Scott Rigell: “I always try to find where do we have common ground, and let's always agree on that first.”

I want an aspirational leader that I could say to my son and grandson, grow up to be like him or her. And he fails that test miserably.

I think the commissioner put it in because it is a sincerely and deeply held assessment and a troubling one of the agency.

But this is clearly the most egregious example of basically a quid pro quo and the negative that is if you do something, I'll take something away.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is absolutely essential, and I think it is just right up there with the FDA and other agencies.