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On the recordSeptember 10, 2003
I will say this: Yes, there are provisions of California law that were preempted, but they are provision where we established a consumer protection on a national basis. And in almost every one of these cases, we went beyond what most States do.
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Spencer Bachus
Alabama

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Discussing the preemption of California law in relation to national consumer protection standards.

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