While shooting for the heart Sinclair had hit America’s public solidly in the stomach. The sale of beef in the U. S. plummeted. Roosevelt was outraged and demanded Congressional action. While Congress did pass a separate Pure Meat Act, the pressure to pass a pure food and drug bill proved overwhelming. With Wiley and Adams as the forces behind the bill Congress finally relented and on June 30, 1906 the President signed the Pure Food and Drug Act into law.