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On the recordJune 15, 2009
I co-sponsored Senator DeMint's legislation dealing with the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which I voted for, and Chairman Pryor spent a lot of time on, but it did have a lot of unintended consequences.
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Johnny Isakson
Republican · Georgia

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Isakson reflects on the unintended effects of consumer safety legislation.

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