Political Quotes

“on May 12, 1998, 17-month-old Daniel Keysar of Chicago, Illinois was strangled to death when a portable crib at a day care center collapsed on his throat. Just 3 months after that, 10-month-old William Curan of Fair Haven, New Jersey suffered the same fate. At least 13 children have died in these types of portable cribs. These are tragic deaths, Mr. Chairman, causing inexpressible sorrow to the parents. They did not have to happen. The portable cribs in which these infants died had been recalled 5 years earlier, but nobody knew. Despite efforts of the Consumer Product Safety Commission to notify the public of the dangers posed by these cribs, over 1.2 million may still be in use today. Mr. Chairman, the Consumer Product Safety Commission handles recalls of defective products and would make information about these recalls more accessible to the public. Specifically, we are seeking to establish a comprehensive Consumer Product Safety Commission listing all of the children's products subject to recall or corrective action over the last 15 years. It would strengthen the Consumer Product Safety Commission's ability to notify consumers of truly dangerous products and would enable the CPSC to monitor the effectiveness of product recalls. Let us make sure that no other child dies as a result of a product that has been recalled and the public was not made aware.”