Orrin Hatch: “I want to add my strong concern about this as well. I don't know what else we can do to free up these regulations. They…”

“I want to add my strong concern about this as well. I don't know what else we can do to free up these regulations. They are an essential consumer protection of the law and they should be allowed to go into effect. Another concern we have heard is that there are products on the market that are making false or misleading claims. That could be true for any product regulated by the FDA, be it a drug, a cosmetic, a food, or a medical device. In fact, I recall vividly the 1993 hearing that the Labor and Human Resources Committee held on dietary supplements. Then-Commissioner David Kessler came up and testified for the FDA. He spread out a table-full of products he believed made non-truthful claims. The reason I remember this so well was that I was so angry the Commissioner had brought this 'show and tell' display to the Congress rather than take action against the products. The question I asked him then remains operative today. If the FDA thinks there are products on the market that are inaccurately labeled, then why doesn't it remove them from the market?”