21.   Class actions help people of modest means afford litigation and, although subject to abuse, enforce consumer protection and civil rights laws.

22.   Clinton plans to announce the new consumer protections in a speech to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

23.   Company executives and state legislators have ignored appeals for more specific consumer protections.

24.   Clinton had threatened to veto the bill unless it had more consumer protections, but a compromise was announced earlier this week.

25.   Common Cause president Scott Harshbarger countered that airlines are currently not required to meet consumer protections because they are exempt from state controls.

26.   Consumer protections in the changing health insurance industry will likely be a major issue in Congress next year.

27.   Democrats complained that the Republican Medicaid plan could result in less consumer protection for elderly Americans, because it would eliminate all federal standards for nursing homes.

28.   Democrats say they want more consumer protection for the elderly in the new health care marketplace.

29.   Democrats on the banking panel are expected to vigorously oppose the regulatory relief measure because they believe it weakens consumer protections.

30.   During his tenure, he has served as chairman of the committees on consumer protection, insurance, elections, and commerce, economic development and small business.