51.   Card compared low-scale jobs in states that increased their minimum wage with those in neighboring states where the minimum wage was already higher than the federal standard.

52.   Canada does not have a federal standard for air bag deployment.

53.   Congress is debating whether to set federal health care standards for the companies.

54.   Consumer advocates describe the rules as a milestone in the history of American medicine, the first comprehensive federal standards for medical privacy.

55.   Conservatives want wide leeway for state standards to take precedence over federal standards of patient rights.

56.   Consumers and lawmakers of both parties are clamoring for federal standards to protect patients.

57.   Currently, he said, there are no mandatory federal standards for electric fans.

58.   Curtis said the approach being considered in Ottawa now relies not on imposed federal minimum standards but rather programs that all Canadian provinces and territories agree on.

59.   DeBruce, however, stopped short of saying use of that type of light in a grain elevator violated federal standards.

60.   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.