[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 66 (Monday, May 10, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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IN RECOGNITION OF THE NATIONAL CONSUMERS LEAGUE ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 
                           100TH ANNIVERSARY

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                          HON. JAMES P. MORAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 10, 1999

  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
contributions made by the National Consumers League.
  Mr. Speaker, the National Consumers League is the nation's oldest 
consumer advocacy league. The League celebrates its 100th anniversary 
in May of this year with a Consumer Summit to be held here in 
Washington, DC.
  The League has fought persistently for such important measures as 
child labor laws, fair wage and fair hour workplace standards and the 
elimination of sweatshops both here and abroad. The League has also 
been actively involved in consumer protection issues such as product 
safety and telemarketing fraud.
  As a nonprofit advocacy group representing consumers on marketplace 
and workplace issues, the League operates multiple programs to give 
consumers the tools they need to make informed choices, and also to 
provide a forum for recourse.
  One of the League's projects is the National Fraud Information 
Center, a toll-free hotline which offers help and support to victims of 
telemarketing and Internet fraud. Fraud reports are sent within minutes 
to law enforcement agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission and 
state attorneys general. The League supplies the U.S. government 
national fraud database with a large majority of its data.
  The League has been an energetic and effective champion of American 
consumers and workers. I applaud the League's perennial concern for and 
contributions to the well being of Americans, and I wish them the best 
of luck in all their future endeavors.

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