National cemetery reform legislation on the way in the US House of Representatives

7.27.09 Cemetery reform legislation to come. This is the news out of Chicago today after a House Subcommittee  had a hearing on the Burr Oak cemetery Scandal. It will proposed in the US Congress.

An attorney for ICFHA (Illinois Cemetery and Funeral Home Association) stated that Federal Cemetery Legislation was not necessary. families of folks buried there gave emotional testimony about the grave desecration.

After hearing from Burr Oak Cemetery Victims the Chairmen of the Subcommittee, Congressman Bobby Rush Stated:

“The lobbyists aren’t going to rule the day, the consumers are going to rule the day”-Snippet from the  Chicago Suntimes

Rush also said “he was convinced following the three-hour hearing that the federal government should adopt a set of minimum standards for proper record keeping, burial care and consumer protection and he plans to draw up legislation that would address that.”–Snippet www.wgntv.com

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