William Pryor: “I oppose the Cornyn amendment for several reasons, although I must say Senator Cornyn has been very fair in his dealings…”

“I oppose the Cornyn amendment for several reasons, although I must say Senator Cornyn has been very fair in his dealings on this amendment. We have drafted a bill that contains a provision where the State attorneys general can enforce what CPSC says. We made it very clear in this statute that the State AGs must follow the CPSC. They cannot get out in front of the CPSC. One of the concerns by some in the business community...is where they have had the concern that there are going to be 51 standards; that it is going to be a patchwork, a crazy quilt of AGs running around out there. That is not what we are doing in this legislation. I believe we drafted the legislation very clearly, where the attorneys general must follow the CPSC. The CPSC remains in the driver's seat. That is very important. The second limitation on the States in this legislation is that the State AGs can only pursue injunctive relief. In layman's terms, what that means is there are no money damages.”