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Dick Durbin: “RPM should be presumed to be harmful to competition until a manufacturer has factually shown that its use of RPM…”

On the recordMay 18, 2009
RPM should be presumed to be harmful to competition until a manufacturer has factually shown that its use of RPM benefits consumers more than it harms them.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Call for RPM to be viewed as harmful unless proven beneficial to consumers.

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