"I also want to know about CPSC's efforts to ensure the safety of sleeping infants and how it is incorporating pediatricians' advice into its evaluation of inclined sleepers and crib bumpers."
"There are so many things that we can be doing to make the marketplace safer and this is the subcommittee that actually can do that."
"Is the Consumer Product Safety Commission fulfilling its mission to protect consumers?"
"Inaction is simply not acceptable, but Acting Chairman Buerkle seems to be pushing just that after stating that one of her top priorities was, I quote, 'reducing regulatory burdens' and she voted agai..."
"The trend of favoring industry over consumers is troubling and I want to hear from the Commissioners and consumer advocates about the direction that the Commission is headed."
"The fundamental question we must answer today is found in the hearing's title: is the Consumer Product Safety Commission fulfilling its mission to protect consumers?"
"I look forward to working with each of you on the important issues that the Commission deals with."
"consumer protection is my passion and what really first drew me to public life."
"opening statement"
"I wonder if you could describe in--perhaps more specifically what we see, many of us, including providers, as a domestic gag rule preventing physicians and providers from giving the full story of the ..."
"I think its funding actually should be increased. Right now it is--in the budget it is $280 million. I think $400 million would be better."