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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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