Dirk Kempthorne: “Without going back and reciting all of the past history, this is an…”

On the recordMarch 3, 1998

Without going back and reciting all of the past history, this is an amendment that, through a collaborative process, will now bring us to the point of safer air bags. A little girl who was killed in Boise, ID, was the reason for my involvement in this whole issue. So I hope that the family will find some consolation, some peace, in knowing that the loss of that precious little child will now lead us to a new era of safer air bags so that other families will not have to experience the tragedy that they have.

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Dirk Kempthorne

Idaho

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Discussing an amendment for safer air bags in response to a tragic incident.

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