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Bed bug legislation in the U.S. House and in the Ohio House »

In reference to the Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2008, Budget Travel asks, “Should taxpayers fund the war against bed bugs?” The Act, H.R. 6068, is now in consideration by the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection,and would primarily give states funding to inspect hotel rooms for bed [...]

Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2008 »

Bed bugs have arrived in the United States House of Representatives.
All this time we’ve been waiting and hoping to see cities and states, in a painfully gradual trickle, taking action on the national bed bug epidemic. I confess I’m rather amazed at this turn of events.
On May 15, Representative G. K. Butterfield (D-North Carolina) [...]