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Nancy Pelosi: “Is it too much to expect the government to live up to its responsibility to protect our children? We have a consumer…”

On the recordOctober 29, 2007
Is it too much to expect the government to live up to its responsibility to protect our children? We have a consumer protection agency to do that. We stand here today because we do not believe that it is too much for America's parents to ask. America's children deserve all of that and more.
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Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · California

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Nancy Pelosi calls for the resignation of the head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission due to failures in protecting consumers.

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