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Eleanor Holmes Norton: I wish that that were the case all the time. What we had here was a set of young people who, like the Arab spring, have…

On the recordJanuary 23, 2012
I wish that that were the case all the time. What we had here was a set of young people who, like the Arab spring, have found a new way to organize and I think will be giving you a lot of help in consumer protection.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Norton highlights the new consumer movement's potential for organizing and influencing consumer protection.

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