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House committee to vote this week on amendment to weaken safety law
Posted on May 24, 2011Update #2: (5/31/11) The House Energy and Commerce Committee never did get around to voting last week on this measure. And it looks like they won’t this week either and then have a break next week. So that gives us… Read More
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House subcommittee still looking at ways to retreat on safety — don’t let them!
Posted on May 10, 2011The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade is holding a ‘mark up’ session on a draft amendment on Thursday in their latest attempt to unravel the safety net provided by the landmark consumer protection bill (CPSIA) passed in 2008…. Read More
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House subcommittee grills safety advocates
Posted on April 8, 2011At yesterday’s hearing to begin the dismantling of the 2008 safety law which includes key provisions on juvenile product safety named for Danny Keysar, the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade seemed unwilling to consider that their “wrecking ball”… Read More
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This morning, a House Committee looks at gutting CPSIA
Posted on April 7, 2011This morning in Washington, DC, the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade is holding a hearing on proposed changes to the landmark Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008. Hearing from three panels, mostly of industry representatives, the subcommittee… Read More
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Proposal before House Committee will gut the Danny Keysar Act and leave children vulnerable
Posted on April 2, 2011In 2008, parents of children injured or killed by unsafe juvenile products rejoiced when the Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act was included in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act and signed into law. This portion of the CPSIA… Read More
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Don’t let them hijack safety — attempts to gut CPSC funding for critical safety measures
Posted on February 16, 2011Amendments to vital funding measures are currently being considered in the US House of Representatives that would gut key safety provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act. Under threat is the funding for the public database that is set… Read More
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A look back before tomorrow’s historic CPSC crib vote
Posted on December 14, 2010As we posted last week, the CPSC will vote tomorrow on new mandatory standards for full-size and non-full-size cribs. The standards, if adopted, will be the strongest crib standards in the world. This in the country that has had to… Read More
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A week of progress on crib safety
Posted on January 21, 2010I’ve been in Washington, DC this week to work on crib safety. Up first, two days of an ASTM (voluntary standard setting body) meeting at the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on beefing up the voluntary standard that has governed… Read More