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Peter Blute: “I am suggesting, if the gentleman will continue to yield, that we look at, for example, passenger-side airbags as to…”

On the recordJuly 9, 1996
I am suggesting, if the gentleman will continue to yield, that we look at, for example, passenger-side airbags as to whether that is well thought out for the safety of our children in automobiles. It has been a disaster, as most observers have agreed, that that regulation was not well thought out.
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Peter Blute
Republican · Massachusetts

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Discussing the safety of passenger-side airbags in automobiles.

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