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On the recordMarch 10, 2004
the distinguished chairman assured us at the outset of his remarks that private citizens would not be precluded from bringing private actions. It is very clear, to at least some of us who read the language of what is in the actual bill, that that is what happens, but given the chairman's genuine assurance that citizens would not be precluded, I fail to see what harm would be done if we specifically say that people have a right to bring action against those companies that knowingly and willfully sell meat from diseased fallen animals to the consuming public.
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Gary Ackerman
New York

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Discussing the rights of citizens to take legal action regarding food safety in a bill.

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