Dietary Supplement Caucus Goes Bicameral, Adds Hatch, Harkin As Co-Chairs
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Sens. Orrin Hatch and Tom Harkin are no strangers to dietary supplement firms as longtime champions for their interests, but for the first time they are members of the industry's congressional caucus.
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