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James Oberstar: “If I allow another person to use my car and that person has an accident, I am liable. Why should rental car companies be…”

On the recordApril 1, 2004
If I allow another person to use my car and that person has an accident, I am liable. Why should rental car companies be different? If States choose to make them liable under these circumstances, as our State of Minnesota does, then why should the Congress substitute a different judgment for that of the States? Without extensive hearings, without a deep inquiry into this subject matter, this is an inappropriate time, inappropriate amendment, inappropriate place to do it, and the amendment preferably should be withdrawn and we could work on it, perhaps through conference, otherwise defeated.
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James Oberstar
Democratic · Minnesota

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Discussing liability issues related to rental car companies during a congressional debate.

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