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March 20, 2001

Dietary Supplements

Witnesses testified about dietary supplement research, regulation of dietary supplements, and the medical value of the supplements. At issue was the safety of the supplements, labeling, and whether to treat them like some drugs.

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Samuel Benjamin Chief Medical Officer InVite Health
Mark Blumenthal Executive Director National Botanical Council

Dan Burton U.S. Representative [R] Indiana
Chris Cannon U.S. Representative [R] Utah
Loren Israelson Executive Director Utah Natural Products Alliance
Steven "Steve" C. LaTourette U.S. Representative [R] Ohio
Joseph A. Levitt Director U.S. Food and Drug Administration->Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Connie Morella U.S. Representative [R] Maryland
Eleanor Holmes Norton Congressional Delegate [D] District of Columbia
Frank Pallone Jr. U.S. Representative [D] New Jersey
Karl Riedel Chief Executive Officer Nature's Life
David Seckman Executive Director National Nutritional Foods Association
Bruce Silverglade Director Center for Science in the Public Interest->Legal Affairs
Henry Waxman U.S. Representative [D] California
Sidney Wolfe M.D. Co-Founder and Director Public Citizen->Health Research Group
Elizabeth Yetley Scientist U.S. Food and Drug Administration->Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

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House Government Reform and Oversight Committee

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Program ID:: 163266-1
Category:: House Committee
Format:: House Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Mar 21, 2001 | 3:47am EST | C-SPAN 2
Last Aired:: Apr 11, 2001 | 4:57pm EDT | C-SPAN 2

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Mar 21, 2001 | 3:47am EST | C-SPAN 2
Mar 27, 2001 | 1:13am EST | C-SPAN 2
Apr 11, 2001 | 2:58am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Apr 11, 2001 | 4:57pm EDT | C-SPAN 2

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