I think it was both you and Ms. Larence testified that the private sector controls about 85 percent of the critical infrastructure in this country.
Mark Pryor
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Mark Pryor is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and infrastructure during his tenure. Pryor was known for his moderate stance and worked across party lines on various legislative initiatives. He was re-elected in 2008 but lost his bid for a third term in 2014, marking the end of his Senate career.
Given your analysis and your review of the situation as it currently stands, if most of the sectors right now would give themselves maybe a three on a scale of five, if we were to have this same hearing a year from now, would they come in…
I need to publicly thank Senator Durbin for his efforts earlier this year... to get an additional $8 million for the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is not equipped to handle the challenges that it faces today in the American marketplace.
It is clear that we must take action to remove these toxic toys from our shores and from our stores.
The goal is to move as quickly as possible--we'd love to get broad-based, bipartisan co-sponsors on it.
Our bill would move this agency from the 401 employees that it has today, up to 500 employees by 2013.
I applaud Chairman Pryor's efforts to provide the Consumer Product Safety Commission with the tools it needs to ensure that it can properly protect consumers.
It is time to change our current system of voluntary guidelines and use the force of law to get the lead out of the hands and mouths of our children.
I think every parent, every pediatrician in America would agree that we should just ban lead in all children's toys.
Senator Bill Nelson and Senator Durbin have been working very hard on that language and trying to make sure that that makes sense.





