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The National Consumers League has been advocating on behalf of workers and consumers in both the United States and abroad for more than one hundred years. The League participates in nearly 50 coalitions, advisory committees, and boards. Below are links to testimony, comments, and speeches made by NCL staff to represent consumers' perspectives on concerns including child labor, privacy on the Internet, food safety, medication information, and more.

 

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Health

Letter to U.S. Treasury Secretary on Fifth Anniversary of Call for Standardized Alcohol Facts Label (12.11.2008)

Letter to FDA Regarding Board of Reagan-Udall Foundation (10.26.2007)

Letter to Senators Regarding Concerns with the Federal Research Public Access Act (S.2695)  (12.01.2006)

Comments for the Establishment of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) FY 2007 Program Priorities (08.28.2006)

Speech: Responsible Rx Launch (03.20.2006)

Health Information Technology – Consumer Principles (03.08.2006)

Letter: Mercury in Seafood – Talk Paper (02.24.2006)

Letter: Communication of Drug Safety Information (01.06.2006)

Testimony: NCL to FDA on Communication on Drug Safety Information (12.07.2005)

Testimony:  NCL to FDA on Consumer Directed Promotion of Regulated Medical Products  (11.01.2005)

NCL Advocacy: Remarks Regarding Alcohol Facts Label (10.12.2005)

NCL presentation to American Association of Diabetes Educators continuing education course. "Why is it So Hard? Government's Role in Communicating Nutrition Information to Consumers" (08.13.2005)

NCL Advocacy: Testimony to the Institute of Medicine Committee on the Assessment of the U.S. Drug Safety System (07.19.2005)

Letter from NCL on Obesity and Artificial Sweeteners (05.02.2005)

Statement from Linda Golodner on Methamphetamine Manufacture (04.04.2005)

Letter:  NCL to Congress Regarding Combat Meth Act of 2005 (02.22.2005)

Testimony:  NCL to FDA Regarding Cox-2 Inhibitors (02.17.2005)

Letter: National Health Information Network (01.18.2005)

Testimony: NCL to FDA, Regarding Consumer Data Relevant to the Proposed Use of MEVACOR OTC (01.14.2005)

Letter: NCL to FDA, Companions Deserve Proper Nutritional Labeling, Too (04.07.2003)

Letter: NCL to Congress, Cautioning Against Hasty Rx to OTC Switches (03.06.2003)

Testimony:  NCL to FDA about OxyContin (01.30.2002)

Letter: NCL urges FDA to stop misleading labeling of dietary supplements (12.18.2001)

Testimony: NCL to FDA about NSAIDs (09.20.2002)

Letter: NCL to FDA and DEA about OxyContin (08.16.2001)

Letter: NCL to The American Academy of Pediatrics on ADHD Policy Statement (11.15.2001)

Testimony: NCL to the FDA Regarding Dietary Supplements Containing  Ephedrine Alkaloids; Availability, Reopening of Comment Period, Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration (08.08.2000)

Testimony:  NCL to the FDA Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee and Endocrinologic and Metabolic Advisory Committee Meeting  (07.13.2000)

Speech: Linda Golodner at 43rd Annual Ohio Pharmaceutical Seminar:  "FDA Reform: A Consumer Perspective" (04.20.1998)

Comments: NCL Submits Comments to the FDA Regarding Cholestin (01.30.1998)

Speech: NCL's President, Linda F. Golodner, Addresses the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (12.04.1997)

Speech: What Consumers Need vs. What Consumers Get (10.16.1997)

Comments: National Consumers League regarding proposed rule on Over-the-Counter Human Drugs; Proposed Labeling Requirements Departments Department of Health and Human Services Food and Administration (09.23.1997)

Speech: National Symposium on Oral Counseling (09.20.1997)

Comments: Proposed Rule on Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedrine Alkaloids (08.13.1997)

Comment: Consumer Group Responds to FDA’s Draft Guidance on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising on Television (08.1997)

Testimony: NCL Testimony before the Food and Drug Administration About Labeling Requirements for Over-the-Counter Drug Products (07.14.1997)

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Fraud

Speech: Remarks at the Conference on Travel Fraud and Consumer Protection (03.29.2005)

Letter: Regarding International Consumer Protection Enforcement Act of 2003 (09.19.2003)

Testimony: Regarding International Consumer Protection Enforcement Act of 2003 (06.11.2003)

Comments: Public/Private Partnerships to Combat Cross Border Fraud (02.07.2003)

Speech: Remarks to the Annual Conference of the American Society of Travel Agents (05.08.1998)

Testimony: U.S. Senate holds hearing on slamming (02.18.1998)

Testimony: Top Ten Internet Frauds Released During Senate Hearing (02.10.1998)

Comments: Regarding Public/Private Partnerships to Combat Cross Border Fraud (02.07.2003)

 

Speech: Internet Fraud Watch (09.10.1997)

Speech: “Peach Sweep” Targets Georgia’s Bad Apples (07.15.1997)

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Finances

Letter: Minimum Payments (03.22.2006)

 

Comments: NCL to FDIC Concerning the FDIC Study “Putting an End to Account-Hijacking and Identity Theft” (02.17.2005)

 

Comment: NCL to FTC Regarding FACTA Prescreening Rule (10.27.2004)

 

Comment: NCL to FTC Regarding FACTA Free File Disclosures Proposed Rule (04.16.2004)

 

Speech: Federal Trade Commission Workshop on the Franchise Rule (11.20.1997)

 

Petition: Petition to federal agencies charged with rulemaking under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to ask that financial privacy rules be strengthened (07.2001)

 

Comments: Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue: core elements of consumer protection in ecommerce (09.1999)

 

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Workers' Rights

Speech: "Health, Education, and Labor and the Convention on the Rights of the Child" Symposium (02.28.1998)

Speech: NCL and the U.S. Department of Labor Unveil Child Labor Stamp (01.26.1998)

Speech: Child Labor Here and Abroad (01.21.1998)

Comment: Made in USA Policy (08.11.1997)

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Food

NCL presentation to American Association of Diabetes Educators continuing education course. "Why is it So Hard? Government's Role in Communicating Nutrition Information to Consumers" (08.13.2005)

Letter from NCL on Obesity and Artificial Sweeteners (05.02.2005)

Letter: NCL to FDA, Calls on Government to Act Decisively Against Misleading Low Carb Claims in Labeling and Advertising (10.07.2004)

Letter: Proposed Rule on 'Flavored Malt Beverages' Needs Fixing (10.08.2003)

Speech: Consumer Expectations of a Safe Food Supply Chain: A Speech to the American Food Industry Association (05.08.2003)

Letter: NCL to FDA, Companions Deserve Proper Nutritional Labeling, Too (04.07.2003)

Letter: NCL to the Council for Better Business Bureaus on dietary supplement in infant formula (02.05.2002)

Letter: NCL to Federal Trade Commission on alcohol advertising (02.15.2002)

Comments: NCL to the U.S. Senate about Imported Foods (05.11.1998)

 

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Technology

Letter to the Secretary of Commerce and the Department of Justice regarding the proposed contract extension to VeriSign to manage the .com domain registry (06.30.2006)

Submission to the President's ID Theft Task Force (05.10.2006)

Privacy Best Practices for Deployment of RFID Technology (05.01.2006)

Comments: Digital TV Transition Legislation (10.06.2005)

Report:  VoIP – Ensuring that the Public Voice is Heard:  A Report from a Consumer Forum (03.2005)

Comments: NCL to FDIC Concerning the FDIC Study “Putting an End to Account-Hijacking and Identity Theft” (02.17.2005)

Speech:  FDIC Identity Theft SymposiumFighting Back Against Phishing and Account-Hijacking (02.11.2005)

Comments: NCL to FTC Regarding Prerecorded Message EBR Telemarketing (01.07.2005)

Letter: NCL to FCC Regarding Vonage and Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Jurisdictional Issue (10.27.2004)

Comments: NCL to FTC Regarding CAN-SPAM Rulemaking (09.10.2004)

NCL Letter Regarding VOIP Regulatory Freedom Act of 2004 (07.09.2004)

Comments: NCL to FCC Regarding the Review of Regulatory Requirements for VoIP Services (05.28.2004)

Comments: NCL to FTC Regarding the CAN-SPAM Act Rulemaking (04.20.2004)

Comments: NCL to FTC Regarding CAN-SPAM Rulemaking (04.09.2004)

 

Comments: NCL to FCC Regarding the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (04.30.2003)

Speech: Solutions to Spam: International Perspectives--Remarks by Susan Grant, NCL VP for Public Policy at the April 2 FTC Spam Forum (04.02.2003)

Comments: Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue: further thoughts on unsolicited email (05.2001)

Comments:Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue: implementation of safe harbor agreement- (05.2001)

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Utilities

Comments: To FCC regarding Customer Proprietary Network Information (04.14.2006)

Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA)
(07.29.2005)

Children’s Advocates Ask Congress to Investigate Marketing of Mobile Phones to Kids (07.26.2005)

Comments: NCL to FCC Regarding Cellular Telephones and other Wireless Devices Aboard Airborne Aircraft (05.13.2005)

Report:  VoIP – Ensuring that the Public Voice is Heard:  A Report from a Consumer Forum (03.2005)

Letter: NCL to FCC Regarding Vonage and Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Jurisdictional Issue (10.27.2004)

Comments: NCL to the Federal Communications Commission Regarding Lifeline and Link-Up Universal Service Support Mechanism (09.17.2004)

Comments: NCL to FCC Regarding Ruling on Truth-in-Billing and Billing Format of Telephone (07.14.2004)

NCL Letter Regarding VOIP Regulatory Freedom Act of 2004 (07.09.2004)

Letter: NCL to FCC Regarding Cellphone Connection to 911 (06.09.2004)

Comments: NCL to FCC Regarding the Review of Regulatory Requirements for VoIP (05.28.2004)

Comments: Do Not Email Registry (03.31.2004)

Letter:  NCL to FCC Regarding Directory Assistance Competition (09.12.2003)

Letter:  NCL to the FCC concerning Universal Service Fund (05.15.2003)

Comments:  NCL to FTC Regarding Telemarketing Rulemaking (04.24.2003)

Comments: NCL to FCC regarding Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (12.06.2002)

Comments:  Telemarketing Sales Rule (04.12.2002)

Comments: NCL to the FCC concerning the MCI WorldCom and Sprint Proposed Transfer of Control (02.18.2000)

Comments: NCL to the Federal Trade Commission by the National Consumers League concerning the Pay-Per-Call Rule Review (03.10.1999)

Statement: Assuring Consumer Protection in a Changing Telecommunications Marketplace (02.18.1999)

Testimony: NCL to the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade and Consumer Protection Regarding Telephone "Slamming" (06.23.1998)

Statement: Statement of Principles regarding Electric Industry Deregulation (02.12.1998)

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Privacy

Comments to FTC on Behavioral Marketing (11.16.2007)

Letter to the Secretary of Commerce and the Department of Justice regarding the proposed contract extension to VeriSign to manage the .com domain registry (06.30.2006)

Submission to the President's ID Theft Task Force (05.10.2006)

Privacy Best Practices for Deployment of RFID Technology (05.01.2006)

 

Comments: To FCC regarding Customer Proprietary Network Information (04.14.2006)

 

Letter: Support letter to Senator Obama regarding IRS Privacy (04.10.2006)

 

Letter: Privacy of Tax Records (03.22.2006)

 

Letter:  A Policy Framework for Effective ID Theft Legislation (11.09.2005)

 

Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA)
(07.29.2005)

 

Children’s Advocates Ask Congress to Investigate Marketing of Mobile Phones to Kids (07.26.2005)

 

Comments to the Dept. of Homeland Security regarding the Homeland Operations Security Database and privacy issues

 

Comments: NCL to FDIC Concerning the FDIC Study “Putting an End to Account-Hijacking and Identity Theft” (02.17.2005)

 

Speech:  FDIC Identity Theft SymposiumFighting Back Against Phishing and Account-Hijacking (02.11.2005)

 

Comments: NCL to FTC Regarding Prerecorded Message EBR Telemarketing (01.07.2005)

 

Testimony on Patient Privacy Considerations in Electronic Prescribing before the National Committee on Vital & Health Statistics, Subcommittee on Privacy & Confidentiality (11.18.2004)

 

Comments: NCL to FTC Regarding CAN-SPAM Rulemaking (09.10.2004)

 

Comments: NCL to FTC Regarding the CAN-SPAM Act Rulemaking (04.20.2004)

 

Comments: NCL to FTC Regarding CAN-SPAM Rulemaking (04.09.2004)

 

Comments: Do Not Email Registry (03.31.2004)

 

Comments: NCL to FCC Regarding the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (04.30.2003)

 

Comments:  NCL to FTC Regarding Telemarketing Rulemaking (04.24.2003)

 

Coalition: NCL joins Privacy Coalition (2003)

 

Comments:  Telemarketing Sales Rule (04.12.2002)

 

Letter: Letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Timothy Muris (07.17.2001)

 

Comments: Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue: implementation of safe harbor agreement- (05.2001)

 

Letter: Privacy Coalition to President-elect Bush, Congressional Leadership, Members of the FTC and the FCC, National Association of Attorney Generals (NAAG), National Governors Association (NGA)

 

Speech: NCL President Linda Golodner gives speech at FDA Science Forum on Consumer Protection and Privacy in the Era of Advancing Gene Therapy (01.2001)

 

Letter: Letter to government financial regulators condemning a possible delay in enforcement of the privacy provisions of the new Financial Modernization law from November 2000 to July 2001 (05.2000)

 

Comments: Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue: privacy concerns about merger between AOL and Time Warner(02.2000)

 

Comments: Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue: children's privacy (04.1999)

 

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Other

Pricing practices and scanner overcharges at Wal-mart stores (11.22.2005)

Letter: Airline Passenger Protection (11.03.2004)

Coalition: NCL joined more than 150 organizations, 300 law professors, and 40 computer scientists in  support of  the In Defense of Freedom statement after the September 11,2001 attacks (09.2001)

Speech: Linda Golodner's Open Remarks at the 1999 Centennial Summit (05.1999)

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