Notice of Hearings/Meetings

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
SENATE
June 16, 2004
NOTICE OF HEARINGS/MEETINGS
PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on the Committee on Governmental Affairs will hold 2 days of hearings entitled "Buyer Beware: The Danger of Purchasing Pharmaceuticals Over the Internet." The Subcommittee hearings will examine the extent to which consumers can purchase pharmaceuticals over the Internet without a medical prescription, the importation of pharmaceuticals into the United States, and whether the pharmaceuticals from foreign sources are counterfeit, expired, unsafe, or illegitimate. In addition, the Subcommittee hearings will examine the extent to which U.S. consumers can purchase dangerous and often addictive controlled substances from Internet pharmacy websites and the procedures utilized by the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, and private stakeholders to address these drug safety issues.

The Subcommittee hearings are scheduled for Thursday, June 17 and Thursday, June 24, at 9 a.m. each day, in Room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. For further information, please contact Raymond V. Shepherd, III, Staff Director and Chief Counsel to the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.