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House Moves to Ban Obesity Lawsuits [w/ Hamburger Bill]
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Mar 10, 2004 04:56pm |
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| Media | News Service - Associated Press |
| News Date | Wednesday, March 10, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | House Moves to Ban Obesity Lawsuits [w/ Hamburger Bill]
The Honolulu Advertiser
The House moved on Wednesday to stop lawyers from pinning the blame for America's obesity crisis on fast-food and other restaurants in supersized lawsuits that Republicans say could bankrupt the food industry. The congresssional debate came a day after the government said eating too much could soon replace smoking as the No. 1 preventable cause of death. Two out of three adults and 9 million children are overweight or obese, the report said. Fast-food franchises and mom-and-pop restaurants shouldn't take the blame for that when Americans make the choice to eat badly and not exercise, House Republicans said. "Americans are eating themselves to death and looking for someone to blame," said Rep. David Dreier of California.
Democrats called the bill a Republican political ploy aimed at hurting trial lawyers and helping the multibillion dollar food business. Democrats accused the GOP of wanting to let companies do whatever they want with no liability. "Only with this Republican leadership would an effort to promote personal responsibility begin with allowing companies to be irresponsible without accountability," said Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn. |
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