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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It's virtually a nothing burger. This proposal is useless.
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This report exposes one of the biggest con jobs in recent history. This long-running, secretive campaign funded by some of the country's wealthiest families has relied on deception to bamboozle the public not only about who must pay the estate tax, but about how repealing it will affect the country.
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Electing Representative Blunt means choosing more of the same corruption plaguing the system now.
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Certainly it is something that could be done at the state level.
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We are here today to expose one of the biggest con jobs in recent history.
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Such lavish travel gives lobbyists an inside track with lawmakers ... and could even be interpreted as building the groundwork for legislative favors.
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The 46 deaths that have been reported are only those that are known publicly,
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It is irresponsible that the federal government is rewarding a wealthy offshore oil corporation, particularly at a time of record budget deficits. A company that incorporates offshore to avoid U.S. taxes shouldn't be allowed to qualify for such grants.
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That (DOT) chose in both rules to expand driving hours is astounding given its statutory mandate to make safety its highest priority and Congress's specific directive to the agency to reduce fatigue-related incidents.
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Her efforts to limit lawsuits and access to the courts are troubling,
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Overall, this measure is insufficient because it focuses on disclosing corruption, rather than deterring it.
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I believe this bill was crippled without it. It's not a law without an enforcement system.
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These standards are written for Detroit, by Detroit.
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The shame of this situation is that both Ford and Bridgestone/Firestone have known about this problem for eight years, ... The companies have settled a number of lawsuits under gag orders, which prohibited the lawyers or victims in the cases from talking about them. As a result, safety officials and the public have been kept in the dark.