51.   Consumer advocates have attacked the legislation, saying it would erode the ability of states to enforce laws that protect consumers from unfair bank practices.

52.   Despite congressional inaction, Clinton announced he would direct that the health plans that cover federal workers comply with two new requirements designed to protect consumers.

53.   FDIC Chairwoman Ricki Tigert said the goal of the seven-month survey was to determine whether any new rules were needed to protect consumers.

54.   For example, the report suggests officials could use laws protecting consumers against defective products to create standards for handguns.

55.   For many a regulator, protecting consumers has little to do with having faith in them.

56.   First they will preserve competition and protect consumers from higher prices for HMO and HMO-based point-of-service plans.

57.   From the outset the Microsoft action has appeared more a case of the Justice Department playing politics in Silicon Valley than trying to protect American consumers.

58.   Further swelling ER crowds are measures intended to protect consumers, the center said.

59.   Harshbarger insisted the Consumer Protection Act grants him broad powers to protect consumers against harmful products.

60.   Hawaii, for instance, has moved to regulate gasoline prices in the name of protecting consumers.