William Pryor: “I wish to speak on an issue that is extremely important to families all across the country--consumer product safety. I…”

“I wish to speak on an issue that is extremely important to families all across the country--consumer product safety. I have spent the past year working with several of my colleagues to reform and reinvigorate the agency charged with protecting consumers from unsafe products, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, CPSC. These efforts have resulted in good progress. We have restored the Commission's ability to conduct business without a quorum, we have provided historic increases in CPSC's funding, and we have passed pool safety legislation to protect children from drain entrapment. Earlier this fall, I introduced legislation, S. 2045, the Consumer Product Safety Commission Reform Act of 2007, to ensure the CPSC has the authority and tools they need to protect families from dangerous imported products. We have all seen enough evidence in the press and on our retailers' shelves to know that reform is needed.”