[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 100 (Thursday, May 28, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H2352-H2353]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS TO REDUCE COVID-19 DEATHS

  (Mr. GROTHMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)

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  Mr. GROTHMAN. Madam Speaker, as America opens up and we go over 
100,000 deaths attributed to the COVID, it is important that we look at 
all our options to reduce the number of deaths related to this disease.
  I feel the government is leaving too much to the pharmaceutical 
industry to develop a vaccine. Well, the answer may be a more natural 
one and one that is a lot cheaper for the American public.
  Madam Speaker, I strongly believe that we should be looking more at 
the benefits of vitamin D. Vitamin D is from the Sun. It is free. I 
encourage people to ignore the politicians who say you have to spend 
all day indoors, but get out and grab the Sun.
  We have been told since we were children that you get vitamin D from 
the Sun, and that is the way you stay healthy. If you can't grab the 
rays, grab some vitamin D pills. That is another way to get your 
vitamin D.
  It is not just me saying it. I encourage folks back home to Google 
``Northwestern University vitamin D,'' or ``Trinity College in Dublin, 
Ireland, vitamin D,'' and you will see there are a lot of experts 
outside of the CDC who are already pushing it.
  Madam Speaker, I encourage people to use that method to keep the 
number of deaths from COVID down.

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