. >> hello npa!>> and then we were joined with the national people's action and they represent small family farmers and public housing residents and all kinds of working people. >> there was a long history in the field of community organizing of different organizations actually not collaborating. actually kind of running down their own path, building their own power, but not building a movement. the director of the national domestic workers alliance, and an ally and a friend of npa. i think there was just a recognition that we were up against such big forces. that we actually don't have any choice but to collaborate. the same root causes are impacting everybody. so if you're fighting to save your home from foreclosure, or you're seeing corporate agriculture come into your state and ruin family farms, you see corporate power. and so people are making the connections. and i think organizing, and organizations likes ours and the domestic workers, help people make these connections. >> it's not that my s

to support ftc, npa has its own policing program where members report personal ad win so bad as to be disciplined. numbers are empowered to follow the rules agrees to questionable claims. if you see something, say something. under truth in advertising program, claims are reviewed by a committee of attorneys to determine if there were over the line that we take actions. the first is to really cease-and-desist letter to a company. i've attached my testimony. the second is to refer cases potentially fraudulent advertising. since we began in 2010 it resulted in 446 letters to such firms. of those 320th knowledge you should submit collections. we are submitted to fda and ftc over that period of time so we have a strong partnership with the regulatory agencies but we depend on federal authorities will receive positive action, we see consideration. we've heard about existing enforcement authorities. my former job was to programs used in the existing tools that manage to recall, administrative attention injunction of seizures for firms were said in his first guy to meet minimal quality standa

npa has its own industry policing program so bad actors can be disciplined. our members are empowered to follow the homeland security rule, if you see something, say something. under our truth in advertising plan, questionable ads are reviewed by the committee of attorneys to determine if their over the line, and then we take two actions. the first is to mail a cease and desist letter. the second is to refer cases to ftc and fda with potentially fraudulent advertising claims exist. since this program began in 2010, it's resulted in 446 letters to firms. the remainder were submitted to fda and ftc over that period of time, so we do have a strong partnership with regulatory agencies, but we do depend on federal authorities to make all of this a reality. and while we see positive action, we also see areas of concern. we've heard about existing enforcement authorities, but some are finally being used for the first time. my former job was as a director of dietary supplement programs at fda where we used existing tools like mandatory recall, injunctions and seizure