You mentioned that you were entering into a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese.

If a child dies and you cannot even acknowledge that in your answer to a question in terms of the time to recall, something's wrong with the law or the agency, and it has to change.

That's why I have introduced S. 1833, the Children's Products Safety Act of 2007.

And so can you explain to me how a Thomas the Tank train could have lead paint on it and be sold in the United States when we have known for decades that lead ingested by children is a danger?

If this is a memorandum of understanding, an agreement with the Chinese, what they do internally is not up to the Chinese.

We expect--Americans expect our Government to act to protect families and children.

This situation cannot continue, sir.

If you've listened to the testimony today, the convoluted long-term process that you have to go through to take a dangerous toy that is killing children off the shelves, you understand Government's not doing its job.

And what is the penalty for failure to report on a timely basis?

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?

Do we really want to keep the floodgates open, as unsafe Chinese products, made under coercive labor conditions, enter this country?

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

The American consumers mistakenly assume that if it's on the shelf it's safe.

And does it require timely reporting?

we need someone to make certain that the products on the shelves are always going to be safe for our families and our kids.

You said that you were just a few weeks away from or close to proposing a ban on lead in toys?

Congress has failed. Those who have argued for so many years that we have to get Government out of our lives.

Is there a reason why you haven't sought a similar ban for lead in children's toys?

I want to thank again Lisa Madigan for coming here.

China has failed in sending us products that are dangerous, that have harmed children and many others.

Do we really want to stand idly by as the Chinese government manipulates its currency to give itself an unfair economic advantage in the world?

I commend you for doing that, of course, you have to follow through.

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

Do we really want to keep the floodgates open as unsafe Chinese products made under coercive labor conditions enter this country?

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