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Senator Proxmire was the legislators’ legislator. No one worked harder, studied more, listened to more witnesses or cast more votes in the Senate without being absent. He was honest, diligent, intelligent, congenial, forthright and sensitive to the needs and rights of the American people. In an age of big money corrupting politics, Senator Proxmire was…

November 30, 2005 Postmaster General John E. PotterU.S. Postal Service475 L’Enfant Plaza, S.W.Washington, D.C. 20260 Dear Postmaster General Potter: As you know, Parcel Post was introduced almost a century ago to better serve the American people. (Lest we forget, it was introduced because parcel delivery companies’ adherence to strictly profit generating principles was denying good…

November 10, 2005 Jeffrey LurieChairman and Chief Executive OfficerPhiladelphia Eagles1 NovaCare WayPhiladelphia, PA 19145 Paul TagliabueCommissionerNational Football League280 Park AvenueNew York, NY 10017 Dear Messrs. Lurie and Tagliabue, I am writing to urge you to rescind the misguided suspension and planned inactive designation of Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Terrell Owens. If the Eagles management declines…

November 9, 2005 Jacqueline GlassmanActing AdministratorNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration400 Seventh Street, SWWashington, DC 20590 Dear Ms. Glassman: On October 16, 2005, the first ever conference of the Automotive Glass Replacement Safety Standards (AGRSS) Council convened in Las Vegas, Nevada to bring together committee members and industry representatives to learn more about the safe replacement…

November 1, 2005 President George W. Bush1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, D.C., 20500 Dear Mr. President: A humanitarian catastrophe of almost unimaginable proportions is unfolding in the Himalayas, yet your administration seems remarkably unorganized in applying more resources. Has anyone shown you the wire service photos of frightened children standing in the rubble with nothing between…

Ralph NaderRobert WeissmanP.O. Box 19312Washington, D.C. 20036 October 24, 2005 President George W. BushThe White HouseWashington, D.C. 20500 Dear President Bush. As you know, the world faces the possibility in the near future of an avian flu outbreak that many experts say could take millions of lives worldwide. The United States may not be spared…

PDF version of this testimony Statement of Ralph Naderon the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr. by President George W. Bushto be Chief Justice of theSupreme Court of the United Statessubmitted to the Senate Judiciary CommitteeU.S. Senate, Washington, D.C., September 12, 2005 Mr. Chairman and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, thank you for the…

On the same day Ralph Nader wrote to Ford Motor Company Chairman and CEO Bill Ford, Jr., urging him to recall all Ford vehicles manufactured with a hot-wired speed control deactivation switch, Ford announced it will recall only a fraction of the dangerous parts. Earlier, Nader wrote to National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator Dr. Jeffrey…

September 7, 2005 William Clay Ford, Jr. Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Ford Motor Company 1 American Road Dearborn, MI 48126 Dear Mr. Ford: As you are aware, an ongoing defect investigation of Ford Motor Company trucks and SUVs is being undertaken by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration due to high…

Jeffrey W. Runge, M.D.AdministratorNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration400 Seventh Street, SWWashington, D.C. 20590 Dear Administrator Runge: I am writing to request that the general public be afforded the same expert safety advice provided to the producers and viewers of the Cable News Network. Specifically, I urge NHTSA to issue a consumer advisory detailing the life-threatening…