Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, this proposed amendment would expand the prohibition of using Federal dollars, Federal funds, to include any action--I want to repeat that, any action that would limit the ability of gas stoves based on the kind of fuel that it uses. So if this amendment were to be adopted, it would absolutely endanger our children and all consumers. For example, the negative health effects of lead are very well-known, particularly how lead might affect children. That is why we were able to phase lead out of gasoline in our cars, but this could open up the gate for manufacturers to actually use leaded gas to power a gas stove. This amendment would then prohibit and prevent the Consumer Product Safety Commission--which is made to protect us and warn us--from giving us any kind of warning and stop the use of lead in a gas stove, and that would make no sense at all. It is dangerous to block the Consumer Product Safety Commission from protecting American children from such hazards as lead. That is just one example. We simply cannot let these unfounded Republican attacks on the CPSC to disable us from having ourselves protected and from making sure that our children are going to be safe from hazards that are legitimately going to be warned. So I absolutely urge this amendment to fail. It goes even far beyond the ridiculousness of the suggestion that as a result of the underlying bill we would come to homes and take away their gas stoves. This would create a hazard.…”