blog.thehill.com - 4/6/2009
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For months now, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) and I have been begging and cajoling Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) to hold a hearing to investigate the unintended consequences of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). Chairman Waxman brushed off our first letter, even as thousands of ...
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CPSIA: Things I learned at the rally
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