Sen. Rand Paul Introduces Amendment to Rein in FDA Abuse

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Rand Paul has proved that the US Senate is not a body of the people. His amendment 2143 to rein in FDA abuse is introduced in the Senate below:

Although this amendment was defeated (tabled), it shows America who Washington is really representing. Absolute power has corrupted absolutely and here is the evidence. As usual, Senators Burr and Hagan voted against the people. If you control the food, you control the people. This is exactly why the 2nd amendment was given to the people as a RIGHT: to protect the people from the government. An Aye vote below is a traitor to the Constitution.

David DeGerolamo

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It’s Rand Paul vs. Armed Bureaucrats

Sen. Rand Paul introduced an amendment that would disarm Food and Drug Administration bureaucrats and accomplish several other goals.

The amendment, he said, “would disarm the FDA and make the agency stop using guns against the American people; it would halt the FDA’s armed raids on raw milk farmers; it would also stop the FDA’s outrageous and longstanding censorship of truthful health claims of dietary supplements and medicinal herbs.”

“This is a big deal,” he said. “While it may not pass … the very fact that U.S. Sen. Rand Paul has introduced such an amendment is proof positive that Rand Paul is exactly the kind of leader that can help take our nation out of the age of government tyranny and censorship and into a new era of transparency, accountability and liberty.”

In fact, the amendment hours later was defeated 78-15.

The core of the conflict stems from the federal government’s desire to regulate the food industry from start to finish. Local growers and producers who would like to sell their products often face enforcement actions for not having a proper packaging facility or following some other regulation. A major dispute has developed over the sale of unpasteurized milk, which many people consider more healthy. Thirty states allow it but 20 don’t, and the federal government forbids it in interstate commerce.

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