Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, let me just say, in response to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Forbes), that if his statement were accurate, then organizations like the National Association of Mass Retailers and the National Consumers League would oppose this legislation, and they do not. The reason they do not is that they share the concerns that many have about product safety. They share the concerns that many have about law enforcement and they share the concerns that many have about what motivations somebody has for pulling off the product identification code from a product and then wanting to resale it. What are they hiding from? I would suggest to my colleagues that they are hiding from the fact that there are criminal activities that take place by those who adulterate products, who change products, and they should not be allowed to do that by altering or removing these codes. That is what this legislation clearly addresses. It is clearly needed because all the laws cited by the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Conyers), which are very good laws, some of which I introduced myself, do not cover the specific facts and the specific instances of removing and tampering with labels that are addressed in this bill, and that is why the legislation is supported by the AFL-CIO.”