Excerpt from Developments in Aging, 1993, Vol. 1: Report of the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Pursuant to S. Res. 71, Sec. 19(b), February 25, 1993 By any measure, 1993 was an extremely productive legislative year. Working together, the Congress and the Administration took steps to strengthen the economy, expand educational opportunities, give working families leave for medical emergencies, require a 5 day waiting period for handgun purchases, promote the health of all Americans, and restore confidence in the political system. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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