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Wine Wholesalers Get Congressional Hearing

May 2010
 
by Bill Nelson
 
In response to lobbying by the National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA), a Congressional subcommittee held a hearing March 18 to receive testimony about “Legal Issues Concerning State Alcohol Regulation.” The purpose was ostensibly to decide whether federal courts should have the power to prevent states from enforcing protectionist and discriminatory state alcohol laws. There was virtually no advance notice of the hearing, which made it extremely difficult to respond to the complex issues under consideration.
 

 
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