Joan Claybrook
Joan Claybrook
Joan Claybrookis an American lawyer who served as President of Public Citizen from 1982 until she announced her resignation on December 9, 2008. Previously, she was head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administrationin the Carter administration from 1977 to 1981...
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House leaders are trying to trick voters into thinking that the leadership is addressing the problem. Voters should not be fooled. This is not real reform.
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The Congress and the president have to be brought to account for their rogue actions in moving to enact this very controversial legislation without complying with the Constitution. This time, they will have to answer for their actions.
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A very awesome responsibility. We're quite concerned that she's never done anything regulatory. ... She hasn't done any policy work.
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It's virtually a nothing burger. This proposal is useless.
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It is the most important thing for children, whether it is an air-bag car or non-air-bag car, that the child be in the back seat.
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It means these vehicles (light trucks) are permanently on the highway unless the public doesn't want to buy them.
There's a lot of push-back going on right now.
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They certainly raise questions about how far Bush went to help Enron and what other favors he might have done.
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It's more accurate to say that this increases the safety dangers.
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This is something they've known about for a long time.
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This bill is a sham because the House leadership does not want real ethics and lobbying reform. They aren't rock stars, but they want the luxury trappings to be showered with lobbyists' money and entertainment, and flown around on corporate jets above the fray of security lines, delayed flights and missed connections.
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Right now, they're going to stop $50 meals, but they are still able to throw these elaborate convention parties that cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in honor of a congressman.
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DeLay was very astute at pushing legislation that was advantageous to people who would give him money.
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I don't think this one is going to go away. Members of Congress know they are going to face this issue in November.