And Lazio has tried to help them weaken safety and construction standards.
A GM representative referred to a statement from an industry group that said the new rules would weaken safety innovation.
"Any provision that weakens safety protections for children must be scrutinized with a careful eye," said Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, the senior Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
But even though this VSV is weakened, safety concerns remain about the possibility that it could cause neurological disease, as it has in some animal studies, or infect livestock.
One key way that 21st Century Cures threatens to weaken safety and efficacy standards is by allowing "clinical experience" in place of well-designed randomized controlled clinical trials.
For example, the disasters that killed 29 miners at Upper Big Branch and eleven oil rig workers in the Gulf several years ago could have been avoided had lawmakers resisted lobbying by mine owners and BP to weaken safety regulations.
Known as a tireless watchdog, Ditlow called out federal regulators whom he accused of bowing to business executives and lobbyists seeking to weaken safety rules or sidestep costly repairs to defective vehicles.
Last week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx joined safety advocates in expressing concern that the legislation would weaken safety by making it harder for the government to regulate cell phone use in cars, delaying requirements for railroads to adopt new safety equipment and removing public access to safety performance data on large trucks and buses.
And so a myth about how an intrusive, impersonal government crushes the spirit and prosperity of its people helps build support for policies that aim to cut taxes, slash regulations, and weaken safety net programs for those in need--all in the name of promoting opportunity and human flourishing.
In times when the economy weakens, safety net facilities such as those in the VA are susceptible to budget cuts, which may undermine the ability to provide quality health services to eligible veterans who require care.
