Republicans in Congress are intensifying their criticism of a Biden-era alcohol study conducted by the Interagency Coordinating Committee on the Prevention of Underage Drinking (ICCPUD).
The Republicans labeled the study as a “liberal nanny state” effort that threatens American jobs, personal freedoms, and is part of a ploy to eventually ban all alcohol.
The study, intended to inform the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, has sparked a heated debate over transparency, scientific integrity, and alleged overreach by federal agencies. The controversy centers on ICCPUD’s Alcohol Intake and Health Study, which House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R., Ky.) and Subcommittee Chairwoman Lisa McClain (R., Mich.) argue was conducted without congressional approval.
The lawmakers said the study duplicates a $1.3 million study mandated by Congress to be carried out by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM). The NASEM study, funded through the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act, was designed to provide an impartial review of alcohol’s health effects.
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