Political Quotes

“I thank Mr. Pallone for yielding. Mr. Speaker, since 2000, more than 460 children have died from furniture tip-overs, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission has reported that tip-overs cause an average of 25,500 emergency room- treated injuries every year as children are crushed, trapped, or stuck by furniture. These deaths and injuries should never have happened in the first place, but they continue to happen because current furniture stability standards are both inadequate and only voluntary. We can't continue to allow the furniture industry to regulate itself. It hasn't worked and it has come at a cost of children's lives. That is why I have reintroduced the legislation, the STURDY Act, H.R. 1314, which would strengthen and make mandatory furniture stabilization standards for clothing storage units. No parent should have to worry about their children being injured, or worse, by a piece of furniture. I want to give a special shout-out to the organization Kids In Danger that has been advocating for this for a long time, and for the moms who came to this Congress and told the stories of their lost children because of these tip-overs. Their stories have moved everyone who has heard them. It is time now that we act. We can do something to help prevent these furniture tip-overs that put our Nation's children in danger. Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to support this legislation.”