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Article: Rep. Zoe Lofgren D-Calif. and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse D-R.I. Champion Access To Repair Parts Act, Preserve Consumer Choice and Competition in the Automotive Aftermarket.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- July 15, 2009
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With the summer travel season underway, Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) yesterday introduced the "Access To Repair Parts Act," H.R. 3059, in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) introduced identical legislation in the Senate, S.1368. The "Access to Repair Parts Act" would guarantee the availability of high-quality, low-cost automotive collision replacement parts. Joining Rep. Lofgren in support of the House legislation are original cosponsors Reps. Rick Boucher (D-Va.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), William D. Delahunt (D-Mass.), Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) and Charles A. Wilson (D-Ohio) (see also Quality Parts Coalition).
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