| | Americans lack freedom to flush toilet of own choice - Pittsburgh Business Times: |
 | | One lasting legacy of the Bush administration is a federal mandate to require all toilets to expend no more than 1.6 gallons of water for every flush. |
 | | Some users say it takes more than one flush to empty a toilet these days, while other critics contend that this is an area for freedom of choice, not government mandates. |
 | | This year, the congressman authored a bill to repeal the federal mandates on toilets and shower heads, and a congressional subcommittee held a hearing on the matter on July 27. |
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