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Chairman Miller Asks FTC to Investigate Deceptive Marketing Practices by Residential Treatment Programs for Children
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, today asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate allegations of deceptive marketing practices by residential treatment programs for troubled children.
Last week, the U.S. Government Accountability Office testified before the Education and Labor Committee that such programs – often called “boot camps,â€