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William Pryor: “I was encouraged yesterday by the vote we had at 5:30. Here, again, we find that the Consumer Product Safety Commission…”

On the recordMarch 5, 2008
I was encouraged yesterday by the vote we had at 5:30. Here, again, we find that the Consumer Product Safety Commission is an agency that needs our reform. They need us to come in and to not just give them more resources--it is not a matter of just throwing money at the problem. They need more tools in their tool box and more resources and a little bit of restructuring. It has, again, been the goal of this legislation to make sure the American marketplace is safe, make sure that when people go to a store and buy a product, they can rely on the fact that there are safety standards, that it doesn't have materials in it that are dangerous or harmful.
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William Pryor

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Discussing progress on legislation to reform the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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