Tony Hall: “Mr. Speaker, the VA HUD appropriations bill contains bipartisan legislation that I introduced with the gentleman from…”

“Mr. Speaker, the VA HUD appropriations bill contains bipartisan legislation that I introduced with the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Andrews) and the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon), two of this Congress' experts on fire safety. It would direct the Consumer Product Safety Commission to reinstate fire standards which governed children's sleepwear, kept our children, kept our kids, safe for more than 25 years. A coalition of health and safety groups, including the American Burn Association, the National Fire Protection Association, the Coalition for American Trauma Care, the American College of Surgeons, the American Public Health Association, the Emergency Nurses Association, all of them support the return to the previous fire safety standards because they know how important it is to protect our children from devastating burn injuries. Unfortunately, unfortunately, the Republican leadership in this House broke that agreement made by one of their own committee chairs. Mr. Speaker, I strongly oppose this rule because it breaks that agreement which has protected an amendment to save children in this country from fire burns and from death.”