Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

Title: Buyer Beware: The Danger of Purchasing Pharmaceuticals over the Internet - Day 2
Federal and Private Sector Responses

Date: 7/22/04

Time (EST): 9:00 AM

Place: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Rm. 342

The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has rescheduled its second day of hearings on the danger of purchasing pharmaceuticals over the Internet. The Subcommittee held a hearing on June 17, 2004, on this issue and will hold a second day of hearings, entitled Buyer Beware: The Danger of Purchasing Pharmaceuticals Over the Internet – Federal & Private Sector Response, on Thursday, July 22, 2004, at 9:00 a.m. in Room 342 of Dirksen Senate Office Building.

The Subcommittee hearings are examining 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 are examining 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 Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the United States Postal Service, and the Food and Drug Administration, as well as the private sector to address these issues.

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Member Statements

Senator Norm Coleman

Senator Carl Levin

Witnesses Testimony

Panel 1

Mr. Richard M. Stana [View PDF] , Director, Homeland Security and Justice Team , General Accounting Office , Washington, D.C.

Panel 2

The Honorable Karen P. Tandy , Administrator , Drug Enforcement Administration , Washington, DC

Mr. Lee R. Heath , Chief Postal Inspector , United States Postal Service , Washington, DC

Mr. Jayson P. Ahern , Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operationsdows N , Bureau of Customs & Border Protection , Washington, D.C.

Mr. John M. Taylor [View PDF] , III , Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs , Food and Drug Administration , Rockville, Maryland

Mr. William Hubbard , Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning , Food and Drug Administration , Rockville, Maryland

Panel 3

Mr. John Scheibel , Vice President, Public Policy , Yahoo! Inc. , Washington, DC

Ms. Sheryl Sandberg [View PDF] , Vice President, Global Online Sales & Operations , GOOGLE.com , Mountain View, California

Mr. Joshua L. Peirez [View PDF] , Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel , Master Card International , Purchase, New York

Mr. Steve Ruwe , Executive Vice President, Operations & Risk Management , VISA U.S.A. Inc. , Foster City, California

Mr. Robert A. Bryden , Vice President, Corporate Security , Federal Express Corporation , Memphis, Tennessee

Mr. Daniel J. Silva [View PDF] , Vice President, Director of Security , United Parcel Service , Atlanta, Georgia

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
340 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510