[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 126 (Thursday, October 7, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Page S10686]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      ANABOLIC STEROID CONTROL ACT

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I am pleased that the Senate has passed S. 
2195, the Anabolic Steroid Control Act, and I commend my colleagues 
Senators Hatch and Biden for their commitment to this important 
legislation.
  While S. 2195 is a positive first step toward protecting the public 
health, our work is not complete. We must continue to explore ways to 
improve the Dietary Supplements Health and Education Act, DSHEA, which 
has provided safe harbor for substances like those made illegal by S. 
2195. We must make it more difficult for dietary supplement 
manufacturers to place harmful substances into the stream of commerce, 
and require that such manufacturers report to the Food and Drug 
Administration, FDA, adverse health events suffered by consumers when 
using their products. We must also demand that best practices for the 
manufacture of dietary supplements be developed by the FDA and followed 
by the supplement industry to ensure the efficacy and safety of these 
products.

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