Mike Enzi: “I rise today with mixed feelings on what I heard because this was brought up under the Defense authorization bill. I…”

“I rise today with mixed feelings on what I heard because this was brought up under the Defense authorization bill. I talked to the Senator from Illinois, and we agreed that we would work on something--that would actually do something. We have been doing that, but with a slight interruption from Katrina. Now it is being offered again. And in the same way, I have mixed emotions because I probably ought to suggest to the Senator from Alaska to take this amendment because it will not achieve anything. We have an opportunity to do something and to achieve something. But this amendment will not do that. Of course, it brings some attention to the fact that there may be some adverse reaction to dietary supplements. That is important. The discussion is important. If we had more time for discussion, we ought to have a lot of discussion on it, but we don't have a lot of time. I will try to keep my remarks brief on this. This amendment would withhold funding from any store on a military installation or a commissary store--most of those are on military installations as well--that sells any dietary supplement containing a stimulant unless the manufacturers of the supplement submits reports on serious adverse events associated with the supplement. If they don't, we shut down the action on the base. But that is definitely not the only place you can buy dietary supplements.…”