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Janice Schakowsky: the legislation that some of us are co-sponsoring, it would increase civil penalties, it would limit--eliminate most…

On the recordJune 1, 2015
the legislation that some of us are co-sponsoring, it would increase civil penalties, it would limit--eliminate most statutory maximum penalties to make sure that bad actors have every incentive to get unsafe vehicles off the road.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

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Schakowsky discusses legislation aimed at increasing penalties for unsafe vehicles.

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