Statement of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the House Judiciary Committee, June 9, 1975, Regarding H.R. 6971, The Consumer Goods Pricing Act of 1975 Page: 1 of 12
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Statement of Representative Barbara Jordan
Before the House Judiciary Committee, June 9, 1975
Regarding H.R. 6971, The Consumer Goods Pricing Act of 1975 2
( Ms. JoRDAN: MR. CHAIRMAN, THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO, THE
CONGRESS VOTED IN FAVOR OF AN APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO WHICH A RIDER HAD BEEN ATTACHED,
THE RIDER, KNOWN AS THE MILLER-TYDINGS ACT, PERMITTED
STATES TO ENACT LEGISLATION LEGALIZING VERTICAL PRICE FIXING
UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE UNDER
THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF CONGRESSMAN HATTON SUMNERS OF DALLAS,
TEXAS, HAD REFUSED TO ACT ON SIMILAR LEGISLATION IN 1937.
IN 1952, THE COMMERCE COMMITTEE PASSED LEGISLATION,
KNOWN AS THE MCGUIRE ACT, EXPANDING THL TYPES OF VERTICAL
PRICE FIXING PERMITTED BY THE 1937 LEGISLATION, IN THIS YEAR
ALSO, THE HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE REFUSED TO ACT UPON
THE LEGISLATION, TAKEN TOGETHER, THE MILLER-TYDINGS AND
MCGUIRE ACT ARE POPULARLY REFERRED TO AS THE LEGISLATION
AUTHORIZING STATES TO ENACT SO-CALLED "FAIR-TRADE" LAWS,
NOW, IN 1975, THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE MEETS TO CONSIDER
H. R. 6971 , REPEALING THE MILLER-TYDINGS AND MCGUIRE ACTS,I I
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Jordan, Barbara C. Statement of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the House Judiciary Committee, June 9, 1975, Regarding H.R. 6971, The Consumer Goods Pricing Act of 1975, text, June 9, 1975; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth611193/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Southern University.