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Congressman Henry Waxman (D, CA) made a strong last ditch effort to save his Federal Trade Commission (FTC) power expansion provision in the finance bill. He also had the support of powerful Congressman Barney Frank (D, MA). The Conference committee deliberations went until 3:00 am this morning. Fortunately, the provision was not accepted and will therefore not be in the bill that is submitted to both the House and Senate. Our concern was that based on its prior actions, the FTC would have used expanded powers to restrict access to supplements.

Thank you for making this outcome possible by taking action and sending a strong signal to Congress. They heard you!