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Weiner And Waxman Holding Goldline Hearings Next Week

Jillian Rayfield | September 17, 2010, 8:42AM

Reps. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) have announced a hearing next Thursday on Goldline International, a company that encourages consumers to convert their assets into gold to prepare for the supposedly inevitable market collapse. Goldline has been accused, by Weiner and others, of using "aggressive sales tactics and conservative spokespeople such as Fox News' Glenn Beck to sell overpriced gold coins."

The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection will meet at 10 a.m. ET on Thursday, September 23 " to discuss legislation that would regulate gold-selling companies, an industry who's relentless advertising is now staple of cable television," according to a statement.

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Topics: Anthony Weiner, Glenn Beck, Goldline, Henry Waxman