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Peter Blute: “The majority whip was referring to the USA Today article yesterday which was very extensively researched. It was…”

On the recordJuly 9, 1996
The majority whip was referring to the USA Today article yesterday which was very extensively researched. It was referring to the passenger-side airbags and the regulations that were imposed a number of years ago that were not well thought out, that was a rush to judgment in the bureaucratic mindset of some of our transportation officials and has been an unmitigated disaster for children and has killed far more children than it has saved. I think what we are saying is, we need regulations. We certainly do. They need to be well thought out.
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Peter Blute
Republican · Massachusetts
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Discussing the impact of passenger-side airbag regulations on child safety.

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