Bush Administration Sought to Undermine Consumer Protections

The American Association for Justice (AAJ) states that "In a stealth effort coordinated at the highest levels of the Bush administration, multiple federal agencies were repeatedly ordered to usurp state law and undermine consumer protections, according to documents obtained through repeated FOIA requests". The newly released documents describe how the administration's top priority has been helping corporations escape accountability for dangerous products.

"This is the real Bush legacy," said AAJ President Les Weisbrod. "In effect the Bush administration made the safety of Americans secondary to corporate profits." Read the report.