s amendment to S. 3187.
Also, ask your Senators to vote “NO” on Senator Durbin’s amendment to S. 3187 which would greatly restrict access to dietary supplements and was submitted to water down Senator Paul’s amendment.
The vote on this amendment may happen as early as Thursday, May 24, 2012, so please do not delay.
Below is a short video clip of a true American hero, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, introducing this legislation for the benefit of all Americans, particularly those small farmers who have suffered so unjustly at the hands of the FDA which has adopted the habit in recent years of raiding small farms without a warrant and arresting farmers with no due process.
This gross abuse of power can stop if this amendment passes, so please make that phone call or send that email (both would be better) right away!
You can find out how to contact your United States Senators by clicking here.
Done! Just emailed them both. Hope my message helps!
And your comment was far more polite than mine.
Done and done.
Here’s my brief and to the point email: It is my sincere hope that Senator Nelson will vote “YES” to the amendment to S. 3187 introduced by Senator Paul of Kentucky which would stop the FDA from carrying guns and making arrests without a warrant. The FDA is out of control in its abuse of power and needs to be reined in by our elected representatives. Thank you.
Done! Thanks.
Just contacted both my US Senators: Senator Mark Rubio and Senator Bill Nelson of Florida. I called and emailed both of them.
did.
Done and shared! Thank you for bringing this to our attentions!
Yea, they are seriously abusing their power. Intimidating farmers and mursdering livestock. It’s beyond disgraceful.
I just got an alert concerning this bill also – if legitimate, we’ll have one bill limiting powers and one expanding powers??
The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (S.3187) is a bill that is considered “must-pass” legislation and without notice, Senators Dick Durbin and Richard Blumenthal offered their anti-supplement amendment (No. 2127) to the bill.
When you contact your US Senators, just tell them that you are in support of Senator Paul’s amendment which would rein in the FDA’s abuse of power. Yes, of course there will be some attempts to water it down by FDA supporting cronies. Just be clear what you are in support of. Make it brief, respectful and to the point.
Very good point, Tawanda! Sarah should have put that in this blog! It’s important that, if contacting our senators, we MUST include our negative opinion of the anti-supplement attachment to the bill.
Didn’t know this at the time of publishing as I was trying to get it out asap as we had little time to get the word out but have modified the post to include this important info!!! 🙂