Dick Durbin

And two-thirds of those imported products are from China.

I think the public has a right to know about what is going on here.

It would seem to me to be beyond you to test every product that comes into this country.

That's certainly justice delayed by any perspective from children or in this case getting sick and dying.

So my question to you is why would it take that long from the death of a child ingesting these magnets until the recall is sent out on the product?

What is the normal timeline for an uncooperative firm?

Thank you, very much, Madam Chair, and let me just make sure I understand for the record the timeline on Magnetix...

I understand pending litigation in a courtroom. I'm a lawyer, but those three dates that I'm looking for appear to be matters of public record.

So you read the Tribune series, as we did, and learned that despite everything that occurred and all the dangerous warnings and all of the bad health consequences the product was still on the shelf.

And the maximum penalty is how much?

So if there's a delay at the Federal level as they negotiate with the company, gather information, all of that period of time which could be a cure to the danger cannot be counted against the retailer for obvious reason.

I'm learning more about that this morning.

Thank you, Congressman Rush. Let me just put a personal note in here.

I want to thank again Lisa Madigan for coming here.

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