01/27/2009
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"Anything short of banning it is a Band-Aid. We need to ban it because medical evidence has already proven that asbestos is deadly."
"It should not take the murder of children in a school, Black Americans in a grocery store, Jewish, Muslim, or Sikh Americans in a house of worship for us to realize that we need to reinforce our addre..."
"Because, as you know, there is presumptive legislation in 49 out of 50 States for this disease and cancers that fire fighters get that are now known to be occupationally acquired."
"Thank you, Chairman Merkley, for your work on this. I think it is well intended."