ENHANCING THE SAFETY OF OLJR TOYS: WJi
PAIM THE CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY
COMMISSION, AND TOY SAFETY STANDARDS
HEARINGS
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COMMITTEli OX APPKOPRIATIOXS
I'.MTKl) STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
nnsT SESSION
SPECIAL HEARINGS
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CONTENTS
ScnuzB?" I gE S^DQlGr P K bail) J Diirbia I
Picpuml SUiHMD^Dlof Cgii^ci^bdb Bufcby L. Emh 5
SmuBcni gELIh] ^^IgnD. AllDnify CrEnrml SUiU of IlLiBiai 5
PirpDml SuiKbeti I If
ScncfBcni oF Him. Nnncy A. NdhI, Ailing ClminiiiiD CDDiimiEr PndLfl
Sa&i> Cdid miiinH] I&
CoD-um 17 Puidu I 5afrly Com mliinnil PsilhI Gf Ach mvmETi I IT
Pn^-inil Siiih^iD?D< Hif NnBcy A. ?i4nd lU
UwDf ID Cnh- .._._ .. i2
CPSDEwnllALiifcinily M
Inpoikd FicdiiEli .._._ . . S4
Bnn on la^ 55
SalLQnaiH 5&
VdLiitiCii> EctdLIs 57
Mmnein Caw 5U
CPSCi OiiDumi 5U
SHlLtin I& h ^ RfffarlLTia 5U
CPST RctQllAiiifcinily _.. _.._.._.._.._. 5U
Sgdiii.K Cian ^lalu□l Ibr Raolli . . 3U
i,niti.jEi^i&iLKii _._. _..._.._.._. au
CPSC FmEi ai
METnamniliini aE UBdetiundiBg Wilh Chiui Si
CPSCiCLVil Pcnnliki _... 32
SuiEf Bcni GESImnn] llei]r> 34
ScQEfBeni dF t[yn]B Omafai], M J) , M F H , FA AF_ dh IrDnir of Ibe Amcr-
LTUD AdHtay gE P^dinUi' 1 35
Ftepnnd SuiKBETi I 37
Smcf Bmi GEMniuy A Co\vIei, B(« liiI\v Diiri mr Kidi Id DaagEi 3ll
PirpDml SchKbeti I 41
Scnn'Bcn I 'lE Cditl? ficilkly, PmnSenI, Toy iHtuiuy A^VHiiiiHB, Ini' .... 45
Frepnud PioWBcn I 47
TkE SiiH«"- oF lh< Con VDiui Palely SUmdoid SyiUm 47
Toyi awe TeiUJ br SaPtly 4B
TkETaySatik SCmdnid ii BiUimiiliminly Su(f iiliil m Ficle: iLng C bildira 4K
CPSCa VlIdI F(incm> iti
WEDNE3l>lt SlFJEI^IBER |5, ^07
BknrBCD I gE S^milGr P K bsiilJ Dubia 57
BkncHCD L gE SLjanlGr Sam Biimikich <l2
Picpaid SioWBEn [ ^7
SmKBcn I gE SranlGr Murk Pijor IIS
Frepnnri HmWBEn I tit
SmlGBon I gE SGDalGr B ill [JgIuid Tl
Ftcpnnri SmHBEn [ Tl
ScnH'Boni gE SLjanlGr Amy Klobulmi . ... 12
Ftcpnnri SioWBEn I .... T4
ScnlGBEni oF Hgb. Ndi][> A. Nnnl, Ailing CliDiniiiri, CmiimiiEr Pndifl
Sa&i> Com miiinH] 15
Tkomm H. blGoic. C Dm mliiimiEi , Con lumer Pndii: I ^Isly CGBm iiikib . . 15
CDDiimiEr Puidui Safely Com mliiiui] UoitniiiDUDa T7
Pirpmcd SiBb:m«Dlul Iigd [Jam'} fi Noid 77
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iBllLDlivri WKb Ibr Ch IBE1E Qg jEi]]iD?D< 16
Pmnl? Sh or^ QD Lib liners lallLiiUvn ... . . Iti
iHim^il ^uriMllnH? ^mil Eabr'EnieBl . . . Iti
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l»pi>ji PirdiiEi Snfcii as
5uiliiuT> hhI DiIil^i ^I'tdrauDUH IJ4
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Ch iHtcn' 1 Jc^eIiy 1*
Chiklicn'i bleuL ^'^rli> lecaU^— Feti-imiy :J , ^LUQ mH>.|[,bEi Id, ^dT ... QT
CDDiimiEr Piodu I Satly Com mliinnil LnhiLiiiUn) QT
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L'miL'd SU]<Ei-C hinn .^)j[r«iiiEn I S2
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CGDiimiEr Puidu I Satly Com mlinDiil AcliDB 1 US
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CinlGmi and Bontr Pigkcikib .... . S7
5m»B<ni Gf Jcin SiGirh, dminmiD □ad Cliirf EiHiUikr Office, Tnyi ^^
U I, THGrpGiiKi'd LVii>'ne Ne^JfriEy ... SS
Pirpnnd !<caLGBcn I lOU
BknrBciir gE Pobcn A Bclu'n. C kniiBDB and ChteT QiKiiUvr OiUnr, MdI»L,
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Ftepnid SuilGBEn [ ICM
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Un en , ^\a^ll IBB"*- CC . IK
FrepLinri SmWBEn I .. . . IOT
Sui»B<n I HhT Curler KEilh ley FmideBl, Toy 1 BdiiHiy AiwkbIub, Nci' Voit
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Firpniel SuileBEn I 110
ScaleBcni dFS Jce BbnliD. Picitlf ni hhI Chief Bte'iiiin Dmizer Amencna
NdIidddI Sumdnidi InilLluK. Wii^bingU>n, DC Ilfi
FrepLinri PmlGBcn I IIB
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FubLnalinn dF Riiall Pnlei ._..._.._. ..._.._ 141
FennllLei 141
SslLonaiH 141
Al'[04IDU]bLlll> 14^
LenBifc> EernLI Picteii I4i
C/if lUDD 1 ^ubmiiUd iDTbGBD^ K Ifoiwc 144
C^uei^HH] 1 Submii^ed ty SenDUii Rrhnr] J Ehubin I4tf
ENHANCING THE SAFETY OF OUR TOYS:
LEAD PAINT, THE CONSUMER PRODUCT
SAFETY COMMISSION, AND TOY SAFETY
STANDARDS
MDNDAV, JUNE IS, 2DD7
U.S Si NATE,
SuEf DhiriiTTEi: on FifJiacinL Seivic'efi
nun G}!>Er ^1. GovFiNiiEF^T,
Cdiimittef on Api'Boi'ii^riDrjB,
Chicago, IL
The aubcDinmitLcc met at dSU a m in roam ^5^5, Ccinnonisl
Caiutrnam Ei'crctt MiJCinlrj DirkBcn U.3 CourlliDiiac, Hon Rich-
Brd J. DurbiJi Idiainnank prraiding.
E^tcacnt Scnalot Durhin.
Also present Cini gi'eosman Rush
FiTArEMEr^T OF ^E^^TOH r]CH^HE> J DI'IPI^
ScnaHor DuiPi^. Wclconie lo [he field hearing of the Financial
Scrvicea Suhcorntnitlrc on Ap ptopi iationa.
This Financial Service and General Government Su be om mi lice la
a new creation, and it has aome 'iA diffeicnt Fedeial agencies
undei ila mriadic Don , including the Conaumei Product Safclj Com-
miaaian iCFSC^ which is die lead agencj Icday an a very impm-
lan t consumer aafel^ laaue.
I want Xd thank oui fiiendE in nhe Fedeial courdiouae heie for
allowing lu Eo use these bcauniful chamberB, and id's mj under-
Elanding that diey're gmn^ inEo a [rial as Eiion as iic li niEh , sd well
ti'y tj cleat out and let them gecdaivn Xa buamcaE
I alED wanted la acknowledge [hac m}/ calleague, CongccsEman
Babb> Rush, will be here in luat a moment I wanted to alait on
time Fm not buic which clcek to follow here hecauEe I nodce that
thej^e kind of giving >ou different Elarcin g timea but Fm gamg to
uae thiE one I want tj thank Bobbj Rush loc co-chaiiing ihia heal-
ing thia morning and oui witneaaea in parncular for being here, At-
toinej Gcneial Lisa Madigan wha will lead ofi Acting Chaitman
of [he Conaumei E^tcdiicc Safely Ckimmiaaian, Nancy Nard, who la
alEO heie
Nancy, [hank >ou very much, and aiu oulaidc experla who came
here an vcrv Ehort natice 1 wane ta thank all thcae whoSe pailici-
patcd I called Eodaj'E heaiingE becauae I hai'e concern e about con-
sumer picduct &afely and the abililj of our agencies at the Federal
and Slate le^el Xa reapond I waE alaimed la read about the mag-
nedc Xiyfa that well diEcuaa [oda> causing [he death of children in
ID
dcfficna of fSHCH of li fc- ihiralcmn e injuries, and yet, for a varied
of rcaaona, conaumciB were not warned, and inaTi> of [hcac prad-
uclH fliayedon dieahelf fai Idhect than they oltDiild ha^c
Oui cxpceuEC n> [hiB l^pc of ibbuc ii'as Ln^endj hci gh Eenol bj die
pccfncd recall in Macch and Apiil of [his leac In the pec feed i:aac
there's an intereatinE paiallcl. The cam bin a nan of ii'cak icEulaQjiy
BysEemE, an LmdcEfunded Frdccal a^enc^, tainted picduclB maijc in
thiE isBC by icrespanBihle Chinese manufactureEB led <□ the Eich-
neaa and death of manj houEchold pclB and a masBivc recall of pec
Ibcdall acrces America
In caily Maf I was Ecmindcd of the leEsonB learned from die pcD
fncd reiz^l when I read a Chicago Ttihunc Ecriea on [he reiHll of
Ha^nctix toy picduclH In thia iccall, die ConBumer Pinduct Safelj
CbrnmLaaiDn worked la lecall the I'crj popular childicn'a [oj
HasncHx hue was conftonted widi a fiim which rcfuBed to coopct-
atc Juac like the pet feed recall, die prcducc being leealled was
pinduced by a ChineEC manulacnurer Ndii', hccc's a EtaHiEdi: which
bears remcmhciins aa we go thiough thia healing
At the CbnBumcr Picduct Safely Cbmin Laa tan , neaily [wo-thirda
of die ptcduclH diat they deal widi are impDrca, and cwc-thirda of
thiHcaic from cmccountij China
Dd die math Hali of die work oi the CanBumcr Picduct Safety
CammLaaian deala with picducls that arc made in China Over die
paEt week, we havcaeen aimilai parallel ElorieB emci^ing
AnodicE populac childrcn'E toy One and one-hall million unis af
Thom^ die Tiain cara thac contain lead paint aUo made in China
Butject pj recall. The neiiB le pait oi a larger pictutc iicSc ob-
Bcrved in leccnC montha Chineae tcothpaEtc adultciated with
diethylcne glycol, a common ingredient m andfre^ie, but ccilainlj
not a comman ingredient in tcothpaEtc Recalled Shoddily pio-
duced magnetic Edjb and wcoden Oain cam ccated in lead paint.
In the caac af Magnedx, the loy, the plaatic caEings thaC cncap-
BulaCed the powerful rare eardi magncla wci c not properlj made
in the iiiBt place When the piecea broke, aE thcj can tinj litdc
magncca fell out. The CPSC and the firm Ecac Ait Induaniea ic-
ccived icpoilfi of iheac magnela falling ouC and a poEaiblc healdi
liak aaacciated with awallowing them
When mote [han one of these magnela waa ingested, we know
how manj childtcn arc pione to putting tc^E in ihcii moudis and
picking up linic piecea and awallowing diem, these magnela, when
the) were awallowed, attached in their int^mnea causing aeiioua
injui y in many caaea, m aomc cases even death Mote than a dozen
Bciioua aurgcriea aaaceiated with thia ciak wcic icpoi ted One fam-
il) na^icall) Icat thcic child, a ^O-manth-old boj named Kenneth
Sweet, who awalloii'cd these dn> litdc magnela thac almcst Imk
like cand> , and died a Uagic deadi.
Un foi tunacely, theae injunea and deatha could ha^c been pio-
vented hy a acties of atepa that never occuired. They nciTr cc-
cuired becauae the cvaaivc natutc of the iincoopctativc firm and
the limHadona on the authnri^ of the Pedccal agencj, ConEumer
Pinduct Safely Commisaion, to piotect conaumera That'a the lea-
Bon we're hcic todaj for thia hearing.
I hope well let the cupel ts tell us how we can make the laws bet-
ter in Amciica, how we can proteec conaumeia, children and fami-
licB even more Fiom the mornent ihia rial: wao perceived, [he Con-
Bumcr Pindiict Safely Cbmni laaiari and the companj in queadon
here should hsiT acini quickly lo icmo^c theac products from fllotc
sheli'es and alerC consumers of the riak.
Un fo] tunaEely, it didn't happen I want Eo know ii'hj it didn'c
happen I want to know what we can do to he better prepaied m
the lutute
Theic ate thtec areas Fll then fccus an m Kday'a hcHTiJiE with
Cangresaman Rush
Firat, timing The CPSC fiiflC learned of the health nak sup-
pcaedlj bj these magnela on Haj Ifl 2005, when a S-year-ald child
undei wen C m ceatinaj Bur^ety fur BwallohvinE maEnela
However, itwasn'c until Maich 31, yiXKi that the rirat recall wa?
annaunjwd, and it wasn't until May 2007, 2 >eaifl aitet the fiiat
child was operated on that a full, eleai recall was eaiahliahed by
Rqgc Art/Hega Stands and the CbnBumcr Product Safety Commis-
sion Why'^ Why did iC take bd lang^ Cbuld the CPSC ha^e isBued
the suhpccna sconcr'^ Could the firm ha^e been held reaponBible
eailier^ WhatieEulamry authoiiDea did CPSC lack [hat could have
e!ipedi[ed this case? [t's clear what penalUcB a company laces
When ID delajs it isn't cleat what penalties are goinE [o he faced
if there's a delay. Should these pcnal[ieB be increased^ It's my
thouEht thac com pan ies that unnecessarily delaj lepottins and en-
dan gei human heal[h should faccsetiouB penalties We tan in[o eM-
acdy iJie aame set of cii cumBtances when it came to pec food
A Canadian company importing this pet foid found that the ani-
mals weien'teaDnE i[, weie senjnE sick and d>in» and waited oiTr
S weeks [o lepoi't it. Meanwhile milhortB of cans ol this prcducC
were spread aciccB the Uni[ed States and Nor[h Ameiica What
was the penally for the company? Veij little, li an> Somnd, Tm
concerned b> a snin^ of media tepoilH thaC dclaiJ lai Chinese
standard? as a source of iisk foe American families
In [he Magnetir case and Thomas [he Tiain engines, toothpaste
sitiia[ion, inesponsiblc man ufac turns in China aie putting lami-
lies at iisk It is sad to reporc that [he "Made in China" label has
bemme a warning label to manj families access America toda» I
want [o know what we can du to establish good in [erna[ional
standard? thiough testung organizatioits like ASTM In [erna[ional
OE thiough memorandum of undecstandi n^ to establish clcai guide-
lines and pnorides, penalties and systems foi mfocmatnon ex-
change
Thud why should oiu' regulator) agcncj, Consutner PrcducC
Safety Commission, not ha^e [he authoiity iC needs to deal with
uncoopeia[ii'e Firms? I want to know what changes in authoriw or
funding will be neccBsaij to »ive this a^encj the tcols iC nee<fa to
piotei:t us Theie are many quesdons cleaily that need [o be asked
and answered
When Congiessman Rush airives, well alloii' him [o make an
opening statement at that t:imc I ceriainly understand his situa-
tnon Ojms ta fighc tiafilc and get in heic iknow hell be here ^ei'y
shortly, but rd like at this point to call as our first witness the At-
toinej General of [he State of Ulinois, Lisa Madigan. I wanC to
thank het for being here She has, of coutsc, m [he tatnc that she^
been rn office, hecn a leader on eonsumec prcducES safety'. She's
here [(day la talk about cffmla that aic being made at the Slate
level. Tin hopiiiE — Cbn gresaman Euah i& hcic Let me give him a
chance U> open Jusd Etaried. JuEt Hnbhcd my opening siaEemcnC
Ml RiviH I i^ant m thank you, SenaOir Diubin, ioi iccDEtiizinE
me and ioi inviting me [o parcicLpaw in nhiB Senate iield heanoE'
Aa chairman of the Snbcommi [tec on Commerce, Tiade and Ccrn-
Bumcr Ptocection, I\e held two hcaiingE on children's BaTe^ and
the Conaumet Frcduct Saiclj CommiaBion, includmE one thac ad-
dicBsed the MaEncCm case
Mj aiil>CD[nmi [tee't ] uriadicnion is multi^cctcd and iToverB a
brDM area, but there is nothing more impcitlanC dian out miBaian
to Icok out fot our childtcn If uic Federal Government cannot de-
liver on thia basic lespansi hililj Co help parents keep [hcii childicn
aii'ay From haiardouB pi cducla , then wc'ic not doin g our job
The Tribune's aidclcE on Hasnctix arc disturbing to saj the
least, and they depict the worst nighcmarcorany parent come true
Twcniy-month-ola child, Kenny Si^cct, Jr , Biialloi^cd numerous
E3werful dn> magneEs that fell ouC of a popular tc^ kit called
[agnctiii Inaidc the tcddlcr'a aComach these magncla stuck to-
gcdier and cut a hole [hrough his bowels. Unbcknoii'nst to hiE pai-
cntfl, these dn> ma^nclE i^cre in the carpcc only Co he found and
swallowed b> young Kenny Kenny died on Thankagi^m^ Day
2005 He dicii from what was the eqiiii'alcnt to a »unBhoc wound
to the stomach This child's death was tragic What is ci'cn more
tia^c iE the pcsEibility that Kcnnj^ death wae prevcDlablc
According to the Pribunc article both [he company that manufec-
turca Magnemt, Rcec Art, and die Consumer Product Safety Com-
mission were notified at Ehcse Iddgc magnclB and [he pcssibJe dan-
gers the> pcae to youn^ childicn, hut neither acted in Dmc and in
a manner Co pici'ent Kcnnj's death
In my hearing on thi& subject matter, we tiied to discoi'er why
iC took the Chicago Tnhunc to do a thorough inveangadi'c sCorj on
Hagnctm Co finally get this product off the sheli'es The sPay made
deal that tc^B wcic still in some stores as it went to press, and
Buhsequent Minons of the Chicago Tiibunc reported chat the piod-
uct was Etill on bPmc sheli'es.
I wane to know whj it wa&n't [he Gcee Art company oi CPSC
thac was taking the neceasarj Btcps to protect oui children. I don't
beliciT we should engage in a blame game and I don't beliciT we
should initiate aconEumer product, 'Svitch hunl^ [ fullj appreciate
efforlH of the Consumer Prcdiict Safelj Commission, and Fm not
attiibuting incompetence, nor negligence to the Acting Chairman
Nanij Nord The Commission did Us best si^en the reaourcea that
they had However, I do think that we should determine how the
system broke down, and, more impoi tandy , hoii' Dj li\ the pioblem.
Fiom this Senate field hearing as well as from hearings we ha^e
held in mj House subcommittee m the Di&trict of Columbia, hopc-
fullj we will come awaj with an idea of what Btcps Congress
should take to ensure that Eomething like this doean't happen to
our childicn again, and I'm not naive to think that we can protect
all children from all the dangers that lurk in the world, but I do
know that the regulatory regime we hai'c in place under the CFSC
can he improved I ccilainlj Icok forward to working with my
friend, mj foimei colleague ScnaDa Durbin and other membcra of
this flubcornmilCcc lo inaJ[c ihc ncccasarj rcfotnifl to the ConBumcr
PinducI Safclj CommiflBion ao that the number of ptcvciiEHblc fu-
ture dcadtB arc mininiiscd Tvc already aaid publicK that one of
TTij prLnrideB as chaiiman is n> wnEe 3 relorin bill thaC o^cihaula
the CSPC'b undctlyiTi^ enabling Elatutc Kenny Sweet should he
ali^e loiay
Again, Senator Durhin J wane lo thank you foi eibi^'dusIj invit-
ing me lo paiticipate in uie&e heaiingt.
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PrEF^VED Sr^IE^ EVI □> COI4CPE33^ir4BOIBVL RU3II
1 »□■! <D lliDnk my liKiid For mrflBbLUR mi: and br ibllIib)^ mr m pniu'ipiiK
m ibi-. ScniKC IkIiI kiiniiR Si CbsirniLiD 'il iKi: ^utiomiD ilH]? im Cnmnicice TiikIe
□nd CuniimuT PiaiErum] dF the Hguv Ijkuigy und Coiiibciec Corn iiiii<e< I hnL?
hell) Inn b^nimgi on [bllili?D^i iii&i> und lb? CGB^UBcr Fndiif* ^atiy Codibi-^
■HH], iHliaJi^r c^' lli^l ndliEiiEil IbE MngnElL^ cuk. My ^ukornailU? i jundic-
luMi 11 ■iilu-bcftEil □nil CDim n tnail awra Bui ibriE ii wilbimff muie LmpGrCml
Iban our idlukib Ig kiok dui Ibi our ibildirn IE <bE tzitn]] DivEinmfB* (□■■[>! de-
liJEi GB ■bi'. bniic lEipDTi utilily id hElp panzBli Inzcf ibEir cklldnza ^iny Ei[<ni
□iQidnblE knr^udi ibEn »e □!? iig< diri^ uiir [ob.
The Cbn^iBn Tribune □■ti'I?^ od ^ln^eiii ^ic diilLiibln^f — Ig id> Ihe Iehi: — und
lbe> depici Ibe nnnl Bl^lniiiiE il nay puna* cumc liiic S ^44f-mGBib gU (bill,
Ktnny SdteI, Jr ^'VIlll]^Ed nuiucmui, po^Eiful <!□> mn^Elk ibn* IeII ihul gI n
populoi my kii (□lied Klii|jui'<i' laiidu ik: oddlei'-. ^lomiKh, Iheie m^gkeli ^luh
iG^lber and cul n HgIg ikiGiJirh bii bmi'li U DbeknG^n il Ig bii p^icnli, ikEiE Imy
nmgkeli hai bkiided in ^iik Ihe 4^ipe<, Gsly Ig ke Emad und i^nlloived ky Ihe
^oung Uddkr Ki'db> S^Eel, Ji., d\cd im Tknn limiviii^ Day, ^IJlH He d>?d oTubal
fai equivnleai h> a gua iHgi "cund Id Ihe iIgdiihIi
Thi^ ckibll denik ii Iniipi Wbal li elcd idgie lin^ it •be poiiikdlly ikai Kea-
n^i ikalb tat pn^EDcablc ^^CDiding Id Ibe Tiibiine arlicti tmb ikc CDrnpany
Ibal ■□□ufiKluiEi Kl^gui^u', Edie Art amd Ihe Cdhiuidit Ficdur* ^aFcly Cgdhdii-
aon •/-cic i]DlLl»?d dE Ihe Iddie mngueli und <be punlblc dnngi'rk Ihey fG>?d Ig
^oimg cbiUici] Bui neilher ado] la iirnc und ■□ □ maakcr Ig piELeal Keaay^
den lb
In my kcnnng gd ikli lub^l malKr. •/-r Ined id dlnzDirr ^by il loil: ikeCkKii)fi
TribuBE Id dG ^ IhGiDU^, ii]Le-.il^ilvE iIdi} gb M^igkEli' Ig fuiDlly ^1 Ibli prndiHi
dEF Ibe ibelivt The ilGiy dukLg (Icnr Ihnl Ibe mi ■«■? iIlII m tome ilGiei □] lI
■TMil h> pie^i — and ^ubieqiiciil oIlIidhi oF Ibo inbuke icpajicd Ihnl ikE pndiirt
vai lUll GB ilGie ihelLG^ I ^nai 4d kkm 'vb> li ^nin I Ine Pgv Ai< iGiupaay or
Ibe CPPC Ihnl tai UilinD ike ■I'CEi'ai} ilepi Id piGieci out ( h ikLiun
I Aim'i ibink ^e ikDuld I'DjnbrE m a bkinie (Ihbi^ 3iid I dun i keliELi' ^e ikDuld
miiDle □ ci'n Mimii pinduil ^iick huai' I Fully 3pf cdih iki ijlt^rl- ihT iku Cim-
lumer PndLi:! Snlbly CGBiDLiina. and ] □■ qi'l nilub uIlfid liii>iid pcHwce Gr neg-
iDgcncE U ikEir iidIEut Id Acuojr CkauBDa, N^ncy ^lOid iLe CGBminKia did tn-:
bEil II Diull dD gii^A Ibe lEiDuim ibEy bair: HGiT:Ler, I do ibial: »e ihould diiL^i-
nilne bn-/- Ihe ly^Uni biDlE do^-n and idgie impocuiJiIlL bw Ig EIi Ibe piDblcB
FniB ibi^ ?diale l»?l] keanng D^ ■vll ai ibe biuniiH. ^-: hniv hebl m ay HGUie
^ublG■lD Ll»c, bGfefLill> wa! iviI] igdie atay »iib dji uka gI Wbai. ilepi i-Dogm^
iboubl cabe Ig ea-.im' Ibal wmdhiag llbe Ibli ductal kuppcn n^ln
I □■ nDi uiLic ID Ibinli ikai »e (□■ puiiccl all cklldna liiiiu aP Ihe dnngen ikal
lurl: IB Ibe idhd. Bui I dD Iidg^ Ibai Ibe lEgubloi} nz^ae •/-c bavE iei. up uader
Ibe CE'?C can be ImpiDJEd
r kat. brvaiil «> niLrkiac^lb my Irkod, ScnaiDT Duikm, and IbE Diber mi'Bbcr^
dE Ibli mbiGBni Ll»c Id mat-: Ihe oirie^EU^ ieFdibi □< Ibe CDniumer Puidui Sut!-
ly Croji rTii--ii:^ id Ih^l Ike ■DHbETol p ieit.* Inkle, Eulun' deiilhi air ■umiio] I've
□][C3d, publi:], -□>] ikHl ODE of my prDniici u-. ibairmua i-. id wtIIeh icfarni bill
Ibal GVEibuiJ^ Ibe CFSC'i iDdErlyioj;, eaablLng icaiuiE tiL^nny Sure! ikould ml]
bE alivE Ifdny
Again I w/aai lo ikaab ScnniDi Durbia br amcHHiily lavmog me Id Ibii beanag,
□nd ^]ik ibai, ] yield bnb Ibe babn[Eoriu> lime
SenaHor Dupniii Ttiank you. Con gie&sman Rush. LeC me jnat put
a personal note in here My siandsDn Alex lovcfl this [qj He naa
a huge plaBtic fonlainer filled wilii Magnedx piece? and spend?
hauia quietly plajin^ I didn't i^izr until the Tnbunc Ecrirt came
out that he was dealing wilii a dcadlj prcducc Luchilj, he's old
enough Dj know a linlc beHcr, but in tetma ofBinallcr children, 20-
month-old children, that tinj little maanel Icoka juac like a piece
□foody, and it's natuial foi kiib m picK nhfEC up and he in danger
bBauac cf [he ainiatiDn thac Bobby RuEh is describing
I ii'ant na thank a^in Lisa Madigan loc coming heic As due at-
toinej 5cncial at liiia pamC 1 incite you ta gi^c jour tcatimany , and
we'll ask a few quesmona aftciward
STATEMENT OF LISA HADJOAN, ATTOHrJEV GErJERAL, STATE OF ILLI-
NOIS
Ma MfOiOAa. Well, let me alarC bj thanking yDU, Senator Duc-
bin and Constca&man Rush, far giving me the oppottunity to tcatify
Pixlay on an laauc nhat la of vilsl impoclsncc ta paicnia and caic-
givcra acrnaa the coiintty, and that k piatcctmg our childtcn liom
dangciDua and deadlj toja Aa atlotnej general, I aervc as the
Slatc'E chief con&umet adi'ocate In that role we do a lot of work
to protect children from dan gciaua prcdiicla
Ovet [he paat Jew jeaiB m> omce, along with same wonderful
children's advocacy ot ganizationB, capcciallj Kids In Danger and
ila executive director Nancj Cowlea, have worked pj paEE the
toughest laws in [he countty concerning leiHlb oi dangerous chil-
dicn^ pioducls. As a icault ol these collaborative efiotiB, we now
have the Illinois Childicn's Product Safclj AcC
It la a law that icquirca manufacturets and lelaileia to peat no-
tices of pioduct leealU m their atocca as well as on nhcic webaiEcsL
The law alao lequitca that manufacnirera and retaileiE alerc by
mail or e-mail any consumeEB who hai'e already puichEaed recall
lEems niinoia was the firat SlaEe in the countrj Pj enact such com-
pichenEii'e child aafci^ nodficadon mcaBucea, and we icmain one
of rail) a handful of Slatca thaC icquirea [hia kind of notificadon
for the piotccHon of om children, but our SlaHe-level enorla are
hindered, and diej'ic often undcimmed by lax laws and lengilij
piocedmes that alow action at the Federal level For State efforia
to he effective in informing pacenla and wrakmg with them Pj pio-
tect childi en , we need an aggicBBii'e and pioacnve Federal parlnerL
Un foi tunacely , the CbnBumcr PioducI Safe^ CommiaBion la un-
derfunded, understaffed, and seemingly uninterested
They are too often unable to protect oui children fiom injuries
and death. Phis waa ccilainlj the case when it came to lecalling
the HagnetiM and Magnetix building aeCa
For dicoe people who haven't Been them, Magnetir are Tinker
Tc^s. Thei're the Lincoln Logs of [he ? lat ccn turj The obvious and
crucial diffeiencc la [hat amall, powerful magnela ate uaed to keep
the building blocka to^ethei to conBtruct ahapea and figuiea These
magneia, as noted, crtten lall ouC onpj the plajicom flcot where
they can he picked up and esaily awallowed bj children with lifc-
[hreatenmg and even hfe-ending consequencea
1 helieve that we hai'e r>r Quinlan with ua tcda>, who will likelj
give >ou a detailed medical explanadon of how [heae raic earth
magneia work, but what [ want to talk about briefly la how the
d^hdly defect in the ^Cagnedx pjy illuBtiatea the deadly llawa in
the Federal BysEem, H^wb ihst Iravc onr children inadequsCely pro
tcctol lioin dangerouE pinducls.
The tiTTieliTie of the CFSC'b r^poitBe ta repealed problemB with
tcya camaining these eiubI], pDU'cihil nisgncia, and with MagneUx
in paiticulai, showa the agency's inability to leacc quickl> and ef-
frcni'ely
Ab eail> as 2000, an d-jcai'-old child was locced Ed undcigo intca-
□nal aurgciv altcc he swallowed magncln diat fell out of a ^t Iced
meal toy. The CPSC in^catigaled and dc<:u[nentcd his case In late
ymK CPSC investigated and dceumenCed anollici case ini'olvLng in-
testinal Hauina alter a child swallowed small, powerful magnelSL
In 20O5, [he Ecae Art Company launched the Ha^netix prcduct
maikcting iC as safe for children diiec and over Noc long after
this, m earif 2004, a North CaioUna grandmother [old CPSC that
small ma;nel£ were falling ant of the UagnctiH tc^ and cnuld be
Bwallowed bj a young child. A Calotado mochci made a similar ic-
poTt to CPSC m February 20415, and during diat Eamc time pcricd
three concerned consumers scnC pieces of these driecti^c lays to
CPSC. Then m Ma> yOUi, Sharon Grigsby, an Indiana pieschool
teacher, reported that Hagnetix almcat killed a 5-jeai-old child
who 3 wall oil' ed magncla fiom the tc^ and survived onlj alter emer-
gency &m gery. Even after this repoil CPSC did nothing lo alerC
pareniB to [he dangci poted by Magncmi, and be wc have all gone
o^ci painfull! , o" Thanksgiving Day '.iU05, Kenny Sweet died after
swallowing magnets from Magnetix.
Finally, m December ^IXki, 2 >ears after ihc produce was
launched and complainia to CP3C began, a CPSC inveBtiga[or rec-
ommended a recall When i[ finall) decided [o respond onlj after
a dc^aBta[ing tiaged>, the Federal agency charged with protecting
our children from dangerous produclE spent another uniea&onablc
and quite franklv unimaginable 4 montha to finally iesuc die recall
During this pcricd, while CPSC negotiated [he tent of the recall
fom more children required hca p ital ti catmcnl for mjmies caused
by Hajnclin Then anodicr >ear passed with more children suf-
fering injuries because di^ swallowed the magnelE iiom this toy
until the CPSC m April '20l)7 finally issued an expanded recall no-
nce for [hiB prcducC
After [he initial CPSC lecall on Maich 31, SUDS, and after die
second expanded lecall in April ^007, [ sent mj sisff out to check
BlQiea thioughout the S[a[e eo ensuic that the iei?all was being
piopcily implemented
To protect unsitspec[in g parenlE and caretakers fiom [his poten-
tially lalal [oj, wc wantai to make sure that the picduct wea off
Blaic Bhclves and [he leiTall no[ice was pcated Unfortuna[clj , wc
found a scries of problems wi[h the Magnctm reiHll 01 the flO
BDaea that wc checked throughout the Slate, 15 snil had the [oj
cm [hen shelves Five of [hcacs[ores had both failed to pcaC the no-
tice as well as remoi'e the tc^ liom their shelves. Pen stores had
pcated die recall notice buC hadn't icmo^cd the toys from their
sheli'es, and wc found 17 storea where the item had been removed
from the shcl^ea, but [hey had failed to ptat the recall notice so
thaCparcniB who already owned the [oj could see iC
When wc talked la iclailcrs, we learned that man> of [hem were
ccmfuaed by the recall no[ice, and they couldn't tell ^^kch of the
Ha^nctix [Qva iJicy wwcrcauLrcd to remove fioTn dicir shclvfa Wc
inroiTTicd CFSC ol tclailcra iKinccrn& on Hay 24, and wc iindci-
Eland that CFSC knows [hcic 3ic pcoblcmE wmh [he ia:al] and is
cuircntlj laking Elcps Eo piavidc bcHtcr in foi mation to rctailciE.
However, die reaullB ol oui check raise obviDua questiona If ic-
Isileia can't iLndccBland the recall, how can nhey implement it and
actually rctnave [he danE^rous ptcduct ftoni theii ahelveB? And if
idailera [hcee who are dealin; and Belling Coja, can'c undeialand
the recall, how are parenlH and caicEivcrB suppcecd to decipher i e-
cbII notices^
Clearly, CPSC k Bau^ghtt^ to eflcctively comm unicate cccalls to
pareniB and other caccgivcra, and thi& problem has anather aapecC
Id iE our undccElandin^ [hat CPSC haE noD lEEUcd cccalla in Span-
ish. That failure creates an unneceEsaiy and inexcuEable atsiaclc
in the efloit to procecc children iiom dan gerouE ptcducca CPSC
muEt do 3 bettei job to com mun [catc iia lecallE. DunnE Qui atcuc
compliance checks, we also diEcoi'ered anonher E^pinE hole in
CPSC'e apprcfich [o protecdnE children from unsafe picduclE As
wc viEited a[orea la check for reiHlled MflE''cti';. *^ quickly found
knockoff UaEnetix toys a[ Eeveral dollar s[ores These knockolla arc
the same [oys The only difference is that they are manulactuied
by a dilTcien [ manu^tucei ,sd it stands Id leason that these same
small, poii'ctful maanela m v[r[i[ally identical tc^s may pcoc the
same tJtieala [o childi en
We sent a number of theac layE to CPSC on May ?4, and wc
aaked them la consider leiHllmE these prcducca aE well. Unfortu-
na[ely, wc receii'ed [he same leaponae liiat conaumciE hear cveiy
d^ nom the aEencj
CPSC dcean't [eaCpicduclH unni an incident la lepotted Waiting
for an incident In other wocdE, waitinE la leain that a child has
suffered an injurj or died fiom the exact picduct at issue before
conduc[inE picduct safety [es[inE la absDlu[ely unconscionable
Thcfle kncckoff MaEncn* EelB aica[ill on Elaic s helves , not because
thej are conanucted differcndj or have passed Ealcty teEla, buC
jy a diflcr
are^ealth and life- [h rcatcnin e problenia cauEed by these maEnc[a
Bimplj because they were made by a diflcrcnt company. If there
and toys, it dce&n't mattei who manulaclurcs them
They poee unacceptable riaka and should not be allowed in our
homea or in childrcn'E hands until they ha^e withslaid thoiouEh
teatinE Every aspect ol CPSC's response ta the danEerous [oy
Magnetix is a horiiblc demonanialnQn that our present system is
not workina The en[ire prcccBE [q protect our children from dan-
Eerous prcducia is nothinE short of a diEas[er Wc can and wc must
do bettei As an initial mattei, meat childrcn'E prcducls arc noc
subject to anj kind of mandalaiy scandardE be(orc they are sold.
Meet are not required to be teated or cei tified at all While some
volunlajy standards dociiac, thcj arc created by commi[[cea domi-
na[ed b) [□) indusny rcpreacnIadi'eE with linle inpu[ Irom chil-
dicn and consumei advocates
As a result, there la no independent saicij rei'ieii' of children's
pioducla before the) are sold. In response la the injuries and
deaths that the HaEnetix building sc[s nai^e caused, [ urac jou to
paES new lawE that mandate [cs[inE before children's products arc
allowed on s[Dre shelves, and ul[imately in oiu' homes and dajcarc
cmtcrB where Ico many children have altcady been huti ot killed
Our iTrj own Con etch Bii'otnan, Jan Sfhakoi^flki propneed 3 bill,
HB laia, that ii'ould ciealc the InfanC and Tcddler Durable Prnd-
uet Safely Act. Phacact i^Duld inquire CFSC Co promulgate Hhnoia
Balei^ Elandarda far durable picduclB intended Far inlants and tod-
dlers
It ii'ould prevent prnducts that can harm childccn fiam getting
to the marlEet bj requiring independent EesHing before prcducEs
enter the stream of commerce I know that Nancy Coii'lea of Kid?
In Dangei will apeak furnher about the need foe [his lesialanion,
and there aic other iBsuea with CPSC that muat he addressed, and
I ur^e joii to lake compiehenBive acdon that covers these as wcIL
We know that once a prcducD ib on nhe market the CPSC is de-
pendent upon the industry to Belf-report an> pioblema, and, as
mcac people in [hiB rcom piobahlj recognize, an> system that is
based on Eelf-icpoi dn g will be inherenlJy Hawed and, as ib the
case with Magnedx, recall notices aic bo watered down and catt-
fiuing thaC meet lelailera, much less paicnia and caicgiverB, often
cannoC understand which pioduclE aic subject to nhe recall
CPSC muaC ha^e more power Dj invesniate pcsBible pioblema
with prcducEs instead ol waiting to hear about them Irom the in-
dustry. CPSC also Bhould hai'e the clear power Co isBue strong re-
calk that adequately and qirichly conv^ the dangeis ol products.
Thej should noc haiT Dj waBte precious time ne^onacing everj
word of a lecall notice with a manuiaccurer while dangerouB piod-
uclH aie allowed pjlingei on store sheKcB and enter our homes
Addi nonallf , CPSC decs not hai'e adequate slaff Dj teat oi invea-
Ugate the number of complainlH it receives each year, and the prcc-
esB involved when they do conduct in-drpth invest] gadons lakes far
tco long. Clearly, thej need more Bla/f and more resouices The
lives ofour children depend on [hiB agency being able Ib fulfill ila
mandate. We cannot cuC coi nei s or balance night budgets by taking
liakB with childicn^ safety.
I cerlainl) hope [hat the suffering ol the families hurc by
Ma^elux and other dangerous childi en s prcducia will spui acnon
which diamadcally changes this law and sjstem, and 1 Icok lor-
waid Id helping you in anj waj [hat I can. Thank jou ^eij much
for thia oppoitunilj Id testifj tod^.
[The slatement follows: I
FHEP.MI 131 SXMI 'J>7iT OF Ll^L H^DK-'N
TliDBk yiii. S?uiHir Dm bin □ad EEpicKnlDlivr Ru^b, br giving me ibe Dnpor-
lually m Ic^illy lEdD> oa □□ ii^iic qi mIhI itti farOiTii'E m pnnzDli amii cniEgiim
□[[Dii Ihe CDunliy — pntecuiijt dui ihildirn Iidb dnii^iniii and diiKllv Kiyi
Ai ^llEiiiiey Q«'kuml, I □■ Ibc SCil? i (htuT [oamiDcr □dvKDU In ikni mb I
■roll IG |ii[<l»:l chiUicii Iieiiii dniigriiiii^ pmdui^
Di?r lb? fati. In yrai\. niy dUte niid ni any itdiciiH'd (liikLiEn'i adLiHii[> oibuii-
iDliuDi — eipmaMy Kid^ In DaajrEi amd ll^ BIietiiIive DiiB:lGr [J^ncy Co\vIei — iidi?
DTnln'd ID fan uif uoigben ^a•//■^ la Ih? cgiibIi} loocEmiag rkdIIi dE dDng?iQiii
chiUitn -. piiidui^.
A' □ it'.uLl oElh^if] (oltiboralLiT! dEirti, ^e ^UB^ baiv ibE IUitigIi ChiUicnl Pi«l-
irl ?tilLiy f.11 — J loiv ikm nquin]^ man ubcuinti Dad [rCiibn Id pnil nolicci if
puidui it(DlLi in Ibcir iU<iei aod oa Ibeir 'VftiiiEi TkE tiiviil^ lEquin" maautic-
llI[c^^ nad nzinLlcr-. <d aicwl ty niiiil Grf'Bar amy dLnimncn »ho bnw: □licnly pnr-
cha^fd nxDllfd ilf m^. irioGli ^n^ ibE ilm iiii4e Ig Ennci luk com p ichEn iiv? ihild
uilriy DGuficalifia mm^uri ^ad •/-■e [Emain awi oTonl, □ haHlEuL af lUilfi Ibal
irqniin Ihn bisd oT oali ilea lion Ibr ikE piDKiiHB aEDurtbrdirk.
10
Bui our ^mK tjEl dbrli □!? klud^ral imd uEUzb iiBi3cmiiii«d by ikc tu \n-/-i amd
lEngiky puKeluiEi ikm lion ailn-n ni Ib/i Fi'diMiiL le\c]. Fdi Gur ^inh: clbrli id be
rilnUv? ID mbiBiB^ pnicnli niid n'Grhiiii^ wilb lb?B <d piDlai chiUitii, t/c nerd
□n n^iiMiivc Hud piDiKlLiv IfhJ^iil ifivciiiiD^Bl pailnf r
U □brlLiiisn'Ly. ike Cgd^uiiiim PhhIlkL ?tilL'<y CiMn miiiiDii ■■ UHtrEundeil , imder-
^l□ll''d .ind nxmlnRly ubidUkmUiI , Ibui lb«} awr hid olHcn unnbt Ig prolal gut
chiUitii li^m. injuy and diMnb
Tbi^ vai [enaLii]> Ibr naic nhea il mnic m [sziiriBg Qe UngBElit nrngneUr
bmbliB^ icli
E'en IbGV foipLf ivkD Iidied I ^rrm Ihf m. Unflnriii hit Ibc lialcr U^yi ^nd the
LIikdIii ligi HhT ikc ^I i< 4GB4iir>
The Gkvkju-. und (kjcdI dilli'n'H? li ikni ^■□11, pG^Erlul mngiiL^li mt uiEd Ig
Ijep Ibc kuildinR klr^l:-. hiri'iIici id cdii iliul ihii|i?i □ml l^jiii?^ Tb?>? bh^?!^
gE|?d blL mil I'nlG Lbi: pluynioni Uddt ^hcii: ibcy (□■ be pKlJ'd up □ml mjaLlmwl
by [kiblicB — ^Lb III" LbiuiLGDln^ and clgb III" ^HlinR (on vqiii:n(ei
Dr. K^j^n (fiiiniDD iviU lih.'ly irivE ^m n deUiiled ■nlii^l g' plun^limi
I w/aai IG Uilli bnclly iitHil bAy/- ibc 4l'iid]> detdi In Mn^pclii lUu^iml? Ihr
dmdly iln^i id ikc liilcisl ^yiicni — leajin^ Din ibrdnzD in^drqualGly piDlalol
InuD daD^ciDiii priFlii'li
Tbe iirneliiie if Ibc CFSC^i leipoiiiE Ig irpe^lel pmblrm^ ^i4h iDyi iGBUilnuig
lb? ^[iiEill. pm?rFul ■□jni^i^ iiiel m Zkla^elii Ig>i — □ad •/-ilh IbG ^iqjiu'Ii' pndiKl
m p^iiHiibir — ^kniv-. Ibe □i^ek^i luibilily lo ifdc* qiiirkly and ell"4iiiv]y
fi curly ai HIJUU, 3n ^y^oi old "kibl vni bired Ig undcijp inH'^iiDal im^iy
□Iter he I'Kilh^i'd Bii^ei^ Ibsl fell out uTn fail End meal U<y The CFSC mi?^
Ii^led □nd dHumeaicd ibi' i^ie In laie dJCCI CFSC lajcili^le] □□d dntiiBenled
□□Dlber [laie lavDlvmg laleilimil Iihiibei □ficr □child iivalki^Ed □ ^Biir, p'>\VErFul
niiigkel
In ^mKl, ikc Rgk Art CDmpiiTiy laiiD(b«] ihe ^□giieiii picdul — rnaikelmg li ai
lafi bribrdiED J nod ditt
Ngi lung aEler ikit la mrly 2lKl4 □ Xonh C^iolin^ gnmdmoikcr iDid CPSC Ibnl
UD3II DiEiaiicli ^Eic Billing Dul gI KI^BoeUi — □nd ould be iviilln^Ed by □ loimg
"hiU A CckimdD nia4hci ni^de □ UBibr le^Gn <d CPPC in Fcbnsii} 'VlQ Ana
duiiDg Ibnl lame lime periiF], ^ iGHemd iGD^imiEi i lenl piszei dE iksie debliir
lG> 1 Id CFSC .
Then in May VliiS, SbsiDn Qii^iby, □■ Indcin^ piEukiiDi iciKbor lefGired Ibnl
lilogneiD almGii lill"d □ ^yenrold [bfd ^bo ivaiki^Ed □ ■□^ei Iideii ihs Ig> amd
miviiTd Dniy □ficr ^aeiiKxy ^ii[gcr>
QvEn aficr lk■^ nf-xi and ihe Dlber lEpmlel [oanenii □kGiU M^DkelLi, ike CFSC
did noiklo^ ID Ellon pniEDi^ Ig ike danRcn pDied ky <hi^ "hiUicn i picdiirl — ^Ib
dcDdlyoon -^quonooi
On Tb^nkigiLing dii> in ^SJtib tienny S^i.'el Jr. died □Flur ^"nrDninH □ niEi^el
InuD Mognelii.
Fiaall>, ID DeieBber ^UCQ i^d >EDr' [ifiiT Ibe prxliKl nni InuHbed nad Ibo
"Dm plain 11 Ig CP9C l«^a, a CP9C lavEiligalGr iciGBmcHlTd □ nx^ll
Bui e^ED vkcn ii BnafL deolel Id ici^ghI — Dnl> alicr □ d"VD^Uiil[i2 inigtd>' —
Ihe Icdcisi o^noy 4b3i|j«l ^iih pmaccliag gut ibildiea fiam daopEiDiii piDdui^
IgdI: aoGihci un lEu^aablc aod fninklk im imngin^ble, -■ nunilhi limlil ^Inirk Si,
^^UlSt IG ilmill> i-.-i»" ikc RK^II
DuiiD^ lb■^ pound ivklie ike CPSC nea^liaUd Ibe ml oE ike lEcall. i mGie ibil-
dicn nK|iiind liG-.piUil limlmea^ br lajunci (□uied by ^□Riieiii
^□Huhei ,E3r ik^ ps^^LiI — ivilb rnHhi? ohikliEn lultnnR iniunci b«aiiic ikey
iiKilh^Ed ike Bii^oi^ fpim ikik Ma^elLi pndiKl — iinlil Ihe CPSC in ^pnl ^IJ7
Baall> Iiiiid] am cpaodel UTall nGike Inr ikl* pndiKl
AEier Ibe idIIidI CFSC iccall aa Mairh ^1. ^OW, nod aEier Ihe leccnd, ei pawled
lEcall IB April ^LUT, I lenl my lUilTciil 4d obtok iIgiei IhniiigbGiil ike lOile la em-
luiE Ih^l uie icmll vai b"i[ip p[Dpeil> imp t men Id
Td pmlfcl UDiuipEcliag p^ieali and oaieialien Iigb Ibii palenikilly EiUil icy vie
van led Ig ■□h: iinE ikai Ibe pndii:! •/-at oiT iIgie ^keljEi □nd Ibal Ibe lei^ll oc-
licc •/-a- po-led
U at^rliiDJilely »e round a vyiie- oEpniklcmi ivilb IbcM^gneUi lei^ll
or Ibe IS4> HHhiti IT [kcchzd IbiDigbmil ihe 'die- 1^ lUf hod Mo^eiii on iheir
iheliT^ 5 uTlhoie ^icm knl failed Ig loih pD^I ikc noire □nd icmGVE ibc ii.Tall"d
lG>i liDDi ikeir iheliTi in iicte^ b^d pG-icd ikc ■((□Il noliic km bmln'i lemDird
Ibe icyi TniB Ibeir ^behvi. ohI dt: fauad IT iinte^ ^beie Ibe ilem kad brcn le-
mo-oi EimD ike ihelie^ kul ihcy bal fallal Ig pu^i Ibe nx^ll noiKe u ikai pniEnli
wkc nlicody G^ned Ihe Igj iguII kc ii.
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Wben ■« Cillfd (c lEOutn, ^e IcDmol •bai. niDiiy oTllifiii ■«!? [GBfii^«d ty Ihr
lEcnll iuHh? □nil igiiUti'I If U ^hub ^nijiifui vyi iKy nmtd Ig [rmoiT Ei[<ni ilair
Wc iBbmu'il CFSC dF itUilIci'^ inrurmi aa blny ^, Vllti7, and or: iinilfi iIuhI
Ibal ibe n^ncv CPSC Iiiig^i Ihen ^uc pnblciDi ^ik IbE lEcall and ii lunEnlLy
OiljBg lUpi <D piDvxIe bEll?r lalbfiiiiiiKiB o ieuilIitl
Th? [?^LiLli oE Giir ibaki mlu GtvKiiii qiv iikidi — IE lECiibn lam'i imilEr^iiiiid
lb? [p:dIL, haw tan Ihty ■mpknii.^l i< niid □ciiinLK icidgve Ihf iIdb^[Eilii piDdiHi
InuD lb?ii ^LeIvei^ ^ hi if ■cculIlt' naa'l undriCiiiD ibE iccnll km Die p^ucnli hhI
CHIE^VEI 1 llippDIEll <D diriLphci ll^
Cleanly. CFSC li umajlLiiB m dfe liirly igiiiid udlthk ni^li !□ lElDilcri, pnicni^
□nil (□^'Dl^E^^
^□d Inii piobtm hat analbrT ignifLriiDi □if«4: — CFSC tlnri hdI iiiur iccnlli id
SpDni^b
ThD< biLuic citam □■ im n<(?iiDiy amd mcii'iiiiiblE obilale m iLe rilbi'l m pm-
l«l chilliEn liEiiii 4biiiptiiiiii picducli.
CPSI^ mu'i do □ fc<iur n^b ehh igiiiid UDLEHh: ll- iltqU^
DiiiiDg Gur iloiE lUBplinBC? chnk, »e liIio diicHhLGiEd aiiG<bci ^pmg hole ■□
CPSCl □ppnoik h> piclralLnq (hilliEn fioiii tiaut ■■DdiKli /ii •/-r lluieiI iIoi?^
lo ihrak ki ibc ^lngncili loy. rvi quiclily (iiibiI 'hHrL off nmgiifUi lo>^ □< hi/'ml
dolbr iloiE^ TbE imlf diltiEiKE ii IIidI ibEU ■Dgnelk kmlduig ieIi hie iddiSi: by
ililtiEn I in an ubciiinti
ll iCmili lo [E^ioii Ibnl Oieie tame ^mnll. ponrrEul iDiigkEl> — purr of vulimry
idcBlnnl myi — miiy fue Ac ^mnc (hicai^ lo (hikliEii
'Ac HB< diEiE iMixt oiFU^ lo CPPC on May ^J, ^UUT hhI aitrd IbcB Ic coa-
udr iiTjIlLnR ibcic pndirli
U at^rlLin-iU'ly ke ncL^ivEd Ihc sud? lEiponiE Ibal con mine n hciir cieijtLiv Ei[<in
IbEBVHy — CP!"^ diiciii • <L^^I pndiKl' unlil ^n lunSciil i^ lEprolL'd
WbHibb Ihr □■ LnculTK — in olbif ibdnli, ^Diiin^ lu liMim ihui a ibild hn^ iiiF
trol BB ■■Juiy or dkd En^m Iho cidc* pmdui m iii\ici — l^'lni? lOHliKlLng pndiKl
ialr<y lining li uhchhii h loniibk
TliDV Imoil. oET iDii)jiic<H bmUiB^ ieIi mt lUf on iIdie ihf Iiv^ bdI bernLii? <kEy
□IE (onilnrlwl illErciciilly oi knjE panEd alEly (eiIi, biU dimply bEcaui? Ibe> utie
mode by a dilbiEnl company
irihcir j\i- b^jllh itnd lit-ikiuLlealDg piDblem^ isuifd by <bf k ihildirn i mag-
neiK kuildinn -^i. il d(^ n i m^liLf^bo ■□■iifiKluiEi i ikEm
The] puK UBLKCL^pUikb: n^l-. □■!) ihnulil noi be □Ib^Ed m our hrmm oi m iliil-
diciil li^mli uniil Ihoy kavE »llh^l(od IbonjLfrh lo-lmg.
QvEi} nipeEl of Ibo CPSC ' iiMpiian: ihh Ibc dnBgEn poL«] ky Klngiioui ii 3 kor
iiblc draon ilmUH dinl'mr picKiil lyiloB is noi WAnHnfi.
The EnlLIC piCCEII lo piDlOZl OUI (hllllEII flDIII |IdB^[EiLI1 prxllKll ll BDlllLIIg
ihoi'l dFq diail^ We cud □ml muil iln keiui.
Ai ^n miUal miller moil ibildiEn i prndiHii die noi ^iik|e[l lo any kind of ■!■■-
dii4Dr> iUihLiiiI-. beFrot <hey iin: Kill
Moil iin: kol nquiii'd ihi k" Io-.iimI oriKrUEIi'd nl □]!
^Vkllc vime iihliiBiniy lUHbiiil^ eiiiI, <bEy hie (lEDiEd b> (oniBKlec diBiBJiid
by lo> iBiliiiUy icpiEKDiniljEi vilh IiiiIe Inpiii liEim ibildiED i amd (oniiiiiicr ndin-
cniEi.
Aid ieiuIi. ikEiE ii no liidf pf iidf ni latiy ievick oi cklldira^i picducli krEiiE
Ibc} HIE will.
In [EipDnic m lb? ibJiidui hhI dcaik Ibal 4hE KIhriicii' builliBg hz^i hni?
enured I iii|7' yo\i lo piiM iiciv blv^ Lhsl mniidalE ii.--.<in|r buHm ibildiED i pndiHli
air nroivod Hhii ^lo^: -.bi.'l\Ei ami. ullimnlfly ib dui h'lmEi diiiI day cur: 4?Dur^
vkeic IOC mniiL iihiUii^ kii\E bi'di kun hit killed
Dm CongiEii^hmsii , Jdii 5: hnlun iky hn^ piiMioial □ bill. HE. IbblQ Ihnl ^coild
ricaic <he "liilbn* niid Tcddtr Diimbt rmdu i Sal?i> Arl ' Tbnl A<l ■mild ibiiiiie
lb? CFSC lo p[Eiiiiiit|iiiE maiidiiloi} ^nlEly lUimlaidi br diimblr prxliKli mlcHbd
Ibi Inbnli niid lodllcr^. 1 1 ^oiikl piELOB* prxliKli IIidI naa baim rhiUici] lioiii fi-
ling Ic <bE mnrkEl ky lEqiilnag indEpEndeni Ifilmg I«E]ie priFliKli ?bui Ibo
^llE□■ DFiommoiTE
I hiio^ ikm MnHy Co^lei. ikc BjiitiiIiit Dliccut dE Kidi In Ikii]g?r fiU ipcuh
Fiuihti jbnul Ibe niid bi Ihi' leH■^lul»□
ThciE nw: oihci ■■iiiei ivLib ike CI'SC ikm mu^l be oddn.'dH'd — and I luge fn\i
lo lakE izom p lEliEn 111? □[!»]■ ikui (oivr-. Ibe-i:iii •/-t\i.
V^E kno^ Ibal omK □ piodui i^ un ikE mnikcL Iho CFSC i^ dcfEBdcBl upon Ihr
mdiiiU^ Id ulf lEforl any pniblcBi &nr>[<ne m Ibii iDcm ima^iiei Ibal ^ny lyi-
lem koied oa lel^iEfoning wnP k« iBbEiEnlly Haird.
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And ai ■□ Ib/i ^iiRiu'411 tutc, iiTall iiGU:fi □■? ta malrwol lioiva □nil iaaf\ii\nB
Ibal moil iclDiLci 1. mLrib h:" pun^nLi ^mil [oicgiiTMi uTun cnDkol undei iiuhI
vkKh pndiKL- awi i\ibfy:\. Lg ibu ncnlL
CP5C ihould kuvc boie ponir Ig miT.'iu^U pbiibl? picbkmi ^]<h p^>]Lrl^ —
imtEDd gIivhiIibq Lg bGai lioiii 'be iHlu^iiy CFIiC aim 'bhiild hDi/] ibcilcnr poovr
IG Liiiie ^Ugu lunll^ IbaL nkiiLiiiloly 3Tid iiuiclily (OD\cy ibu dmiRtr gE pndLi:li
Thry ibould nGi ka\c Ic wit-U' pr^iiKJi iiftil^ ii^iiutiin^ i^/'ry ^'oiil hhT n mull
TIDIKE1 ^ik iDDiiiib: lLI[E^^ ivkllc dDB)f:[ou> piLdiirii □■? aUty/-td :•> Irigtr dji ^lG[E
AddiuHiiLI>, Ihe CFSC duei tigi Iidlc dIsiliiu ^mFF Ig Ifil or lavriLignl? Ih?
Tuimkrr of [om plauili lI icicLm rack ^car, niid ibE pnccii inraLiwI 'vbea Ibcf Ai
CDndiiil iD-dEpIn lavnlignlLon i Uilei ^i hid bag
CEoirly, Ihry kCEil mDic ^UiiFniid idgi? lEiDiniii'i. Th? Ii jei uTgiit chiUicii d^f^Hl
DB Ikli BETiKy bEiu nklE Ic fiilillL i4i mniubile tV'c ihiitigi (uI cdihei'^ Gr bnliiH?
□^1 ki^^H ty mliiii^ii^lii ivLlb chiUitii'-. vt'iy
Wc kopc Ah Ibi: 'iiflCnBR gE Ibi: dmilt-. burr ty ManElii and Giksr dniigciGiii
cklUicB I pnidui^. »ilL if\ii iKlion Ih^l dram nil cully ihanpEi ikli Ibn^d lyiKB
ThfiE Hie Ibriai iHdI ^e (□■ iId m lapiDir <bi^ lyilfm □■!) ninkE Gur konifi
labr ifl dlh cklldi?B. I bofc >oli w/iP loh: Ihf v luf i — amd I IhI: farwuid Id ■ojt-
iiiE IG h?Lp ■□ any vny ikni I tan
T hnak >dd
ScnaHor Duipe^. Thank >du. Let mc sec if I undciEtand the Qli-
jiaJB mnBUTTirr picduclB Ealcl^ law Childccn't PrcducD SaTrl:) AcC
la the lotnial ndc Once a reisll Dccura if a iclailer in [llinQ[& con-
□nuca to ha^c iJiat p induct an thcahcll, dicy ate Hubjcct Id a fmc^
Mb M^DiQA^. CoTECct It'E nmaciimLna] ataHutc Ii'e acivil Blat-
uEc, and wc have as die atloincy general's cinicF rnrcirccnicnt au-
than^ ii'hich la ii'hj "•c acnd our people out Dj check die aKire
ahclvcE
We can make aure dial, one, die Buy la ofi the EhelR tii'o, the re-
call UDticcB are pee ted, three, U> the cxIenC [hey have the mfoi ma-
Don that the>'ic sending oul nonficadDna to conBumera who have
alicady pm chased these.
If there la a failure m do an-j of thcae [hinga, dicn we do have
the abilil^ to lile a cause of action accking a clvlI pcnal^ which is
a manelai y fine
Senanor Dur Bir4 . And die matimum pcnalC) ie how much^
Ma Maiiiii^n It la 35UO foi each da> iJiat the violation con-
tinuca
Senator Di^imN And what la the tri'^ci fnr the DlinoJE law'^ Is
iCa Ibrmal iccaLI o( the Consumct PtcducL S^lety CommisBion^
Ma Maiih:an That'a ii'hat we use, but ask Nancj Cbii'les She
probablj knows in depth how iicS c core Hue [ed this.
Senator Dejpuin So if dicic'E a delay at the Federal level as they
negociale with the company, gadier inlocmation , all of diat pecicd
of dme which could be a cuic la the dangci cannot be counted
againat die iclsiler for obvioua ceaEon
Ma M^Dic^^. Conect.
SenaCor Dupijin The relailci has no notice that dicre'E aome-
thing dsngecous unleaa an actual iTUElomec makes a complaint, and
BD In^ wait on die Federal agencj to move forward, and tJiaC^
whenUieir reaponEibih^ begiuE.
Ma Madiga^. EHacd) CouEumec Pccduct Safely CommiaEion is
the lead agenc) in oui counEcy t^hen it comea Dn lecalla, and the
dela>B that the> lake, the>'ic deadly delaja, beiTause if id takes
them 4 mondis, if it lakes them 2 years la get around la iBBUing
a recall nonce, diat amount of time dioee DiyE ate still on the
ahelvcE, ai'c bqII available foi puichaBe, they end up in qui homcE,
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Bnd dicn dicic's nothing Ehat ODr Ibw i?3n do to Eaj to diem that
they can'lha^c it
Now, die Dril> diflcrencc in our laiia we hai'c a ^cij, vet^, aafc
Etandard when it CDinra to lead in children's pinducls. Again, we
would apply aOict I [ability Blandard, but that'a not what we're diB-
cuEBing hcie Uidaj ufiI^bb jou wsnC Eo lalk about Thomas the T^nk
engine more.
SenaHor Dl'ibi>4. Fm reaming mure about diat iJiis marriing How
man) mm^B have >ou impcsol line& on reEailci's in Illinois loi lail-
uie Dj [emaiT product^
Ms M^iiEiiAN Ad nhiE paint wc haven't used die Blatutc to im-
pcse a fine
Wc have used it Id go ouC and n> make sure that ila ici:all nonces
arc posted and that Kys ate being icmoved We have >ct to find
an instance where the relailecE are willfully keeping these QjyB on
die shcKcE o[ are intenDonally not abiditi' hy the tecall thac's
been put out ihcic ^'hat we found speci fically in ihiE circumstance
IB that they simply didn't undetsland which lays wetc to he lo-
moved and which leys weren't hecauBe the reiHll noDcc didn't coitf
all the HagnctiM It only loalled some of them. There were
changcB made in teims oflabelmg Still vcvy confusing for paicnla
boause now I think vou might ha^c one of the prcducis widi you
thaC we intci iTepled , but notices are just on the cardbcaid box on
the oulfiidc
Once diat cardhcaid la icmo^cd, which you will tcmove, there's
anochci — the larger one. Once that cai d boat d is i emoted the case
that icmains — you can lake that catdboard off if jou want We
made ^t impossible loi jou Eo do thai, but once you do diat — kids
are much better aC this than ScnaDas.
Once you do thai, >du11 sec diat the case that the Magnedx
comes in, [here's no labeling on that at all, so that gela diiown m
the garbage can A paicnC then has nothing to relj on. Let's ^e
IE Siii-> ear-old kids can't lead 'TTiis toy should not be ingested"
Ic's not l^pical that they know thac wocd, and not all ^ year olds
can lead aB we are aware
SenaHor Dubbin I can just tell jou with my glassea [ can barely
lead
Ms Madii.^^ This IS another pomC So in addition la paicnis
who would like to and don'c jeC need reading glasses, although for
some of UB that's not the case, certainly the grandpaien la , *hcn
they're out purchasing Coys, li they're not actually tringing their
leading glasses la read die warnings, they may inad^ ei ten [ly
bring
Senator Duinin. So you tead die Tiibune sciies, as we did, and
learned thac despite cvcijthing diat c<:cuired and all the dan-
gerous warnings and all of the bad health consequences the picd-
uct was sdll on the shelf Man) dmes without any warning wtialso-
evci
Did >ou lake action against dicec celsilers when you sent out
your ini'esd gacora^
Ms H^iHii^ii Well, what we did was make sure they were com-
plying, so of the 17 scores that wc found that were not in compli-
ance, wc worked with them to take thcec Kys oif the shelves We'd
make sure we had the actual recall notices had been pceted, these
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jiDticfa BB ii'cll, 3sid wc have sent invfati gaCoia out thiB wrck
arauTid the Thotnaa the Tank cnEJTie Ic^b.
Scnaoir Di iiii^ Thank >ou
Con»i CBBman Euah.
Ml nuiii Ma HadiEan, I'm [nlctcBtcd Ynu mi'hl have mvcrai
thb hcfarc, but plraoc rxplsin to inc
The Stale, iic« it have a fomparahlc coinmiBEiim n> the CPSC
judsmcnt, bo die cnlbrccnicnt oi conaumct pi cduct ptotcction lawa
ICE Is Bolcly inlh your department, > out agency?
Ma Maokjas IlrcBlH with ua aa well aa the Department irf Pub-
lic Health, parnicularly t^hen it eomeE to lead bcm^ found not juat
ID Otya. We've dealt with lead m bina o^ei the paaC few mantha
CerlHinly we lind lead in jewelrj, children 'a jewelij , again made in
China We had an incident a number □T^eai'a a^ with lead being
bund m whaC we would refei <□ aE dicee candy. Baaically, a Mexi-
can Epice af aome aorC [hat ie anietly UEcd aE fand>, aa we often
work in conjuncnan with the IllinoiE Depai tment of Public Health
when it cornea Dj enforcing Eafety of [hnee prcducla
Mr Euan. Sd Ulinoia doet nat ha^ea cammiaaion
Ma Madii:^n No, iic do not have a compaiable agencj [□ die
Consumer Prcduct Saicq, Commiaaion which iE why we are reliant
at the Slate level, and I believe [llinoia la probably different than
luoBL SlaEea
We'ic reliancon CPSC Id do their joba aE are parents and people
throu^houC our coiintiy If they are not lasuing iccalU, that infor-
mation iE veij, veiy rarel> ever soing Id seCout.
Now, you will hear from Nancy Cowlea from KidE In Danger
Thej Bometimea are waj ahead of the cuiit when it comea to find-
ing out thaD there are pioblema widi ceitain prcducia thai pcee a
hcaldi or life riak tochildien, andao thej often timea iBBue mfoima-
□onal materiala to parenlH m paiticulai, but, really, it'a [he CPSC
Mr JtuBH So ira your contendon [hat other Sla[e&, no other
Slatea have a comparable aec[Qr government deal with prcdiicD
Bafei^, la that what > ou 're sajing''
Ma M^iHii^N Well, m [erma of testing [he abilil^ la laaue recall
notices, I'm not aware The Qnl> Slate chat would have [he re-
sources, and diey're uaiially way ahead of the cuive, mi'ht be Cali-
fornia. Fm aureaomebcdy on mj aiaff would be happf to check
Mr RfaH. Do >oii think nhat IllmoiE needE tha[ kind of agency?
Ma Maiihi.ih We would very much like la be able to rely on the
CPSC [Q do the testing becauEe thia iEn'cjuat an isaue that impacia
people in the Slate of QlinoiE. It impacls consumers acrcsa our
couna>,ao I [hmk ic'a reaaonable diat ic'a at a Federal level
Mr EdHEi I just kind of, >ou know, Tm not CTjmg to lake the
leaponai hi Illy from the CPSC. Fm not Djing la delete that I'm CTj-
mg la give ic more responsibility and more reaouicea la deal with
this responsibility, but I think thia lasue la of a magnitude thac I
belieiT there should be more aggressive S[a[e action acrcsE the
beard foi the children of Ulinoia because we're reallj concerned
abouC the aafely of our children in terma of conaumer product aafc-
ly and the llcai, theahaolute llcai of these cheap, unsafe lays into
our Na[ion Jt^ inciimbcnC upon the Slate government la step up
to die plate also.
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Ma M^nidA^. And, Congressman, wc do when lE EomeB Co lead,
BD il^ Bomcdiins that wc can easily foiiiard to you, but in ccrms
of some af die durability things that nerd la be done foi testing
oilier ^pea of prnducls, nheic's nobcd> in the Stale that Fm at^are
of that dcta thaC If Tm wrong, Tm buic Bamehcdy inll be happy
to tell me oi elarif^ that.
Mi Ruiec Can ynu explain how yout office works wilh die CPSC
to deal mill maCtera Eucn as this, how to get dieae tilings, producla
ofrthe&heKea^
How dees youi olfife oi a there any inCeracdim at all with
CPSC?
Ms M^PKJ^r. There haB been some inCeracdon particularly
around the magnela found m HasncUx. As I mentioned, we did
leach out U> them in Ma> after the second tecall was issued so we
could alert them lo problems that we were hearing from lelailers
in addidon Co asking chem if the) had this iei:all nodce in Spanish
because obviously man) of the stores tliat we went to weic fre-
quented maini) 1^ Spanish speaking paienia
In addidon, as [ mendoned, ii'hen we went to a lot of dieae sEores
and we found these knockoff tc^s, leally, the same e\acl magnet^
being used, Bimpl) a different manufattniret , we reqi»CB led that
they enpand [heir recall and were disappointed ta heat that the)
looked to see if lhe> had an. incident lepoits, but unless ih^ had
an incident report Uie) ii'ouldnot be issuing a recall on iheae other
tc^s wilh [he same magnela
Ml Rush. You mentioned tc^s thaC are being impor[ed fiom
China and die qualil^ and Eafe^ of these imported picduelB Is
there anjthing dial could be done at the Slate level [q deal with
this, and ie this onl) a matter that die Federal Gloi'ernmenC can
I egulate?
Ms Madiii^n Well, I ihmh obviDUBly the 3la[c is happy Id lake
anj leaponsi bilit^ that it can m teims of making sure that we are
piotecDng children and making pareniB aware and making other
carelakera awate of these pioblems Agam, iic Icok at CPSC as
being a free agenc)
Again iic'te happ> to havcpartners here in IllmoiB, ii'onderful
childrens acts organization IRUA, [he Ulinois Retail Merchanla
Associatnon haB been vety helpful to ub ii'hen it comea to recall no-
tncea and mIoimaUon on i[, but we would love icif )qu in Congress
would be able to pass some stronger measures Give CPSC not just
the reaponsibili^ but the reaourcea that the) need to cairj duC
then manda[e Dn prD[ec[all of us from dangerous products
Mr Rush That's one of my chief main objectnvea as chairman of
the subcommittee, jurisdiction over CPSC, but I would like to reC
some of >our suggesdons in [etms of how )ou think the CPSC
could better serve you and serve the cidzens of this Slate, how it
might be able ta complement what ^u'le doing a lot bet:tei, where
the ii'eaknesses in the Federal legiElat:iQn exist and some suggea-
tnons for how we can strengthen and correct thcoe ii'eaknesses be-
cause Tm vei) inteiested m nying to now get additnonal resomccs,
but also ta strengthen the legisladve authority of the CPSC It's an
agenc) that has suffered from a lot of anacks ei'en from — the exeo-
uEivc branch actually wanted to eliminate this agenc)
So lie W3nt [o bnnE it out of the clcocC and hiins it into die
world of hcaunful American people ao iJiac the Amciican people
will make Eurc nhat it functioiu foi [hcin, and 1 would iTcrlainly en-
couca^e VDU, if jou will, n> just help ua and nhankjou
Ma M^ii[iJ.in Con Eteaainaii , thank you itfj much We i^auld he
more than happ> a> aivc joli aii> aaaialance you need m tctma of
BugE^fldona, and wc'lj make auic that >ou have chat [nfannacion
A^in, [hank you bolii of joii foi bringing [hiB mattci lo moic pub-
lic attention
FIcaBC do what you can to giiT CFSC the teeth that it really
needs to piotcct our children i think we need no hcCter reminder
than the tta^ic deadi oi Kcnnj Sweet
Senator Dlbpck AtKuncj General Madigan, thank you for Head-
^ing Eday We ap pteciatc jour teatimony.
Ma M^DiciA^. Thank you
Senator Di-ims Thanks a lot I'd now like IocgII up N^ncy Nord
the Acting Chairman of the Consumer PioducI ^alct^' Comniisaion
rd like lo invite you U> make > our Full statement for the lecord and
juat open up and aummarizc CongiesEman Buah and I will have
a few follow-up queadona
STATEMENT OF HON. NANCY .L NORD, ACTING CHAIRMAN, CON-
SUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
ACCOMPANIED BVi
aiB ULTLLAH, DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE AND FIELD OPER-
ATIONS
ERIC AULT, DEHECTOH, EASTERN BRANCH OF THE FIELD IHVES-
TIOATIOfiS DlVl.SEON, tHlCmO
Ma Noii> Ttiank jou ^eiy much, Chaiiman Duibm and Chaic-
man Ruah. I'm delighted to be heic l\e alao aaked diat my itoI-
league, Mr Gib MuUan, our Director of Compliance and Field Op-
eiationa join me at the lahle here.
Me Rii^h Spell hia name, pleaBC
Ma NoiD. ¥cB, Uullan, M-U-L-L-E-N Fust name ib John Gib
MuLlan
Mr. Euan G-l-B-B'
Mb. Noin G-l-B M-U-L-L-E-N Tm aoiij M-U-L-L-A-N
Senator Di'iiiih Piccced
Ma Nopii And I'd alao like to lecognize anothci colleague who
la here in die audience, Mr Eric Aulc Eric la the director of die
Eaatem Bianch of our Field Invesd gationa Diviaion Eric is resi-
dent heic in Chicago, and I miiht add that we have moic CPSC
personnel in die Chicago aiea dian we ha>e m anj other pai t of
the countrj with die exception of out headquarlere in Bcthesda,
Mainland
1 know diat the CPSC baa been in the nciia lately, particularly
here in the Chicago atea^and diat il^B partially why you're holding
this hearing Dsday Hi. Chairman, aa Im aure >ou i^ill agree, pub-
lic aervicc la truly a wonderful thing, and I can Icll jou thacaerv-
ing on the Cbmmiaaion foi the paac £ jeais haB been one of the
meat impoilant and rewarding experiences of my life, but with
public aervicc comea public acrutmj, and I diink Preaidcn t L incoln
got It quite right when be obaetved that, "You tiul> cannot pleaae
all of die people all of die dme" From our cnHiH aomc sa> that
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wc arc Too aeS'^h^i''^. ^^i^ olJicra saj that wc arc not asEit™!"^
enough
But, Ml Chflirniaii, ihc CFSC docs a nctncndoufl job foi die
Amci'ican people ¥ea wc are conalanlly BCTivinE lo impto^c, but
for an a^encj with 400 employees, a h ud^eC of ] ust o^ ei B60 million
a jeai and ehai'ed widi cnautm' the aafe^ of more than 15J)00
types oi con&umet prcducca anceB the Untied Slates, we deliver
□ cmcndoua value Co the citizens of this country
Since ila inception m 1975, ihe CPSC haB worked nreleasly to in-
vestigaEe tens of nhonaanda of pccduet- related injuiiea, to recall
thoiiEandB of dangciona pccducia, Eo issue dozens of mandaloi')
pioduct Ealel^ Elandarda and to wacn, educaEe and inform liEerallj
hundieds of millions of Americans about every kind of prcduct safe-
ly issue thaC you can imagine, and we have picdueed results
COnSUUEl PIODl<eT I^FETV I ONNlH1lD^''i ■l»'l»BD OK ^r H IKVKM K^ T
Since 1975 dieic haa been nearly a one-thud lediLcnon in the
1 ate of product-i elated injuries and deaths asscciated with the use
of con&umet products, and in specific picduct caCesotiea our leaulls
ha^c been veij, very significant Just to ?ivc you tiio examples An
S9 percent reduction in ciib-tclated deaths, and an S'i percenc re-
duction in [he poiBoning deaths ofehildicn liom drugs and house-
hold chemicalE.
These succcsBes aic die direct result of die efforls of the CPSC,
and thej aie quantifiable, but whac is by far ouc biggest measure
of success are the millions of deaths and injuciea that do noD hap-
pen because of the work of die CPSC This agenc> has been and
conanues Dj be at the forefront of emerging product safcQ issues
For example, with lespect to [he health hazard to childicn pio-
Bcnted b) lead, we have addiessed this issue in a numbci of dif-
ferent contcxlfi including tuobl iecentl> propcsmg to ban lead m
children's leweli y
As anoCtici example, for many years there's been on [he bcoks a
mattress llammability standard aimed at leducing fires caused bj
careless smoking In £ weeks, Mr Chairman, our first evci major
lule will go iniB effecE mandamng that mattresses also be resislsnD
to open flame ignition such se from candles and li'hteis Wc esti-
mate that when this is full) implemcnCed id will save cicsc Eo SUO
lives ajear 1 could go on, Mr Chairman, but the point is this Wc
are careful We collect dala We analyze issues We Icok for pat-
terns of producHclated injurj
While [his >eai we m vestigated one-th ird moic incidents than we
did lO years ago, we do not investigate evcij isolated incident We
base oui decisions on ^cls m die law, and when die facts in the
law wariant, we act I mcncioned that we hai'e approMmaldy 400
staff nationwide, >eC despite our small size by any objeslive alHod-
ard wc aic more effective tcday than we have been in die hisDay
of the agency Is it all pci feet aC the CPSC^ Of course it isn't
BuC as a Commissioner for 2 years and as Acting Chairman for
nearly 1 >ear, I can tell >ou chat 1 work every day to find better
and moic efficient ways of doing things, and since assuming the
I'ole as Acting Chairman I have initiated a numbci of refoims aC
the agency that 1 believe nav e and will continue to bimg significant
mvar<t to consumers including cfforlH Co increase recall effective-
IS
TicBa, [o improve oui infornialiiin Icchnolojy fITi, in frafltructuic, to
da:rfasr i ni'cslii^sliQn rcaponac HimrB and help cnsuic that [hdcg-
ulalorj prcfCBB piccccdB wuh purpcoc, diiccUon and cTficicncy
In addiUDn, Mr. Chan man, jou and I havcapokcn about die pnG-
Biblc ic^iBion& loDur EO-ctninE acanHcB dial I bcUciT will help ic-
niQvc aamc of die unnctesaaiy legal hurdles through which we
muEt jump na do our jobE while still pioEecting the intcieBt of the
public Since Full> Ewn-third? arauc picduct ceizallB 3ic na<\ of im-
pottcd praduclB, >DU also knaw that we are beioE eMUcmelj
piDacnve on the intci national frnnt having ne^nialed l2 sgrec-
inenlH <\^th foreisn sovetntncnlH , and far the fiiat tune we are diB-
cuBBing concicte Btcp& with [he ChincBC so^einment to icduce the
numbei of defective prcducla Mr Chairman, I believe [hat the
work of the CPSC ovci the years dcaervcB the tcapcct and recogni-
tion [hat iC gct£ in man) quartets
1 Icok foiiiard to condniiing la explore wi[h ^ou the way& in
which we will con[inuc [o improve how we do buainrsB and how lie
Bci'vc the Amciican public, and toward iJiat end I am happy to an-
BH'er an> queBtions you maj have.
[The Blatcment followa:!
Pll>J'.■ll>J>ST.^^lJE^TaFPJ/^'c^ A Xdid
(Tcof iDiirn mg ^r ChDirniiin
I nin pknicd lo □pfcni !«(]■? yuu luby m 3Q4ir (□pnrily at CknLiBDn oTibf Sem-
□If A pp iLf rmuDi] 1 SubizmD miiuE na FIostii'dI S^rvKEi ^nil QcnciiiL CtditmdbetiI
□nil m diHuii •i\< mi^mas amd mlviiKk nF ikE US CDniunier PukLlkI ?t]le<y
CdIIIB I I^LElD ICFSC I Hll ^kH I DID pn'VBll> AcilO^ C knLllDDI]
Wc ^l lh« CPSC HIE pioLiI Ic KTV? y<i\iT ohiikiietiIi ib IHixiit hhI IbiQu^uul
ATnenrn hhI I nam Ifl] >qli •bai. i ka\c hejei tcbi? kixL ikc privilrn: lo •/-a\k wilb
□ niGi? i3rdLELih.ll in^Li|i of pnitiuHLiLi IbLin ihoic Hi 'lur .i/vynny Wf uuly l3d naie
□loiU CHhn inm^n dblI •/-■e •//uit. Wani eitm% dny lo ^■'un <}iii< ih< publi' i^ piDlaKd
InuD imuil: puiduii □ulI ^aponrnd ivilb lb? knG^lid^ Ihty LicEd m ikLlte Ihr
ii'li IbLil ik^ II Ibclr BiLiiiLici »ilL tc ■□jiiml ky uiin^ cgb^ubei pndLKli ^fur
□11, or:, DLH [bfLliPD. EnnTy amii EimLl^ mc igd^libei i ai 'v-:l\. We, mo, Hdlt h irit
rd LiLid pEiHHiLiL idUici* Id Ibi: fzltc Ilivhm^ gEiIi? CP?C
Ai y<i\i inii*: ikE US CoaiuiD^r FicdiiEl ^Isly Coliiidiiieid |CFSC> ii qb ihIe-
pETiLlcnl, kipLirlLiLiD Kdcml (DmBi^iion ?iCiblLihL:Ll ky Cl^udi?^! amii thmj^yl wilb
pmlazlmg ikE pLiklK Iidb un im wnLiklE lilki uT Idjiu^ ama dsilb ^MrtkiUd wilb
mut? ikaD I&4I0U i> pEi oTdLii ililhet picducli ULutr Ih? nijrLuy k juiiilIi'Iil)!]
Siwie in iLKEpliC'Ti in I^T^, CFSC^i ^qiI. bsi lzdh Inkuhil iiib^caDiEilly Ig IHe d?-
Lzlinr IB ikE lalci aTlIed^}! LiLid idjui} nbled lo Ih? hie nT Lzon iinn^T pndLKli W?
EilLTn^H] ikai HhvomlL, iiijuiy Land dLii<}i li .-o: i Lih.il •/-■••b Ihr uv ol picdiiEli hhIet
our iLiriiLli'lHhii boM dtrllnEd by □pp[OMLnLih:]y on?-lbLid iliilk lb£ ^jCHy kqpa li^
■roll Thcie ndLrlnni^ ilkIiuIi: A 4S pEircBl hiIuikid in lzoii iiini?nEliil''d [cmiI''b-
iLnl flic d«ilbi, LIB at pEn?D< iLnJiiKnia Lii (nb-nLilfd dLJLilb^ □ 74 pEn^a* ndiir-
litm in pndiirl-ictilfd f'bc InculiL^n i a -IT pEicf'B^ ieiIiieoh \m lzoii iiuD^'ritlaH'd
LZLirbon mokDinlE Llcnik^- LiLid 3ii SV^ pEireal hiIuikid in poi^naiLijr ilcnilii oTibLl-
lIicii Hum. di-Ligi amii bou-ckiJd LzIiEm ■'L1L^
Tb?iE LiiE □biulLiU' nduiDD- L\'}ion ibE Lii[i?.iie m US. popiilniuD it (on^iLl-
en'il, lb? nilE oE Ih?^ LiLid iniiny oOiei CLil?^iEi of piDduci-irlnUd ■□jiitki Ibnl
■V tia-/c miRElfd, LlEclLnel eitb liidie ^iik'Ciii iLufy
Wkllc •/-e aic pioLKl of IhckE LiLid ibf li^|ei]L'> i niLiny oikcr LHbLmm^Dli awtr the
yeaii. ibEit ii lUf mub •/-■uik lo tE LlihiiE E\d Liion: Isli noliifiKQllv loapki pi«l-
LTll, lllf iboiE UlLlillllg LianOLIILIKtml', HI HVLI LII □■ IIIipn'4<\l?DH'll ^Liipc lJ ilii-
poi-li, ^iGEEially fioLii CkiLi3, (On iin LF" hi pnvLK 'ht DRELuy •/-\'S\ ncv ibiilkLi^i
THe CrSC niLiiJiliiiD- li iocuL Li-ilu'niVKlo iinlE hiT juii omm W), bai am diiiilii]
bml^i 'lE ju'i OVCI SbU millioLi dblI b-l^ |Lii]-dic<>jB ovei I'i JJLU lyp?- oF pr>]LKli,
^Ib kuiiLliul- oE no^ pindLi:l- CDiEJin^ Ibo LiiLirk^lp Uno MrlLially Eiriy ^v-j-t. Lim-
ili'd n-dim^i LiLid eittcIiduiiiij puidui-. bnjLinli nqLiin] ikLii Ibi: HDLZHy 40li<ib-
LiilLy ica^i?ii pinnlici lih ilkiedh: eDkiciicki XELcrlb?!?!!, rve ai LMLZom pli^b
our mii^EiDi ^nd I l^liEnquile t/tiP
The CPSC kni Ih lEf L'Eii Iml ID LiiHB^
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— Tg kL?diI^ lML^Ill]R and ^'mciiniii' f ndiil luunidi ikni 4r?iil? .in iiBn'aioniibt
^^k "I iBjuiy ama Lg □l3dm^ <lii'^^ k.t.^id- b, d" r'cli'pin|r ■UBiLiL'iiy -ulLiy
iinHbid^ hhI b> idILlikib^ and ciiBiiibiiLLiig Lg du^cns iJconnCD-Li- iuhLiiiI^
Eiciy ,!□!:
— Tg iGiidLi: I picdiic* itidIIi □nd (c ihltii^k niid mpDnd l£i picdiiEl-irliitEd im-
cidETili □ad
— Tg □leiT DTid eduDi? con lurneri nkiLil •[Edin'4-i?bl«] la&cy liiia?!
Wc cnn} oul ibciE Ibrnz id^ib id LUHDity □dBiBl-Uruii^ Jiid i.*limii]i! <bE Cgb-
iiini?r PhhIli:! ^Ibly ^4 1 <bE Fotml KuznidoLi- Sub luiMt'-. Ad, ibu FiuiniD^bt
FnbiKi A(l, lb< FgIioii FieitbIvi] Pnlaujinp Ac*, und ikE PL^Inir:n]<i'i E^rEly Ai:!
B^fm di.'di nkinR EiH b hhTiIigi? IhiEf ■□■" ■i^^lgiii Gf Ihf CFSC I "uub lih: Lg
piDLnSi: n'mc iB^Lgk* ii]l£i ikE piDmi ky vkrh "« puiiiie CEitiiln picdifi nlriy
Pionliiar'an taul !}ala CilSithm
\i ikE [ompDriiDn GEour icidliiixi »iIIi Ibc ikcci nimib?! hhI koge GE^Dnmmcr
pnidui^ in iLe Uaihil SUilei ■mild indH^lf ky □ei'eiiIi> dt: piuniUr?. liiiKi iknl
■TM? p^iniiiDiin I yEileidny nmy iigI I« kj U<niGnci», hhI m ne*^ ftoini lacilEnl
pnlleim EmeigE, ikEy ■□> di^pbH« earlkr pmriliEi I Empbaibf <bE ^oid 'yat-
awni briDiiiE ikii 4GiK?pl li inHuinL ehh imdEi iinHling "ba*^ it condiici our □cUvi-
liEi Hi III? CPSC tVE As nai nG^ bun, and Ininkly, deitt hnvr hud Ih? icwiin?^
IG Fully iBi'G-inaii: nnil CMimiiii: cvim> hhde hhT lb? hundiEd^ oF ikDUUHli DTDnniiil
piodui mcKLcni-. gE^KeIi ^v- bLTiimc □nun:.
Inilmil. Ibc ay^asiy kuki ll'i ihbiI-. Gr pniiciBi nmoag pmdui incKl^D^^ o qdiki-
pDiE dhI [?'pDnd IG ^BfiDiiig knr^idi Tg do GikEr^i^E n^iikl ill'pEi k nm rmilc
lEiDiniii^i IB □ ikDuiDHl iliii'EliDD 1 □! DDCE, dismal I [ally [eliriiij; ttii gi^mqII eULt-
liLTkEii fat Ibf Am^ncaD public.
Inlfgrnl l£i 4Hir kI? Diifn^liDn □ad icipoaK lo pndirl mcKlen i pnlKiBi li ikE inl-
IecUib □■d □■nlyiM gF piadiici lacidEnl iDbmi^liDn and d^Ui. Tde CE'?C li □ d^m-
drim iip:D[> Tg □dsgiEiKly imd^nUind □ pi[dii[4 bsi^rl Diid i\\ea lo ici^ghI Ig
il »illiiD ibE bimndi GEniii i^mmbid^ -.UiiiiIo^, ivl^ buiI buvo DHid ui FniB^lxhn
Out oFlbo pniDuiy ►Hhli ivl^ ii^^ <n ciilkfi ibi^ int^im^lu'n i-. 'lur ivilEly □i(laim?d
□□d iililnL'd >, Ji»ii£l mLriiniDi: lDjiir> EJunr'ilbiiKO ^,ilciii, Gr Nlil^Ci lyilGm Tbi^
lyiKB ■onilGn lUU boipimL CB^iRCHy rumi n^lionvilE and iDplmEi □ny pmd-
irl-iclnloL uijiinci Ib^l mdljKLiiili ieggi'I Ficon didic Ih^n SDIJOlU luck icfGir^
iciKivEd □nnmlLy, or: dEiT.4]p ^UiililiciiL ciiimnl?^ dT piodu c-irlDH'd ibJiidci. Ill i^
impDiUiBl IG imdonUind Ikni ibEiE □■? p icducl-icl^iEd , bill dgI im?^^rily pmdu:-
caii^^d iBjiinci^
CP9^ □Im colLali injiiiy dnCi Eidid □ DimibEr uf olbf r wiiitei. incliiling iknHigb
company and (oh'iiidet icpnn' lo 4Hir nvbu^E, »'»^(pn4^v- □nd \\a Din CDniiimiH'
boilinE, diiiIkdI ^'iibixt and CHitGkEr lEpGrli, [nuDKDiiD^ mcdiu 'iiKkii, uhI
IbiDLfib vanillic I'lb^r ehedb^ ^I □■ufiirliiici t hhI iruiilEri mc □l^ nzqiiurd ky Fcd-
^[□l !□» IG [?porl at ibE CF9C vkED Ibcy biriGBE □'V3ic oFdcIni^ in ikEir pnidui^
Ibsl (oiild i^iiiE Gr Ib^l h^ir (□uisd Idjiii^ ^□ny of ikEiE icmht^ oie eia[iil[i?d
□nd inmU^icd ky agency lUill 4 iilm inD<iB|r ib la-lcplb inmu^uiB^." wkKh □■?
in Imn ulilufd lo mpport ir^bi<Dr>, (ompLuiEK? Iiccnllj □nd^Gi pukbi rdiKn^KiB eF
Pbili
CGllerlivr Ly Ibii inlbiB^Imn pi[<vidEi ikc bmir dnin ntrEiiuiy b 'be\f guHE U4ir
■randnidi, CGBpli^BCE. EiEid public inbrBnmB and cdiiculion miviii?!
Slaadardm Ael<\^<I\iw
Wlik iqaid o nz^biEHiiy luiiiio], i< m\iil bE fir-.i uodriKKid Ibsl la <kE ITalloi
Satai. Ihf IE II □ »d>''-ctbli 'liL'd iyil?B gE niluaiiiiy — l<i ivbal wn: pidsr m call
ccoiicniiii — pi[duc< -.aFEly -.luodjidi Uodec Ibo ,pi»±incc nT ■c'pEi'lfd gioiipi like
IbG .^m^nisn N^lmiiEil ^iuhLiiiIi Inililiil?. A!fE?l laiEiBainaul, and UndEi^nHM^
LaboiuHHt?'., ^bo idrh lo bnn^ all iCil.EbGldEn. lodiidinff igd^iieuei'^ □nd 4gb-
lum^r DdjctaKi, iniG lb? pi«?^i limally ikouiaadi uT iirb lumdnrli ka\v been
»rill?a and □■? <DDiin lumly kcina irjiie] CE'?C iIdITgvei ibe Iml /ear p^iri'i-
pnUd ia □ubeicoii coaKDiui lUioaudi □cUviIk^ ioduding Ibow coimng ■□^ei^
ID (oyi
ThfiE Eiiili □ lining p[rlcii:ncE in ouc iUkuIc- Sur doKicni'i^ lo Mick 4GDi?a^ii^
lUiDdacdi oiTT <bE pnuD ulRalu'n 'lE [niind.iio[y < 1^ -diiiEU'd icjiulalioDk, »b?D n
coDuniui iinHbid □dcguahly jddn.-?-. Ibi: pniduc* .aFoly mk al iiiim: kt a
UD3II a^|EDC>, lb II con1cn1lI^ -candcl^]^ piKEii □lloivi Ibo CF^iC lo l^vdu^ ill ic-
louirci hhI KbiEU niiKb ^imket niKb <n □licii lb? lapEly oE [□□■> moic piodui^
iind?c Gur Jimvln IKID Ih^n ^[oild olb^civiie k? po'^ibk mlb our limiloi itkiiiicei
Hg^civt, id □ny tme ivb?!? □ idhiDun} lUmdnrl HiiI^ ihh iidf(|iiD(El> □ddmi □
piodui knraid or ^brc? ikEir ii □ lofk ai lub^uiDiDl iGBplinH? »ilb dd Ddrqinlr
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lUmdnnl , ibe Cumminitm may puiBiilmilf mniidalEiiy piEdii'l H]t4y [?giilalLEin i
!■ brl, •/-■e (Liin'Bll> Ii3n imaL^r^Dy 1^ iIIFIei«]I mlcm^ikiiigi, mDic Ih^m □! any
iLiber iLinc in dui n^iick i biilGiy.
Ai I niEiiliDne] ^nilKr, lb? ORkiic, L^ biMB|j 4liall?ii;r°' ^y " ^ii^ ''f ■mpciri'd
piodui^ Tcdny, ditt ball hhT our n^nlkd •■«LlkIi ^ri? iDDiiiilb: luird ■□ Chian
□kikc Thi^ giEi^n^ nmnkr nl unpiiinil pii^L>:li, iikIiiiIiii^ Ibn'/i IHdI do mm mEEl
lElemnI BUHliiLGiy □>il I'aluDciirv ^lUBiLLid. hni iliiiLn<^ CP!f ^ HMDUirci hhI
chnrEnpd ui h> mhI ne^ vnyi Lg 'njrii ii^ i.*iui? Ib/i talcty hhT piodui^ ib Ib/i
Imparlt
Tq DldiiMi ibe Liiiiei •irirDKil by ibgdiUiI •ndiirli, Ihr CPSC kni i]EBiHial«d
ineBoiiiHbi oE iindEi lUiHing »ilb □ biiidIiei DTbicLpB igiibUki Thf'v ^iRic^Bcnli
gEiiEiiiIlk (□■[ bi clue I'm] 111! u I KID on picdul wt'iy liiiiei ^dlilHhUDlLy Inil
nioalh, I ^rai Ig Chiui nlfing ^ik □ leoni fniB ikE CE^C <d diHuii »ilh £■■□?>?
gIIkiiiLi lb? BEEd IG ImpiciVE lb? uFf ly gF cdii iiini?r pndiicli iBporUd Iiiib Ibnl
CDIITI Ity.
Vfc pinfGHzd ID Ibc ChiHMC □ ninnkcr oE ^kumoei <!]□< Ib?> iiil^l uiuItCiI.e,
bolli ii]ili^«i]ilei]lly Dnd ■□ ((cpGmuoa »illi Gur ngEiKy. lo □ddmi pndiKl mlely
ii^DH In bur key pndiirl □n'm iw>i, ?b(liii^ pndiirli, liiE^[<it:^. niid l^rhHri
l< li my kopc thai. lh?K diKULUom »ilL trod Id Cmqiblr ^nd id oi mi able i^'uLli
W? baiv dl v> Hhn||iBb«d lb? 'soiid IJ5-Siikj Piiidiici Siil?i> Suiiibk, Ig be held ikii
SGBicBber in L\ □ikin^tlon ihiigdiidlh: iki- iBpL<iuiB< •/-aik
□ ii< Ihe-? uic b> iiG ■(□□1 Ihe 'laly ihiii|j- ikni »e ^ic doiajr I'l oddicii imfGired
piDdu i-iElnied dfely piDblcBi PnrflBDii]|j ike igdUdudui and lumfn'iiDi Incimi?
m ike BiiBber gE impiiiTcd CDnMimer pndii:l- enl?ni]|{ lb? AmenriiD ni^i telplnre,
lb? CPPC eimbli^kL'd ike OITko i'F I n Urnsliii^Dl Pmirrjiii^ ^md I n l?iBDL?rn meiiUil
AlEiir^ IG piGMde a (ompicb^B.m and ((■iidiBiiid olllin lo ?b^iii? Rieiilor rnf-iiT
KHODplDiii'e ivilh n.Tu^nnL'd ^■eiiiDi] luFL^Ly iiiiiidDidi
AddiUuaiiLI>, ■« iiBdeiTali? bolli iDulme niid Cu^hd iiiiivilbiiii'e and miiipliiiij
af picfIitIi Hi U5 pul^l of ?niiy, ^cnkia^ ■□ conjuiu Iidd ivilb Ih? Bihehii gE Cui-
iGBi Dad Bolder Fiolaii^D Tke CPSC ii delenninnL m iTial.e 4?rUiiB Ibal inifGrEi
iTieel ike mm? hgh olcly lUiBdiiidL IIidI pndiirli ma Diitic lined ib Aniencn m\iil
ni?el
CiTnijirriiiirE
Wkelli?E ■□■iifiiFliiied domcilKiilly or rn^GiTi'd Tigb nvrrieD^. gh? □ i'Diiiiini?r
pmdui II buHl Lg be iii]icii-(iBubl> imriiiilniii. Ihe CPSCl primniy □iraiie <e ic-
moir i< liom ibe lUtam hiI roni Beiii? ii ibimigb n pnxLirl itidII
In limnl yrai KlUS. Ih? CF9^ ^mnouruel -It4 lEcnll^ gI d?l?i'liiT picdifli, te^
lEienLmp ii/r IVU milLnhi] mdlvxLiiiil prxLiKli Tbii wu- 3n jill-Lini'' iti'iid number
oE miiir^ Hit Ih? CY^iC amd de■o□-Ln]lo^ Gur Boie t'lUcioni ibBil I'ltimi' uio HhT
□inilnble ^:^lll^?^ L^lny Lhsn ii< iiny pouil \m HKir hi^loi'v LiiIduir oElineno"^
gninEd Ibiou^ n number HhT infirm alion iLfknology, ai ■t:IL m a numkcr gI -.inlfi-
naa\ mmm^meiil and diudhcj Lionel idorm^ nr inily hie doing moie ivilb l?ii
Vnklle ibe a^nny kni ihc □iiiboiii> Ig lEquuc □ ■□■dnlGiy pndiKl iecdIL dia?
IG Ibe lenqiby and i'oill> naluiE of ike lUilulGnlyJiiEcUd le^l pncitdiBRi Ibnl
■V mii'i iin it'iUike ■□ older lo iiiiir luk □ [Emr, <be ■ailli> ii ibii< ike gvei-
»kelniiB|| miji:ni> oE ike ii'calli »e gvei lee Die idluDiaiy nn lb? pnil gE ike iethII-
ing EIrm Voliiiil.ir> iitjII- pimide Ih? qiiiib?'i and mG'i elbliir^ •/-a</ oE gHling
piului. Hhll ^ii'ie ^hoLl'?-. and hkiI 'iEi'in-.umei-. kjnd^ '. iimplLinci' •\i\Sl ni^fiual?^
lb? dentil- oFiMHb lecall ^iik <be iiikjLT* fiim, s!'c\ -.igniliisii i onhjingeil inroTBD-
lion belDTen ibe rirm and ikeCFSC.
T[dii>, ^|<B[oiimiiiel> bnlF oFonr ieidILi Uih: adinnmge of gut innnvuiin "Fail
Tmrl:' [b:d|1 pinffnim Uader Ihii punniiB ike 'ub^i liiTn □^|lce^ m ibiidI? □ ic-
miLl or olher roiiriiin niua ^iibia il) duyi nlier keing iGDUKled by <be CP?C,
pneinllk In eKhnniR' Hit LkI. 'iI u HitbdI findia|r ky Lbe Dihniy Lbjl u mb^iaaikil
pmdui icoDid osi-L- Tbi. pii^jnim bn. biT-a o'iiem?ly -li:ci^^iIuI hi |Kiiin^ iiniiit
pmdui^ olT lb? muilj.^ ■□ □ bi:ier liae fmm? Ihnl dimply ikhiLL h>I otbeiiviiE ke
poiiible IFiEKirEing <o lili)^lion ivie lb? OGrm.
PtsbSit li'tOrmali'n and Edtieal\iwi
CPSC i lb lid impoiUinl miiiKia li Ig inlbim and cdu^l? ike pubLn ^boul pmdiHi
bmnidi EetuLI^ and Gibei rnfGiuinl utiy lalnrmniKia mc diiKminnUd uiimigb
□IL lih^■^ oF ■«Lia m »□!■ ibe public gI kpmfic pndnrl bicuidi aod □dM-«' 4Gn-
iiim?r- on mGi? pcBeraL priFlirl uk liinei ^riia> oFniir ukiy mimpaigni □■? di-
lEcted lowaid (hiUiEn
Foi EEample, Id^I yr^i ibr CP?C inndncied Bukbi ouiicarb camHiDni dd ball
m vbml Hivly nnd on ike bnzaid^ of inEUiiabl: fooli Th? ^ClLtl S^ile S^maiag
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CoiDpii^ tdf □liili'il lailninblc mkJ^ ai am nncwtnnit hnznnl Tkii frari 5tiie Swim-
ni rig Cnni pmgn liitiiv-. ia ibe aci. •bat j iliii^niTii^ dEDili ii □ iilml dcnik ikm diy^i
TiDi iiiiially iBMiLi« II chilli Ihimbing in LI14: ^iiici 11 4iilliii|j bi hflp. Tbli cnmpai^
^mpbniizci IIidI iiiii1iI|i1c bani?n □ml comUiBl mpciviiKiB hie irquiiral »h?D ibil-
dicii ait noil rntoii In 24IO& ikE CFSC nl w coailuH'd an iBbrmiiiKiB and Ediirnii^D
KimipiiigD on Inr daagETL dE UIcviikib diiiI Einniliiic ilpoim Id miK n'KiiEiieii if
Ibii riik
AddiUHiill>, ikc a/^niy mninOiiB^ <hnM: 'l/'kM<c^ Ihnl Riiv [gb^iibei 1 niid oiken
□Kf 11 IG nil miiDim if picduci iakrif infinn ji»d TKu-^] ulci mc »iv^ 4 p iC4fiv ,
wib'iu«illi4mv. Hud our nmTMl 'h'buiE, iv^ivii<h int'iLip^v, 'vbrh 1- purl if a v^ii
iWrnifrBal iBihfiiiiiinD and oliKDlHhii [nmpnigD bii^ uur^uy \i .tdviK (on umir-.
DHHiL D BimibiM dF ATV -.nlcLy ii^\iei Viiili Lg ^ 1^ ^ ovb-iio- b-iiv ijhivb rtpidlv
DJET ike pnil Iciv ^vnn Iidiii ^DUiHIU m l^yT Lg gvci 'JJJ BirnB Id^< >^r.
In an oilbi'l Id omniiiBKDU ivilb hnid Ig lEnb populnii^ni ike CFSZ^ miiiaLGd
IbG Xc^turliHHid iltilbiL NGiidrl. IMSMI 'vbrh 11 □ j^ii-.si[4ii 'hiIummK pn^ism
Ibal pll)vtlc^ Limply lilLiiMnir mbrniiimB Id 5JIIIAI oiRnnuiKKiBi and itiiIi\'kIiij1^
vko m iiim ihniE dui utiv BoiniirE »ilb banl-in-miRkl iGniumer^. AmHhiiri ih<ke
gmupi □■? ^2i fnan llllnGii, iiicli»]ia|j \iwr depnnBenli diikl cait nenlGn, diiiI t\im-
i[i Imm □iGiiBil Ihe imii: Tho: ulCly mei^opi □■? DFlen diiETud iG^Did ibil-
iliciil miely. lub m Ihr pDil?r Ibnl ^e pndiKn dbiI diiliibiil«] IbiDugh Ih? N5N
■nin lag dF in-liGme iliQ^iiiag huzanli.
CPSI^ 1 Duiioirh eHbrli ihIiiiIc mnkiiig imr ^alcLy latximiiKin nvnilable la Spno-
11k, amii in &ni. CFSC moialnini Spniiiib lnaguig? Imki Dn our iiT:biilf tV'e □■?
□Im a: III? la u^iag up Hiipnat: ^hiip^ Id niir Neigh bDrkotd ^Ibly Mel^Dit nod
icDibing GUI IhiDi^k Spmii^b lan^pm^ Bolia oulleli iifh ai TrlcmuHl] nod
L'iiiM'»n
In 'iW)6 ikE iiiTEOcy e'nifili'd i<i fly^ oa iDpm ii:laied <d pndiKli ikal pici^ni
iihiUicii'' knriiid' ky ^ocraling ^7 iig?Hy □•pniiin(?k Ga If leviimii □miiail lh<
nDunliy. TGpic^ innlintd ATV latik, p<«l □in^ii mgi, EumiluiE nod letvi^ion
lipDV?n una helmei olely. Alu la 'iXKi »? puividn □ImDil •m million vtziy
□i?n- tiE< -.kiM:li nod Gibci publKDOoai iknHigb our Wrb ilie Tbe ^Enler-iknn-
^ipirihil uici^jK la bill Dn CFSC'i Ll'cb p ublrnlkia^ ieFI?4i^ IbG mcicaied •in: Gf
Ibe Inicracl iinnc gut Dirtnll tVEb hili innitawl fiDin 1^ 7 ■ilbmi m ^DUG lu ^tiS
mTliDn la 'JJjlM
Thi^ mcicaw imilcrriDm Ihe crilical im pDrCiiii'E of CP?C i labrmniKin Tcck-
nDli:g> InEiniiiu: liu? nod i>ilenii. In ndilliKin Id dui dnln lyiicBi, lub ai Ihe
MBlS ^yilf m ikm I d?v:i]bed enrlier CF9^ 1 IT •ad\i Dlki^ 11 1 10 ei lead gut publin
ouiiairh »eI1 bi^^iiail ^hcic ll nDuld n un, 11 ev^a m lillle ni Iije >eiii'^ °iP- "-^
IbG nuBben nad <yp?^ amii ^/lawuci di iGniuBci pnxlirli [oaliaue Id gm^ m n lime
if limilel icmmci Eir 4he t/ttcwai guvcmmcal, miiia4enDii[e oiid maderabnliDii of
CPSC'l rr lalnmruiui? 11 bdii: impmrani iknn ejEi
Magiiln Tl>yn
Thi^ Tnofnin^i heDrmg mr^ndn hIki mclidf 1 Ihe ^ukjeel Gf loya nan On a I ng imnll
mngkeli, n picducl hnzani IHdI ike CFSC 1^ iig^[EiiiJEl> ^Diving Ig nddm^ In
Eh I iGiby ai CFSC hmdgiEiilei 1 la Mniykind, IhE ngeHy m nonduiuni; n long-
phmoGd iDmpirbea ilvE bniB lo GiplniE iiml dcvclDp iiciv iinilfgK^ lu mliKf mag-
nriir (Dy mpalna biuDidi
EiCilki^iaR ^ei'ioni na behnviDial bcinhn mcilcnl dam, mugiiel leibkokiiry hhI
medirnl i^-lk'i aKcndeci ivill be upduled on jDluaUiiy iinHbid^ ^Dit iind inler-
nDlnHiiil L^IBuKi TbG biiim ^l] Ibca addi?^^ dcMgii nod HKhnical I'luoi thr mag-
nrik iDy^ und dliriiii ^iralegm 10 indED^e ainirnGii oFlhii karmd in Ihe medKnl
KDm mioiKy amii ike publK in geneinl
I Dm pleaded id lalk □loiil Ibii imporUml iiib}?4i ivilh ihe CoamillGe Ibii mnm-
mg ^Ibin IbG (onilmini^ ikai w/c hnvr pn'viaiiily dliem^ed ikal mc iwiiiml by
5e4 liDU 61 b I dF Ibc Con Lumer Fnxlirl Safri> Adni ~eI] m ihf tul ibal Ihe CFSC
rimcnily hat niilje, ifim amii ongoing inLe^ilgiiiKin^ hhT iHidenIi ^ilh lEgaid Id
Tnngkelic myi I ivill note, bG»EiT:r. Ihnl IbG n^nny hoi nlicoly InilBilEd ieltidI
mafor [echIIl gE loyi iDniamiag unull mugiieli
HllUllntKZal'G'l
E''iaall>, F^r Cbsirman ] ■ihiild III? Id miic IhG nine oF muihoiiriiliDn oE IbG
CFSC and 11^ RDLemmg iCiluH'^ puriK ulnily Ihe Coniumer Pmdui Sulely Ad
rCPSA ». A 1 >cii tmorv IbG hiil ume iheCPSA -/-at updaiiil b> Cg^^eii wai lylU
Wbile I icalire ikai /•yu ibair our icl?VDal appiDpnnUia^ luboBin llice, amii ikal
Ibe ?«nalG Commene Commliiec bui miiml jun idirlmii over om gDirmmg ^(ai-
ule^ ] Iboughi ll ^Duld ke belpful 10 hphllahl Ig >dii umi: oF Ihf nimi ivkt:h I
h^EiiE TiDimiil iKlenii^n by Congm^ geneinlly
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ALlbGu^h ibe Corn miiiiro]' i ^Uiiuidi} ^ulbGrily li kuciuLI^ luDkici]! Ig deal ivLLb
lb? VDK nrnjufily uT ta&iy pmfclcnii ^ilbia dui jundicoua, I fc^Lici? ll li m Ih?
bEil iBtEiEili dTiid^libei 1 <D lnhk <D pDi iiblu ■(dcincalLcn oE Ibf'H' imluUi Id
lb? bug rtiB, ?niLii]Bp Ibal lbcCF9^ (ildiIdli?^ h> iDDiaUiLn ntqisile iCiIlioj^ hhI
lEiDLHiK UuLi nDl gd|i^ »i]L li?Lp DJilnM^ ciiuB^ piului ^nlEly iiukzi tui nl w vill
f Dsbl? Hi Id (oniriLir <d ^mlf ipnU □ad uiiiIei iUihI tnteiging pndLfl oilsly hnz-
□idi
A lliDu^lFul mudiDiir^liDn (oubl ilicnqOiEn <}ie inRZHy^ nbilily Id dEal ^Ib
UMnc gE III? iDGii mmg CDniimi^r pndij:! mki, piobh.'Bi and cmGiRin^ boinrli
For EiDinpIc, I bslkvE ikni ?«:liDn QftJ of ibE CE'SA i?rm □ mcTiil purpoK In cm-
CDUin^Bp lir^^ i'> i^p^n uabinniblr mbiBiKKiB Id Ih? CGBniLiiKiB ty in-lLlluiij
Iniil dm* Mrh mrrTBDlma viU iidI k? imbiLily Gr p lEin nluiELy dlirkivd ttoai'^'cr,
lb? !i1h-dD> iiHHH? iu]iiiii:m?B< ihh f|lvc ilrai iIfe Gp pDilun Lly Ig h^iuie ib? KCHmry
dE lb? in Ibim^liroi lo bE iclcnio] Ig ibE public mohl bE ibDiUnol in HTH^IIiDn
□f tlir IB iiDBumcDui uiiiii? GEiDGdrni cdid muiiH^lirai i
1 TiDubl alio iHfgnl ibnl Cnnijirii dib^iJei nmcndliig Serlnni 1^ DflbE CDniiini?r
PndiKl SdI''i> All <D mab? li imla^iJ 6ii □n^iwE bnG^iagly lo wll n pndirl ikni
hat kcm rKDilcd Tkli lyu olpiDviuon km bEcn nliif icd kri? in ILIIiigIi hhI gii'i^
□I IbE [J^liDnDl H:^»iiy ImHK SDti> ^dmialilinlKiB. br EuimplE, hhI idull k"
□ iheTuI IccI Inr IbE CDniBMiLOD lo bnvr in Ibn^c miE ibiIdh?^ m ^bKh iiKb ^11-
Ful ml?' GEiccnlk'd pmduii hcut
We □■? dliFuiiliig mlcniDlLy »h?ikEr nllilimiiil □ulboailici dh: neelfd lo dEDl
^Ib impDcli amii w/c lonk (ir^iiid Id dmuiiiii? Ihn iiik)e[i »ilb dui iiiiikDrii?ci
Ydu ikoiild nLiD b< n^ui? Ibni gut nulbDiiiiTi diDcr undEi Ibc vuddui dcIi ■« nd-
mriLilEi , iDmeuBEi IcodiBR Ig ddlEting mulli HniBDn ijhikib ki»?ED ikE mrbui
ilDliil?^ ihDubl al w k? CDnuitie]
^c Cbnrm^i], lb? ouliCmdrnj; ^Dik af IbE CP5C mrr lb? yam bai EDni?d lb?
a^wiy lb? iiMpcci and iiTHicnilu'n ibm il deiewvct — Innn ib? la^laicd ikdu'in?!,
liDiD aiii-K^icy fiiDup-. amd Iwnm ikf rl^eihI publi] — Ig iH(Gnipliili ill miMhia cITec-
liirly hhI drir>?Bil> Cuaiimiec mlciv ii ii?v?c □ CDinplclfd mil. bill hKdv^ nn gb-
gmng pintcii of icKnirb, iumdnidi dfVElopBEni eD&i[C4MD?Dl amii piikbi ?dii-
cniKiD. TkE CFSC iIdIE ii iDbaUd, hmduukTiJ □nd □kmliil?ly 4GiiiiDill?d ihh vbnl
lb?> do, hhI I am pl^aiEd niid piDud lo iewvc Ib? AiD?n[iin pcDpIc ^ilb ib?m.
TliDBk >Dii n^iB Ibr yDui ■□i«?ii ■□ ikE ^dcI. dF Ihe Cdbiiuiiei Finduci 3alily
CDniBMiiDD I LfiI: Ibiiraid Ig □n inrniig joiit qiEiliDn i
MACMinX I 'lie
ScnaEor Dl.lllil^ Thank >du, vcrj much, MBdam Chair, and Ice
TTic ]UBt make biuc [ undcialand ioi the temrd [he tiniclinc on
Ha^ncnx between [he fu&l nodFiration [q the ConBunier FrcdiicC
Safety CommiaBion of die po[ential daiijet, the coniitniation of die
injiuy DC dradi and die ac[ual recall ol [he product, can jou give
me the dates on each of thcae, pleaBe'^
Ua Ni>iiD. Uc Chainnan, aa I have diacuaaed with yau and also
with Chaicman Rmh, i^c are [onElrai ned b> bouli oui Elatii[e and
the lact that iic have an ongoinE inveflagation from Betting into
specifiia af this par[ii7iilar incident I can [ell joil the dates of the
lecall, but, as you aie aware, we have hodi &latuto[y and proGecii-
toEial res[iamla on wha[ we can diBciiES m an apen teEsion I WDuld
be moie than happy [o Bicdown with bath of you and talk with you
abauCthia in clnaoi session
Se[ia[ar Di'hpi>. I understand pending litigadon in a couiUnom
Fid b lawyer, but diiee three da[es that I'm Iccking foi appear to
hcmaOcrs of public recocd
The first time that the ConBumet Frnduct Safely Commi&sion
was no[ired that there was a pmblem of any kind widi magnets
^Img out of diese products and being ingested was when?
Ma Ndhd. Sit, there is no public record exception to section &b)
of die Consumet Pioduct Safely Act That is a alatu[e that la veiy
cl^ir on what I can aay publicly Again, I would be moic than
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happy Co SI E down and tslb widi both of yan m clcsol BfBBiim sI>duE
nil IE pBTniculBT EituaniDri
Sctiaoir Dl'lhl^ Okay. Far the rccotd an incident icpott — when
Ma^ncUK fimt came out as a prnduct ii'as in April 2004 Fo\ the
I'ozDrd, and I think wc can conlicm th^a, at least in May 20(J5 one
vicdm Eii'allak^ed these magnets linm this prcduccand going in fur
Butgcij That'& May 5005. December yUOa Kenneth Sii«c died; ?0-
month-old child died ingcEUnE these maEneia Now, we'iT ^anc
from Apiil 2005 to December 2005 to thcdeadi of [his child When
waB the first recall oi iJiu product ioaued bj the Consumei Picduct
Safely Comni iBsian'^
Mb. Noin Thctccall .^aE Match 51,2006
ScDHlor Dl'hpi>. 20<Jb Sd id t^as baEicall> 2 years from the Hist
Hot Line inciden C i epoi ted beloce the [ei:all,and it appeacE nahave
been same 5 or fa months frnm the death ol a child bcTote [he first
i'ei:all was issued
Ms NoHD. Mr Chaitman, I am not going la sit here and violate
the BlatuCc, eb —
SenaHor Di iilin Fm nat aBking you Eo.
Ms Noii> What I would Euggcat to joir is if we cauld Epeak in
general terms here
SenaOir Duhbik I don't diink diere's anything general about a
child dying, and yau know the date he died I am H/ing to Figure
out how long iC [oak from the date of the death oi this child Co the
i'ei:all of the ptcducC That is a mattei of public record, thcae two
^IB 1 am not disclcaing anj Bccret conFidcnnal infarmacion, nor
aaking jou to Do joii dispute choGC cwadatea^
Ms Noin TKcce^all .^aE Match 51,2006
Senator D^■HBE^■. Gocd And you will concede [he date of deadi
□f Kduienh Sii'ccD IB not at lEEue hece
Ms. No 11^ I havenoEcaBon to think nhaCit is.
Senator Dupuih So my quesdon la jou is whj would it lake that
long from [he death of a child ingesting these magnets unnl the re-
call is Bene out on the pioducl^
CPSC RtCfli. AUrECOIITV
Ms NoHn Sii, lie do not, as you well know, hai'c the authority
to unilateially issue acecall
In Older to do that, the auchois of the slatute did not give ub the
authority to jus C say 'TTiis prcducC will be recalled" Thej had due
piocess in mind presumably Thej have a hcaiing process that you
have to go i:hrough,so that lakes a great deal of time.
In order to piotect consumers, in order to try la get prcduct out
of the hands ol conBumers and off Btoie shelves as quickly as we
can, we do things voluncanLj We Oy to negotiate v ol unlarj recalls
That IS a much quicker way oi picceeding than if we were to go
through thcpiccess that is spelled out in oui Blatute
Senator Di^ihiN What is the notmal timeline for an unccopera-
□ve Firm? If you believe there's a dangerous ptcduct the Consumer
Pioduct Safety CommisBion has been given nodcc of serious injui y
or death iiom a pioduct and the firm reiuses to ccaperate, what is
the usual and customary due prcceas timeline that leads to recall
undei those cii cumslancea?
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Ma NoiD The Daisy caac would be the beat one far joii to Icok
at In ihac inalancc wc Blarccd — ot ic'a my undciBEHndiri e tJiac die
CommiaaiDri slatlai the pinccedins in yOOL We actded it in 2004
widiout a I eial]
Scualor Di'iiliu So in diat case ^ >eara
Mb. Noii> rtiaD'a right, eii
SenaHor Duiilin Of Bo-fsllcd due pccceEE
Ma Noii> TtiaD'a right.Bii
SenaOir DfHPcr. Phat's ccElainly ju&tice delated by anj perepei:-
Uve fiom childien oi in this csae Ecttmsaick anddjing
Ma Ni>iiD. And bb I indicated, m diat inalance, there waa no re-
call
SenaHor DuBPir In the case of Magnelux tc^B.did this fiim, iJiia
ChineBe manulactutins — I think later the companj i^aa acquired
by anodiei company, two companies involved in the picduction of
this lay Were cney coopeiadi'e with the Consunier Frcducc Safcty
Commiaaion in die recall?
Ma No HO Sii, we hai'e an open m vcatigation ongoing here. We
may lake legal acdon Again, I would welcome [he chance U> biC
down i^ith both of jou ^entlenien prii'atelj and go nhrough all thia
Senanor Di'Pni'j 1 understand that jou have a pending caae, and
there arc thing& diat you can't saj, and J don't want to put jou on
the Bpot an) moi c [han \a ncce&aarj to make a record that makea
Bcnae Id die average pei&on
We are dealing in our next panel with some people who have had
pcrHonal tra^edicB becauae ol thia laaue, ao il Tm probing you for
aa much mfoimaUon aE pcesible, it's becauae the) want to know
and we wanC to know I iJiink the public haa a ri^ht to know abouC
what IB going on here
Mb Noid I agree, air.
IMI'OirBD PIDDL'C'rg
Senator Dlipuin Well, lei me get down to anochei baaic here. I
wane no make Bure that dieae facta are clear in iJie rccoid. Two-
thirda of all the producla [lial)ou investigate are imporlH, cancel?
Ma Noii> Two-thirda of our rccalla aieoi iorcign prcducla
Senator Duibin And Dwo-nhiid? of these imporun] prcduclB are
frDm China
Ma Noii> Thac'a correct
Senator Dubbin There waE a Buggeanion made eailier oi aCleaaC
a queanon raiaed earlier aa to whethci the CPSC haa the capacilj
to teat picducm coming into [he UniEed SlaEea. From your EeaHi-
mony, 400 employees, 3&J million biid;e[. It would aeem m me to
he biyond )ou to teat every product that comea inm [his countij
Ma Noii^ We don't ceac ever) prcducc, no
Senator Di'iili> So the next queadon ib aic there oi^aniaadona
thac [eat produclB? Undeiwritcra LaboraConea, well-known m thia
legion of [he counny, that teat producta aa to their safely? Are
there aimilai organizalnonB when it comea la something aa l^ic aa
a tc^, m temadonally recognised oi^aniiadona foi the aafcty of a
pioduct like a tcj^
Ma Noii> Yea, air, I believe [heic aie, but, you know, you're
going □> hai'e a repreaentaUve from the To) InduaO^ ABBOciadon,
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Bntf [hat ii'Duli] be a gixxf qufadcui Ib put to hiin, buC liierr ccr-
Isinly arc testing lalnraEonrs that Irat tc^ b , of course
Scnaoir Di-hp[>. Ib it fair m aay that ihc CanBurncr Ptcduct
Safety ConimiaEiDn doea noC invfadgaUr a picduct until nhc Com-
jTuaaLDri rcccivca notice of a piablcni, an injury ot
Ma No 11^ No
SeuaHor DurniN Imntinuin^l Canccin^
Ma Notn No Wc ha^c a whale alaff of people wTiolcoft at dieae
laaucfl Thej icspaiid to incidcrit icpoila ceilairilj, but iic also on
our own imdativc go out and do in veati ^tiona and aequice piod-
uelH [Q teat, of course .
SenaOir Dupuin So you will initiate the [nitad ganari even if you
don't have
Ma Noii> Oh , yes , of couiBC
SenaOir Di'ihiH Icontinuinsl The icpoit'
Ma No 11^ AbsoluEely
Senator Di'heii>. On whac baBia do jou inahe [hat investigation?
Mb. Noii> On a number of difietcnC bases. Fitat of all, iic, the
agcnc), haa Cbinni laa lan-ap proved prioiitiea, and [hc&c prioiitiea
direct where we spend our reaourcea, buC ii'ithin these prianty
areas wc will go nut, and we will investigate pinduclB Id aec if we
find viola[iDna of ci[hcr mandaloi') alsndaids ai laaueE that indi-
cate to ua thcicneedB [obca recall or regulatory acdon
We alao have BDme[hing that we [nformally icfer to aa a pin-
gram, and at the beginning of each year the mmphancc folliB will
pu[ [o^ethci a plan that thev bring ta the Commission which we
approve [hat will have a whole series of acdviCiea Dn go out and m-
vesQ ga[e those kin da cirprcducla
B/if on LEAD
Scna[or Di^rniN You aaid that you wciejusC a few weeks aii-ay
from or cicae to propcamg a ban on lead m toya^
Ma Noii^ No I aaid that we have proposed a ban of lead in chil-
dren 'a jciiclry
Sena[or Diiihin Jewelrj
Ma NoBD. It'a now an ongoing rulemaking, but the proposal out
chil "
there la to viituallj ban lead in children's jcwelrj ,> r
Sena[or Di.iibi« Is [here a reaaon why >ou haven't aoughc a
Bimilar ban for lead in children's pjys?
Ma No in Right now iJiere is a ban on lead paint on childicn^
tcys
Sena[or DuiBin. And so this recall ol Thomas the Tram prcducC
waa It laaued voluntarily?
Ma Noii> Ves^iDwas.
Sena[or DfHEii>. So the agreement by the company, rfie Chinese
companj [hat made thia toy to recall the product.
Ma No 11^ Ves.
Sena[or Dlfilin la that correc[?
Ma Noii> Ves.
Sena[or DupniN Can you tell me how Long that tcok from )oiir
fiia [ nonficadon that this toy had lead paint on it undl the recall^
FIFCTia^ VHh
Ma Noii> It <\3a niHs parHiiTiilarl) lon^ pciicd of nmc, but I aia
BdvLEfd that I'm ^oing la cun inla bibl a^in if I ^ inEo dclsila
here.
ScnaHor Dubbin S[h). Why don't )qu explain that bo anybod)
whoifl ii'OJidcrLng u'hcdici >ou'rc avoLding [hcqucBdon
Ma Nimn. Section 6(bJ of thcU S Conaumci Frcducl: SafcCj Act
i^uiECE that beloic t^c dJEclnGC na nhc public infDrmadon tliaC
bringE ouC a man ulaclurcr'a name and pinduct, wc lake all mcana
nccrsaarv m aaaucc it'a accuialc and lair and that wc give die com-
pany atlcaat 3l? da)a U> loak at die propcoed diaclceuic and came
back to na canccrnin^ iJie accuracj and die bimcaa of die dJEcla-
Buie
SenaHor Duinin. 3a Tm noC ^ing to dwell an diiB odiei than to
Baj aa a lawyer Tm noublcd by ii'hat jou juat aaid Hrre we ha^e
a tcj with lead painc on it coming in Itoni China diat la a dan^r
to children which haE been ii'idely cecognired foi decades, a ccrni-
panj which acknowledgcE thac the lead paint \a a danger and a
companj that vol un Ian Ty [ecalla their picduct from [he market bc-
cauEC oi [hiB dan^ec
And yan aaj it nia> prejudice diat compan) for jou Eo Eell ub a
□mcframe af ii'hen [hia deciaion waa madc^
Ma Norn ThcalatuCe la very, vctj pteciBe, air
SenaOir Di'inis Ic'a I'cij.^eij bad Ico
And clfarl} diia iE our job to change it.
Ma Noii> Yea.
SenaHor Drjiibi^ And if you cannoC tiiovide [hac baBic infoima-
tion in the circumaiancea I juat deacribcd, then la it any ii'onder
that encerpiiBin! reporKiB from the Chicago Tribune and people
acrcsB America think that this ayalcm ib o^mpleEely in chaca and
IB not prcilecliing conaumeia actceB the countrj^
Ma Nimn. Sir, the slaCute la cheie It'a been there foi a number
□f yesra, and if it needa to be changed, dien yan aie in a pcennan
m do lliat, Bir.
SenaHor Di'iiii^ Cerlainl> hope we can.
Cou^i CBEnian Enah.
Ma Nimii. But ait, if 1 might juat add a note here Bccauae of
6lhl lie have been very conatiaincd in what we can saj, and I am
incrcdihlj noubled by the perception that you just arnciilatcd and
the pei'cepdon diat the public might ha^e [hat ii'e aie not doin^
our loba 1 diinh it'E juEt incredibly unlair Id the 40U folks at die
CP^ who work ao vei> hard to prolei:t [he public in ii'aja diat aie
hatd [o count, but we feci I'eij conaciamed belieiT me.
I would be veiy happy to sit heieand cell jou [hedctaila of thcoe
piocecdmre^ but I do feci that 1 muEt follow thealatu[e.
ScDHlor D[ipniN Of coui'ae >ou muEt^ and ic'a our reaponEibility
!□ make Bure [hcee Ela[uteB are fair and lealiamc Jn [hiB caae the)
cleail^ are noC If a child dies and >ou cannot e^en acknoii'ledge
thaC in yout anau'et Id a quefl[ion in tetma of the time to recall,
Bomediing^ wrong in[h the law or the a^enc^, and it haa to
change, and if it comea to laii', it'E our job If it comes [q theadmin-
latiadon of [he agenc) cmrend> aE Acting Chaiiman, i['a > our job.
Mb Morn AbaDlu[ely, Eir.
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Mi RuflH. Hb Nard
Mb Ndid VfE, Bii
Ml RuBH Vtc hsi'c had a numhcr of CQnvciaatiQn&. You've [caci-
ficd before die auhconiniittec, and I'm each time I come away ftom
the leBdmony with really quUca dilemma J realize, and J EO^ngl)
acknowledge iliac the 40U emplc^eea there at CFSC aicdam^ quite
well under the cxJEtiTiJ ciicumalanceB and undci ihe lim itanon the
limitatiDn in tcimB ol the lawB that ^o^cin the CPSC and alBO in
tetma of the capacity reaource-ii'iae, but Fm al&ci — it seemE to me
that, and maybe jou could help me here, boHuae it aeema to me
thaD there iE a rdiance or over reliance on [he ao-callcd ^oluntaij
ayaEem of iei:all thaC plaja out in demanBtiaCin g oi at leaat impl>-
mg that [here la acme kind of ccoy rclatmnBhip betii'ccn manufc-
turera and the CFSC Can you explain m detail the ^oluncaiy re-
call auiharity and mei:haniam and how it apcialeE la thia hearing?
Ma NoiD Siuc Under the Conaiimci Pinduct Saieij Act. if we
led [hat there la an umafc picduct out there and ii'c believe a re-
call IE warianted, bsBually what we ne^ Iq da iE alsrt an admmia-
tialii'e prc<:eeding which would be a voEe oi the Cnnuniaaion, which
I might juEt aE a fnotnole mdicaEe to jou we fould not ha^e lodaj
becauEe we haiv no quorum, but we alart with a vote of the Com-
miaaian We then aaai^n the caae to an admi niatranve law judge.
The admi niEtialiii'e law judge haE a trial, makea a finding, mak^
a recommcnibliDn la the CommiEaian The company then can ap-
peal to ihc Commiaaion a finding if they don't like it If we aCiek
with our deciBion , then they can go to court
Ab 1 indicated, thia dccan't happen vej> often It laat happened
mSOUl
We ended up Blarting this prccesB, and we Eetlled it in ?0U4,
and, aa I indicated, we Ecttled iC without a recall. Bccauae of that
pioceaa, we chccee to da thm^ in a much mare atreamlined way
Our new la if we can get [he companj to agree to do a recall, we
get [he prcduct out ol the handa oi the conEumera and off atore
ahelvea a whole loC more quickly than the proceaa I juEt deacribed,
and indeed , Bir , what we have done in recent >eara ib ini ciate aome-
thing thaD iE even a faatci pioceaa It'E called a faEt tiack recall
pioceaa I think weaic thconlj Government agency that haa aome-
thing like thia whciebj once we BlarC talking with a company, if
they agree diat there iE an laaue hcie we get thac recall accom-
pliahed within 2U dayE. Thac la entiaordinanry ^cfor the Govern-
ment to operate aE I aEaume that jou would concede, ao about one-
half of our recalla arc these faal tiack i ccalla where we ^eC the jab
done withm ^0 daya of the pioblem walking m the dcor
Mr RuBH How many recalla have actually — I mean can you aaj
thaD thia la aa a leaulc of faaC Hack we have recalled how many
product?
Ma No ID Oh how manv producla'' Well, we've had
Mr RuAH And chia la all m the voluntary ayaEem^
Ma NoHD. Oh, >eB Yea We had laat >car 1 think 470 recalla.
About one-half of [hem were !aBt Hack, ao I can't tell jou how
man) itcma that involves. I mean milliona and million, but
Mi EiBiH. Okay. And under MflE^cn*;
Ms Novo Uh-huh
Mi Rish IconDnuingl. Thia ii'a& not
Ma No ID No
Mi Rish. 'ni[& had n> he linsaled
Ma No ID Well.tiD PhiB "•aa uldmatelj a volunlarj recall. They
did agiec to do it, but, again, ti the a>inpan> do^s not agicc that
there a a problem or thej da not agicc ii'ith thciemedj that iicaie
piDpcQiTi!, then ii'c need n> negotiate widi them, whieh la whaC
happened — wdl, ii'hich l& what happens often ii'hcn it's a nan^t
nack recall. You'ic lnokin e pciplcxed
Mi Rlwh Well, Tm atill at a point where Tin Ect°ng mare and
mare inlB this quantity becanae you aay that >ou laud the laac
nack piDceaa, but then with Haeneax it didn'cie&ulcin the ^0-daj
iei:all
Ma Nopii About one-half of our lecalls are when the companv
agrees that theie^ a pioblem and that iheic needa pj be a recall
That [hen prctecda undei the fast Ciack prcceaE which lahea ap-
piDximatelj '20 dajE at the oulfiidc The Dthei one-haU of oui le-
calla are much moie contcnnaua They are anil volunlaiy recalla
because at the end ol the daj the company agi cea to do the lecall,
but It K volunlaiy in the sense that we negotiate with [hem, we
discuss what the scope of nhc recall should be we discuss what the
icmed> should be We have to make sure that the remedy is in
place so ihaE the cuanomei s can get something back.
Mi RtHEi What's the cuiien C alatua oi the Thomaa tcj, Thomaa
the Ti ain'^
Ms Motb It was announced last week, and it's ongoing
Mr RiHH.The CFSC, you don't hai-e a quorum?
Ma Norn No, an
Mi RiBiH. Thacmeana whal^
Ma Noip That meana we cannot vote on legulanons It means
we cannoD laaue aubpoenas It means we cannot aiait an involun-
larj recall amon'othei things
Mi RiBiH And *hy don't you hai'e a quorum^
Ma Noii^ Because [hcies a ^acanc^ on the Commission The
Cbmmiaaion is a three-peison Cbmrniaaion , and under our statute
when theie is a I'acancj on the Commiaaion we can opeiatc with
that vacancy for 6 monnhs, and at the end of 6 months we are
deemed by staHutc not to hai'e a quoium That ^month period ex-
pired m [he middle of Januaiy , bd since January we have not had
a quorum , sii
Mi RuaH. How long have you been without a Commissioner?
Ms NoiD Since the middle olJuly
Mr. RuaH OP
Ms.Notb Of^U6.
qSOTlOri ISE) HEPOHTlUa
Mr RuiH Conaumei gioups hai'e chai gcd that in following the
inlcrpreliii'e guide issued last July on secUon l¥b) to icpoit imme-
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dialclj anj ptcducC dcfcclH has in ^ct WHictai down ihat rcquiic-
TTicnl Do you ajicc with that?
Ma NoBD. Oil, no, bit. 1 don't agi'K st all In faul, I diink it's
juat the canUary.
Mi Rluih Would joLi aplain what IB I5lbj'
Ma Ndhd. Sure Swlion 15'bt of the Conflumei Product Safety
AcDiB the provLSLDn that aa>B diat a company nmsCnotif) the Com-
jniaaiDn if thej ate aware that cither thej ate BclUnE a ptcducC
that diKBn't comply with a mandatoty &landard oi, mote aiEtiifl-
canlJy, if a piodiict haa a defei:t thaCfould pcoaiblj pte&etit a Buh-
Blsntial picduet hazard Thia language, defc:la thaC cauld pie&cnC
a prcducD BaTel^ hazard, ia tiot ivry pteiziac EtaHuloiy language Fur
example, NHPSA haa a Eimilar piDviEion, buC nhc language iJieie
la much mote piccisc se to what the trL^gci ia, aa. in an> event,
we tiecd Id have mterptcnive tcgulationa to help dcsciibc what la
meant by thac statu loi v language We have laaucd [hnee
We have hcaid com p Lain Ib ovet [he peal's that ihetc k eqII alack
□f prccBion aa eo what tii^ciB thaC legal reapoitBihilily, and the
rcgnlatiDnE that were iBBuea laat Bumtner weie an aOempt to give
more preciaion Id waa not an aUtempt to make id nartower Id waa
i?all> an attempDlo gi^e it tnare pie^iEion, and^ indml, air, I would
Buggeat [o you ihaDoneof the thinga chat we did in that teguladan
that I think la icall>, really significant that haa been vety much
o^eilcokcd k iot the flraC nme we leci^nizc ofiiciallj that lailuie
to ciHnpl> with a valunlar^ atandaid indcol could triggei a require-
ment IQ report undet aecEian I5lb) of the acE, and ^aD I nhink la
Bomething diat la fcty, verj Eigniflcant hecauae it really alarla to
SIve a lot moic teeth Co volunlaij Blandard? So 1 aug^eat Id you
laC what we did laat autnmei waa ai^irifanE. It EO'engEhened the
act and waa vcvy uaeful.
Ml Euan. Retuining Id thearea
Ma No in And, Eii, if I might juaC add ime moic fmtnole to my
anawet Since we lEaiicd [hat icgulation, we have been getting
more icpoils iindei aectian I5lb) than we gat beiote, aa if anyone
la Baying that Eomehow iHb) waa wateicd down bj the re^uladon,
liiey are J uat dead- on wiong We are getUng mote reporlH now
I liai HFC^IL .^UrKOIITV
Ml RuBH In pievioua t^[imDn> bj theaOomey general, ahe in-
dicated thaD in ordei to CTigger a recall CPSC had to have an inci-
dent tepoit, and I aaw you ^timacc Dcea CPSC need an incident
lepoit^
Ma Noin We can initiate recall diacua&iona We cerlainlj don't
need an incident to Blart a iciall
Mt RuiK So I wanted to claiilj that ^b), jou'i'e mentioned
6|hl and you don't have unilateial authorily undci 6|hl to conduct
reisDB?
Mb. Norn No
Mi Euan Should >ou have unilateral authon^ under tifb) in the
case of etnergenciea?
Ma Ndhd. Well, air, we\e got author ilj undet the act to go iniD
court and seek an imminent hazard but what that dcea ib then
puah the action into a courOtKim, and, again, what we hai'e found
la when we do that, it eIowb the prc<:eaB down.
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Mi Ri?>i. Well, should )Dir have unilaEcral aulJiaii^' Co jniaatr
a recall Buch— 1 mean jou mcnnDriai NETTSA, that NHTSA hag
unilateral audio[it> undci the emergency condLdona U> [nitiaCe re-
call Should [he CPSC have the same audiotily^
Ma Noii> Tm noCaii'are [hacNHrSA has ihataudioiity, hue rd
like IB IcdIc at the alatnEory pcoviaiana nhaL NHTSA operates nndci
and come bach Eo yan
HHAFJISH TIAriBLATlO^a eOR EEC ALLS
Senator D^JllB[^■ Thank jou. JuaC a few wiap-up qucationa. At-
toinej Cieneral Uadigan aaid that cecalla are nat lEsued m Span-
lah" IE [hat correct?
Ma Noib ^'eiaaue our prcBa rcleaoea absoluEely m Spanish
Senator Duisr^. In [erma of [nfarmanon given ta idailera, far
example, do^ou knaii' if [hat's
Ma Ndhd. Wc do not laaue — we dan'c ifiaue lecall pcateia The
manufactuici decs that
SenaHor Dupijin Do jolt require of them thaC the) puC them in
languagea olhci ihan
Ma Noii> ^'cdo noCrequiic nhat pcsteca be in Spani&h.
SenaOir Dl'irin Why?
Ma Nori> We negotiate that on a caae-bj-eaac baaia, so we
could, [ mean in appiopiiate aituatjona.
Senator DuHPir Can yau think of a reason wh> yau wouldn'l?
Ma No lb I think we have done that, sir
Senator D up bin Can >ou think of a leasan why jou wouldn't re-
quire them to lEBue the recall in Spanish'^
Ma Nopii [f there wouldn't be Spanish speahecB in the area I
mean
Senator Dlpuin It would aecm to me if saicty ie the gcal, pro-
tecting the public 13 [he gcal, thac we would concede the obvious,
and that is thac there aic manj con&umerB m Ameiica foi whom
Spanish is the fiiEt language, ed fm hoping that fiDm this point
thac )ou will [hmh Bciiousl) about always requiiing it. I can't
think of a leaEon why you wouldn't
Ma NoiD Well cerlainly lake that to Washington
Senator Dub sir Now, in tcimE of the knockoff producQ which
look even moic dangcious than the Magnetic prcducia, now thac
we have ealablished — and I won't ask you to get into our 6ibl ptob-
lema again — that thiE is a daugerouE produce that needed to be ic-
called becauEC of these tiny magnela, and kncckoffE haiT been pio-
duced with difietcn t names ftom difieten t compan les with the same
tiny magnclB, ie there a teason whj these knockoff pioduclB have
not also Deen recalled?
Ma Nimii. Yes. Thcec were sent to us at the end of May. We re-
sponded to the attome) general within a couple of dajs acnially of
getting that and thej'tc being tested light now ta see if indeed
they hai'e the same problems If they don't hai'e the Eame piob-
lemE then the) Ehouldn'c be recalled. If lhe> do have the same
pioblema, then we will take catcof it
Senator Duinir^. How long will that prcceas lake?
3i
Ma Nomi They're bcinE [c^lrd nghcnoii' T can't tell jou off die
top of my head.
Scualor Di iili^ la it a mattei of wfcIlb oi momliB?
Mb. Noin WcckE
SenaOir Duiiiih Lee me aak you about adverse ciTnt lepottinE'
The tnakcra of dniga and of dictaiy flupplemcnlH hai'c a legal lo-
SiiLretncrit to repnrC Co the Food and Dtug Admin la nation (FDA) if
icre la a bad teaull: peiBan e^Q Bick or a perarai diea Are there
an- Eimilar reqitiicmenls for manu^ctnrecB of gncda and prcducla
lor the CPSC
Ma Noii> Yea Section 15lbi of the U.S Conaumei' PtcduCT: Safc-
aAcC has a i^ioiting requiremcn c In fact, franklj, air, 1 think
aC 151b) probably piolatcB the FDA tequiremcnt
SenaHor Durnir^. Anddcra iCmiunc dmelv reporHine?
Mb Moid Yak.
OPOi: FTNEB
SenaHor Duihin And what la iJie biluic or what la thr penally
Ibr feiluic [o icpoi t on a nmely baaiB^
Ma Noii^ Again.itizDuld go up mH d!J5 million.
SenaOir Dlipuin And how often, if ever, have you impcoed that
kind of a line foi lailuie lo Hiinel'r cepoita product?
Ma NoHC. We impose fincB a^ the time Right now we can't col-
lect linea bceauBe of the lack of a quocum, but up undl that cc-
cui'red we had collected I think 34,!(4 5 million loi thia fi&cal >ear
Senator Di^iBir. What la the oidinaij fine? What ib the range
of youi ordinaij fine fot failute to dmelj tepott a dangerouB prod-
uct?
Ma NoiD Oh, you know, I hate Ho Bay Eomediing la lypical be-
CHDBC cvety caae ib diflcrent, h ut i c rangea fiom
ScDHlor Di'i iLi V Hundreda of dollact^
Ma Noin No From 3l01lj)l)0 all the way up Dj ll 5 million,
and, air, )ou ahould undetaland that weha^e waja no getabo^e the
3l.fl million PethapB I Bhouldn'cadmic that to you, but we do
M HMaP .^n n UM OF U^DEI^TAnDlNa WirH CHin.^
ScDHlor Di'iiLiN. ¥oii mentioned that jou were entering into a
manorandum of undcraiandin g with [he Chinese
Ma Noii> We enteied inpj it in EKJOS.
SenaHor Duvhin And what haa been the reault?
Ma Noun Undec the memoiandum oi undcralsndin g the agency
agreed Dd do a couple of thi n ga with the Chmeae.
Fiiat of all we aet up (our different working gioupa [q Icok aC
firewoik&, lighteia, elecnical picducls, and pjya. These working
groups ha^e met aporadically Bince 2005 We had a pictlj intcnae
BCBEion in Ma) in Ec]ing, a meedng of tbe foui wocking gcoupa
The ChincBC are coming back to WaBhingOm m Scptembet aC
which point I am hopeful [hat we will hai'e agiecmenia in each of
those four aieaB that will get into how the two agenciea operate,
exchange information and coopeiale wmh leapect to problems we
llnd
SenaHor Duibi>4. After the con lam i nation of pet feed, thcre^ a
HuniJar effott underway with the Chineac.
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Fending thai kind of agreement the FDA ie now inapcctinE every
Bhipmcnc of food cxpoHM by China la [he Umlcd SlaWs to dctci-
ininc whcEhci id's adul[cral?d, conlamiTiaEcd or poiEDnouE. Basal
on die in foi mation >ou'vc sivcn ua ihaC onc-hal f of yam i^ark dcala
widi ChincBC producla, can >ou lake in an> cMia clfbrcaE an a^cn-
cy □> pnC that kind of EuivFillancc an Chine&c imparls unnl yonVc
BaliBBnl diaCthc) dnn'c pcec a dan ger U> Amccican consumccE^
Mb Nori> Wc'rcdoin? acouplcoTcliingB.Bit
Firat of al], wc aic wnrkiiiE vcij cInEcly widi Customs and Bol-
der Piotcction Wc arc in die ptcccBE ol cnlcrmE mlo BomcthinE
called [hcii ACE EjBtcm, auHmiatai commcicial cn^ iton men [,
which iic'tc nc°oHatinE with them ri^ht now, and that ib basicallj
a computci izcd EjsHm whcrcbj wc will be ^cninE inrormaHan on
the cargo CDnlaincm, baBically nhc incaming product diat's caming
mm the Unilfd Slates bo thac wc can bcc what'E mming in as it
IS leaving China before it hi la die hnrder
SenaOir DuiniH Oka> Thank >ou va-j much.
Mi El"!k Mi ChaLrman, you hn on an aiea I leallj need to
Ms Ndhd. Sii, you've hiCim Bomelhin' thacicallj lequiiea a lot
more convciEadon I mean we don'c have the aulhoiiij — we don't
ha^e die leaourcea to do what yau have jubC deseiibed die FDA is
going to do. We don't have iC Wc would need much more appio-
priaQons in oidei to do that.
I PBc'l civil PEHflLTIFS
Ml Ri'HH In [he area of resource, Chan man Nord, whaCaie the
fines IB companies'' Wheie do these Hnea wind up? Do they go back
In die General Treasury ^
Ms. Noii> Yes, [hej »o back la [heGeneial Tieasuiy.
Mi Hush They 50 back to die General Treasuiy. Lasc week I
had a hearing in the HouEe You would not [esnly. Usually lesm^
there, but at the hearing I piopceed an inciease oi the fines that
you could impcoc liom SI.A million Eo iUl million, and accoiding
to >Dur wiittcn teatimony jon ii'eie not in ^-di of nhat increase in
fines Can }oie give me youi leasoning for being oppcoed to an in-
crease in fincs^
Ms Ndpd. FiiaC of all, let me just clarify, sir Ae Chairman of
the ageni^', especiall) since the CommiEsion has not ^oted on an
agencj pcaidon, I did not express oppcaition foi 01 Buppoit for anj
of the bills that >ou hai'e in front of you I ii'as basicallj dying to
tell > on how thf^ ii'ould impact the agency.
Mi Rush, ^ell, do you support or individual — aa a CommiE-
Bionei' are you in fevor of the incrcaBe^
Ms NoBD. 1 think it is ieall> inappropiiatc foi me as Chaiiman
or a Commissionei eo peiBonally individiiall) suppoit or oppcee leg-
islation That'E I think die picEogatii'c of the CommiBsion 1 can tell
you, howe^ci , whac the concerns that we have aie You know,
we've diBCUBEM nhis aC the slaff lei'el, and diere ai e some concerns.
The odier thing, eii, I think >ou
Mi Rush Well, what aie die concerns'^
Ms No an The concern is diaC if jou incicase die penalties [en-
fold, which IE what >ou're talking abouc in youi legislation, bsfli-
cally we ieeuc penal niet for failuie Hoieport.
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Mr. Ru^K Well, wcaic jncrraaing die ban, not die cap Icvd, die
cap.
Ma Ndbd. What I am cnnccrned abouE, air is diat iic aic ginn^
Id br juBt overwhelmed by reporla of tbinga [hat are not pi obJcma,
and Uiia is EDinelliiTig that haE happened la ub, so id's tiiH an un-
founded tar, sir If a cainpanj Kas a 3!^ inillicin liabilii^ foi lailuce
to reparc, under that provision chat I deacrihcd la jou, which la
vcrj, verj impteciBe, then we are cojicetned thai [he company maj
juat lepcut e^ ei y[hiii g , bo iic aic Eoing Dj get the wheat, we're
EoiJi! to Eel [he chaff, we're e™iS "> ^ct d'c^ytil^^e, and that could
pcaB]b]> D^eiwhelm our compliance people, and that is a comrecri
that we are very, I'cij sceidiu about
That has happened la ub The first time wc decided to go afEer
a majoi retailer the rcaponBC was, "Okay You want to see il all?
Heic It IB," and we just eo^^ lot of infbrmanon diat was not vei'v
useful. Section I5ibl ie I'eally an impoi'lant tcol For ue, eo we don t
want U> Ece it overwhelmed with information nhat we ha^e to 50
through thaciB rcallj not relei'ant
The cidiei thing, bii, that I'm concerned about iE there are some
issues with our pcnalnea piavisions They need to be mcmiKircd,
they need to be chauEcd, and 1 would hope that as we talk about
changing the penallj cap amount, we could alEO expand the con-
versation tj E^ if™ some of the other thinES thac 1 think act as
more oi an impediment Id enforcement of [he ace than pei hapE the
penalty dcea
For example, we hai'c criminal provisions, they're diffeient fiom
Bistute to Blatute Undei one of our Blatutca, one of our major Blat-
uCes, basicallj we have m give a warning belore we can bring ac-
□on under [hat provision, eo Tm saying you've gnt to catch Uiem
doinE it once tell them not to do it aEam and dicn catch them the
second time. Sir, that's crazj That Ehouldn'c be die result
So Eomenhmg like [hat could be cuied as you'ie IcokinE at thiSL
It would be nice to slart talking about Eome asset foifcituie piovi-
BionE. E*luB the penalty provisions in the slatuCe are wriHen m a
somewhat cdd way, and it's unclear rcallj hoii' much Hcxibililj we
ha^e under section £0 of the accdealiuE with those Clearly, we can
impoEC penalties, so penaldca is a complicated lopic, and Id really
Eivc us the tcols we want, jou'rc Eoifg to have Id do more than jusc
mcicase nhe cap, sir
Mr Bush Thank >ou, Mr Chairman.
Senator Di'iiiih Thank >ou, wvy much Congi'eBsman Eush
Thank >ou, Chairman, lor jour testimony. Appieciate it. The
third panel Eodaj conEisIs at Sharon Henrj, who is the molhei of
this boy: Carter Kcithlj, who ie the president of the Toy Industij
AsscciaDon , Nancy Cowlca She's from Oak Park, Tlinois — she^ the
cuecuti^e dirccEor oi Kids In Danger, and Kyran tjuinlan with the
Amei ican A^sdcmj of Pcdiati ics
The Federal muilhouse has been kind enough Id let ue use this
courtroom Judge Zagel told me in advance diat [here would be a
□ lal following thiE hcaimg, bo we are going to do our beat Co clear
thccourtioom m time foi them to begin, and so we would ask ihcae
on the panel Hiac thank you (or attending
If you would Eubmit your wnOcn testimony in ila entire^ for the
record, and dien ii'c will ask you to limit your icmarkE to about
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5 imnutrs if you can, and tlicri Can grcsaman RmTi and I ml] do
our bcsD to ask jou EDinc qur&UonE and ny m wrap up as close Eo
11:311 3E pcEBiblc Mfl Hcnrj, if jou ii'ould be kind enough to nficn
up the ICBtimany, Fd appreciate it very nmch.
STATEMENT OF SHAHON HE WRY
Ma He;.ii\ Hi Fm here Kday as 3 mother to Icll the frishlcniuE
BCny of ii'hat happened to my UnJc boj Dcran
Fm also here aE 3 concerned conaumci m cnaure that thia trag-
edy docB not happen Co an>one clae. Hy son Dcian ii'aa i'eT> ercitcd
when he got the bo* of Hagncnr buildms bleaks fot Chriaanaa
2U05 Like an> diJice bay, he was eager iDsiait building with dicac
colorful Dbjccra
Duiing the time wc allowed him to play with the toy we never
suspected [hat the lay pcsed a hazard We did not knaii' that iJicac
piec^ could be Bwallowed. We did not know thachundicds of other
children had swallowed ihcm and [hat the company eqII had noD
warned paicnla and conaumcrE, made the product Eafci oi taken
the lay ofi the maikct Unbeknownst to ue, Dcion plajcd with
[hesc attractive tnagnela He began to sii'allow ihem Appaicndy
the magnets stayed in his sEomach and began clinging to each
odicr.
Sm tnondis later in June £006 when Dcion complained thac his
stomach hurC we didn't know what was wiong The vomiting and
the pain were intense, so we look him to the docKir X-rays ic-
vealcd the pieacnce of [he magnets, diat pails had perforated
Deron'E boweU, and he needed emergency surgcrj rhcdoccora laid
us that if 24 houis had passed Dcion ii'ould nave died 1 will live
with these ii'oidE for the rcEC of m> life If I hadn't taken acnon
and did what I did, mj son would not be here tcda> Deron ic-
quired 75 Edtchea in his bond, and docEorB Eaj thac he may suffer
from bowel obsnuctnon and abdominal pain foi nhc rest of hiE life
becauEC of the many sutures He must eat iiequently because his
bowels do noc allow him Co iclam any focd OlherE have not been
so foitunace la stnll have [heir children here berausc of this toy.
Some children like Deron suivived but with permanent mtesdnal
;ioblems We wait Co sec ii'hat long-term eifecia this incident will
avc on my Eon
FarcnCs ii'ould not biij a tc^ that dicy kncii' was potendally le-
thal for then unsuspecting child I wen c to Cliffoid laii' offices lasc
year and decided la file alawsuit to make others aii'are of diis cx-
□'cmely hazardouE toj I wanC Mega Brands Compan> to iindci-
stand what they did to mj litdc bey and la oiu lamil> I am vciy
forninate to have Eccn Dcion off to schcol tcday. These littJc objects
arc not handy. They are not even toys They arc vcij dangerous
objeclH masquerading aE tc^s ThiE companj, this lay is compcaed
of parlE that have an cutrcmelj EOong magnetic force No paicnc
would ciTr Euspcct [hat the magnet properties of thia game could
literally teai holea in a child's inteslnnal Oact.
The company did not [ske proper precautnons, partieularl} when
the lives of Email childicn aic involi'ed, simpl> to make a proiiC
Manufacturers muse design and EesC children's lays with auolute
salel^ in mind As conEumers we must make euic thac other simi-
lai [o)s and pieces are noc allowed to be put back on the markeC
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Ifnij prcBcncchci? laiay makca jua C one more parent aware of die
dangcia of ihiB Ic^ and aai'ta juHl one more cnild, iC le woilii iC
Thank you
SenaHor Duieifj Thank von foi' youi leEtimony PhoEo of jour
BonL HandBomc }Dun g man. Hdu' old is he now?
Mb. Heuhy Hc'b seven.
Senanor Di'ihin Off loschcci [Dda>^
Mfl HbiMiY Summer Hchcol, yea
SenaOir Dl'hpe>. Thank joii. Mr Qumlan from the American
Academj nf FcdiatricB
STATEMENT DF KVRAH qUINL.'Vr^, MJ1_ M J-.H- r_l_\.P_ ON BEH.ILF DP
THEANERICAHAC.IDEMY DP PEDIATRICS
Dr ^uiHLA'; Gcod mammg Mj name la Dt E^ian tjuinlan,
and I appreciate the appoHunily U> pi'e&cnC leEtimony an behalf af
the Amcnuan Academy of PedianicB lAAPj. I'm a clinical aaacxiatc
m Ecneial pcdiali ica at the Univciaity of Chicago, and I'm the med-
ical du'ecCor of [he Injuij Free Ccalinan Foi Kidq at ihc Univcraily
of Chicago Tm alao a member of the American Acadcmj of Fediat-
iica Commi [lee on Injury, Violence and Taya
The AAP commcnoE the a Libcommittce and >ou both. Chairman
Durbm and Con^'eEEman Ruah, lor holding diia hearin; calling at-
tention Id die hazard oi rare eardi magneia in lava The intiiiduc-
□on of ihcac ao-called larc earth magnela in childrcn'E loya have
given iiBC to a ne»^ hazard foi childicn Simplj alatcd, theac arc
nol your paicnc'a magnclB Rare earth magncia arc approHima[ely
lU dmca Etrongcr than ciTn the BHangci fcirouE maincls. As a ic-
Bull, thejVc able [o cmci t a poii'crful acHacdi'e field even through
human tiaaue. A child may ingcat a ainglc magnet Hn[hou[ auf-
^ing advcrac conacqucnccE , but if more dian one magnet iE Ewal-
Iciwed the icEulia can be diEaanoua Ma^ncls can canneizt to each
o[hcr lUEidc die body through scctionE of [he bowel leading Id po-
tentially fatal perfaratiimB , infectiDn and BepBiB
In December 20<J6 die Ccn[eiB for Diacaae Cnntiol and PrciTn-
tion publiahed a report diat documen [ed onedeadi and l9 caBea ic-
quinng gaEOuintcatinal eui geiy alter ingestion of dicae BmalL paiv-
crful magnela In Apnl '2007 die Conaumei Product Safely Com-
miaaian no[ed [hat it waa aware of one death, one aapiiadon and
27 intcatinal injunes The injuries cauacd by diesc magnclE are ea-
pcciallj perniciDUB becaiiBC thc>'ie not immediately evident. Chil-
dicn present la the docror'a D^lce ar hcepilal wilh abdominal pain,
vamicing or diarrhea, and [hesc cammon Ejmptama may not be aa-
cribed to the conect cauae quickly, leading [o lurthcr wlcrioiadon
of [hcchild'a condition. Theae magncia can bcao Email that parenla
may nat even lealize that thc> have fellcn auC of a tc^ or been
Bii'allowcd hy the child
Togelhei theEC fac[cir in the reauk in a unique and acriouE health
hazaid for childicn roja conrainmg amall magncia conUnuc [o
piahfeiatc on atorc ahel^ea A quick Euivej rc^cala aevcral vari-
enet of magnetic building ecIe, dollB with magneln embedded in
them, numerouE foimE ol jeiicliy and more Theae tc^B are noD lim-
ited taany paidculai age group , dcvelopmenlal le^ el or geographic
area. The AAP haa been acdicly engagoi in cffoHa by ASTH Intei'-
naDonal [□ develop a volunlaiy Elandard far magnets used in layaL
3S
TKc AAP ii'BB not BatJErifd wilii die propdord slandBrd and ccg-
lalcrcd coticceti with die ASPM icEatdins ihc piopceal's piDviBiona
on safety labels, the aizc and BticnEth of [he maEnela U> which
thnGC alsndaiii? would applj and laaueE auciDundiriE [he iact thac
older childtcn as well be joun^ childtcn have been documeji[cd to
inECSD thes? Tna^ncia The AAP did nat block adoption ol the Blsnd-
ard in ordcc to alloii' some atandarda to iskc cffei:t as soan aa pce-
Bjhlc.
We are however pressing ASTM to Etrengdicn these ptoviBiona to
ouurc thaCchildten'fl saicij La a top pnarily
In addi[iDn to qui woik with ASTH, AAP ie cn^aEed m dialogue
widi [he CPSC about how beat n> edueaie Ikmihea about die lon-
Ecra of magrielH in tc^s and remove unsafe prcducca from fl[orc
Bheli'ea AAP La par[icLpaL3n e in Lidaj's alaff Icam at CPSC head-
quailcra Ln Washinfton which waE deaigned to EolicLt in p Lit toward
pcaBible bdIuOdhh Inat could be Lised to prolccc children from scri-
OLia niaEne[ ing^Uon mjunc? The American Academj of Pcdiati ica
haa a number of apecific recommendatiiHiB an how n> addrcas the
emcrgms hazard dI maEuedc [oja
FLiat, recalla muaC be Lmprai'ed. Current law and procedLirc?
often I'e&ulcin iei:allE [hat aic confua Ln g to parents and the general
public A& a reault ol theac cnnfuEing iei:allE, unaafc Dyya remain
m childien'fl hnmea and are able m condnLic lo cauae aevete prc-
vcnlable mjuiiea The AAP Lirgee Cou'teBB [o aamme die Con-
Bumcr Picduct Safety Comm iaaLan^ autharLty to laaue cleat, com-
pelling eflectivc recalls that are caailj undera[ood bj pacenla and
conaumera
Second, famil) and healthcarcprov Ldera muat Ik educated about
the hazatds of amall magncla. The AAP recognLsed ea[l> [he haz-
ards of Email magnelfi m toya in pai t due [o our Strang woiking
1 elaticinBhi p with [he CPSC. biach month our newa magazine, AAF
NciiB publishea aelecled CPSC tecall notices
In Januarj £007, AAP News publiBhed a major arisclc on die
hazaid of amall magnets m loya. PediatrLC etperlB diacuEEcd thLa
laaue with mcmbeia oi the media and pai cnt-orien ird pubhcationa
Nci'eriJicleaB , Lt waB dLfficult iot lJiib LaaLic to penctra[e the publLC
conaciouaneBE. Pbe parenlE I Ece are almn&t alwaja unawace of the
dangei from these tc^B EiTn Lf diey ha^e noticai magnelB fallm^
out of the taya, it never cccma to them that thej can pose a health
hazaid. We muaDdomarc to aaaLaC parents in acceaamg VLlal health
mfbcmaHon on prcduct rccalla and the steps they can lake Lia pio-
tcet [heit chLldicn ham dicae en Lsrely prevenlablc Lnjuiiea
Thud, CPSC must be strengthened Aa an agency the CPSC h^
never been given the tcols Lt needa to IuIFlII iIh miasion Since ila
crea[iDn the a^encj has been toLidnely LindeErundcd and Lindei-
mLncd b> SLiccea&ivc Congresaea and adminis naliona CPSC staff
haa gone from a high oi sTH m 19^0 to just 4lH> mdaj even sa die
consumer maiketplace has butgconed WLdi new prcducia The
Pi-esident requested a bLii^t of Sft^ y milhan ioi CPSC in fLacal
year SOOd which would reqLiirc the agcncj lo cuC an addi[u>nal iH
employees
The CPSC has been WLthout a voisng quorLim of Commissioncra
since Januacy ^0U7 as wc haiv heard, meaning it cannot make
manj re^ularaij cnfarcemcnt and odiei actiona. The PresidenC'a re-
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cent nomiTicc [o chaii ihc CotnmiB&ion withdrew from conaidcraCiori
Bf[cr 3 pirblic ouEciy regarding hia qualifLcationE An appropcistcl)
qualilia] chaii miut be nmuLnst^ and appravcd in a Um^ fash-
ion.
Id concluEJon, I apprcciai? this appoitunit}' n> piracat Iradmotty
QD behalf oi the American Acadciny af PcdianicB The aisdcm) ap-
plsiub the Euhcominilitee'B efforla na bring attendrai Id this impcu-
lan tissue. The AAF will conlinue ii'oiking to ediicate pediaCncians
and lamilies abouc these maEnela and to prevent anj more need-
IcBS incidenis due to magnet in EesUon.
In addition^ we Icok foi ward to working with CanEresB to
BUengthen CPSC and ensure it has all the D»ls necessary Eo pin-
tec t eh ildicn and families from dangeious products Yd be pleased
to anawei an> questions
SenaHor Duiilin Thanh >i>u
[The Elatement fallowa:!
PiEP h lEii Stn nwiJT IF K\y !■: Qii'Ji.' fi
Omid niarkrig. I oppieiinK Ihii opfarEiiBli> Ig •ett\ly UySay belbn: Ih? ^ppiopm-
litmi Sul^iLiiiB Kle^] DTI FiBniuiiiL S^r-na and Qewiwni Qgmmtid^b* □! ikik kiiniig
IG diuiii^ ■n^eii' \nft. iKc ui&i> dE con i inner pndiirli, ^md puifaail^ id impioi?
Ibe ilnlulfiiy □ii<b[<iii> il ibE Cgbiubci Pndii:! Sati> Cgbttilukib ICFSC ■ Uy
nnnie i^ Kynm OinBbii, MD, MFH, F^AP, and I did piDixL o lEpicKnl ikE AmEr-
KDn Arodcm, or F^ukjei I'API □ iiGB-pmEl HntiiaiBiiL Dipcm^Qlion oE &0,lHIlD
primaiy cuic |4.iliili}: un - pL'di.iLric m^iEuL mi ipn biIiiI i. imd piilcili}: ^iii^d]
ipEcollili dcdvuhil EHh ikE knillK. -.^rEiy and iTr-kcing oE latuiL cIiilJii.^, nki-
IcicGBii, iind ^himg lKLuLl^ I urn .1 Bomtr 'il <Iie 'inEiKDB Aci>]<niv ill l^^mlii'i^
CodibkU^ ub Injury, LnkiK? □■[) Poi^hn FiiMT.*iHhii I Dm □ iIidvuI ii-.-o:i[iu in
QcnEinl Palininc^ □< ike Uniirru^y DfCbiEoao and Klalical DiiKlGr of lb? Ibjui}
FieefGalimB bi Kid^ ^1 Ihe L'nivEru4y oFCkKDRL
Magiiil\t Tayn Par □ Ha^vinl ta Citi^rrr
The iBlicdiicUiB of 10- en lied 'miE EDnk~ mnRiieii ■□ cliiklienl oyi bai ^ven iiv
IG □ me*/ impiry haiani br ckildm Siaply 'Uhil. ibeie air nol ^■>iir pDi?B4i'
mogkeli Bawe aii-lh miigiieii ^ie up piDi imnl^ly Igb ilmei iiiDogEi ibam even the
ili[<ngei4 tniiE Bngnf 1^. Sin miill, lbe> aia able D eierl □ po^Erful eiiuikIiit
liel] EivB IknHigb buoiiiD Imiie
A [brd may logcil a iingi? Biiirnoi tvi||igu4 MiDLtinH □dvcr'i: CHhii iccDencci. If
mot? iknD erne Biignei ii irkulb^LiI , lioiVL^/'r, ike k.iJI- cam kr ai-zailiciii
Mngnei^ (□■ iibbec^ Io mik Hhlbor ib^iJe Ihe b(dy ikimi^b Kl'll^a]^ iJ ibe bmvel,
IcDdiiig <u pmoniLilly bUil fi:rlbiiiiKiD^ laKxIiDn □□[) Kpm !■ l>«Emk?r Stflb. Ihe
Cf Dier-. br ^l1el1^^ Cunlnil □□[) Pn'vmiuD ICHC 1 publLihEd □ icpDi* ikni dotii-
mealfd qeig dcDik amd K navii leiiiiirinD QLilicoBteilinEil 'uiRiiy nlier i[isili[<n ef
Ib^H] im^ll poDuEul mminEli ' '" ^pril 2i)0T ike Cgd^ubei Puidui S^ilely Com-
mliiKiB koln Ibnl i< -/-ai ^ivuie dF erne dmib gh: aipiraliDii amd 2t inH'-iin^ mjii-
<-iei ' ' ]i LI BDlnbt Ibal lb? ^igc of (billicn iin«l<a i' bigbcr Iban lyywiaPy ie?D
^Ib IbiE:^ k-idy mgi'-.^hiB — lb? mean a/p rJ ^iHlx iid chiDicn li G^ >«ir^ □■[) QU
peirGBl QiE !! jcnr- I'l Hillor
Tbc iBJuiii.-. cuii.^ b, thit msRkeli aii: eipiriinlly pEiBKioiii bwniLi: ikey awe
noi iminuliEiie], i-.ySfrai. Cbildicn pni^ni Ji lb? dalGn dUko Gr bHh:.pLU]] »iln ^b-
dDniLnD] fsim. inBKiBir, hii diunhtD TkEic lympiomi niEiy nol kr mcntid id lb?
CEJirii 4^iiiE qiiHblv tudiB|r iw TiinkEr ddoimnlirn gE ikc ckibll iGndLliDn Tbev
mngkeli naa k? e'lr:[nc]> Mniill, amiiiBir ikal piin^li may ddI be ^tviiie Ibsl ikey
liDiT Eilba Dill ol u 4Dy •t ie-m iiviilb^ril b> n rhikl T(f|El'ieE, IbeiE bcior^ ic^iill
in n unigDeanil HtiDUk hmlik kar^ud Fdi ibudirn
T(y [DnCiiaia^ 'Ball mo^ci^ CLailmiio Io pmlileraU' gd Ibc iint? iboli?^. fi
quvk -iiEK> [c^l.'□l^ -ovcral vanelie^ DFindHkcin kuLldinD 1El^, AiPt ivilb bd^^i^
f mk^dled la ikem amneniiik Fdtbi oEp^Eliy, amd nunc TkeK Uy^ mc aol Jimlied
' IfaiiliDiDiE II lul Ibiuiei bim UijbeI lintibiin □ CbiUnB — Uailcl FIIiIif.
ruin' II ^ CI LI- lie: U.Q IThJM ICQ-llKHt
■•Cnm-inn' I'nidiEi SiKi- eniiiiDL.iHD nail mlbn, ^IIidieiu Mkj:BEiK lluibiHT I'l ■
Ei^idcd.'AfTiLI? aHp7, hipTHF-oi.CpKpib pit ittprkimUT'LiTliil hisl
3S
IG DTiy pDJlKLiliir a/^ F4'''*'F d^vclopaf □cnL l?vrl, im i^igmpliic □!«■. Motnnrr,
Tnany U^^ dciD^fil tir iilder (hikLiEn □■? □]« □a^iiiVt Ig llieir }iiLiBpr ilblingi
□I bumc.
Slrmg Va^nelt rir Tint U^if 5e /bjuJa^rD j1ppi]|prra/rJ>i
The AAF hai bi'cn iKlLi/'ly ^ii||ii|r^ '" eDatU by ASTM iDUrBniKiDal m dejElof
□ raluDuiiy ^umdnid fir inii|rJi<i- uiid ■□ iDyi Tbc AAF ^di iidI dlLiltrd w/iA lb?
pippo'cil 'candDid dbiI nui-h^iul (oncciii^ »ilb A^AI irpudiag ibu •lopooJi tn-
viiHhJi^ I'n ^tiL bik'L', lb: tn-: Jiid ^L[c^Jlb oE Lbc ■ogacH D ^kKn Llii: lUiHBud
■mill npiily iiiid iiMic^ ^unoundmij Llii: Sic< ibm gI^e «kildirD d^ 'vi^II ai ^oimg
chiUicii hDvr br?D dii umi.^ led lo lo^il ibcK ningimi The AAF iltl noi tlixk Ibe
□dof IKIB dI <be iiumLiiiI iii Gidf r <d nlki^ »Be iinHbiil Ig CiIj: i^liLrii di u4d ai
pDiiible Vfc □!?. bG»nT:r. piti'lnq A?E^1 Ig lUcBgiben lbe»: piDiUHDi (c ?b^iii?
Ibal chiUiciil Hitly 1^ ibe •up pmhnly
Id ^iIliKii lo uui ^Toit iviik A?EM, AAF ii EngDRtil \m dmk^c w/i'h ibe CP5C
□loii< kL<^ bl^^l lo fdiinfc bn\i\yii dIoiU the dniipi i hiI dij^cL- ib uhL- dbiI icnioLT
un mic •^>]lIl^ fvim ^lo[r ^}loll'G- ^^F ii kiiIh Ltuiin^ in iHidity- ^Lall tnnini nl
lb« CF9^ buLdl]lLt^lo^^, ^vhKb vs\ duii^i'd <i' idIkk mpui iHi^^inl po^Mtll^ ^hlii-
liDTii Ibnl (□■ i/i u-id iHi puKLT* cklldnzB hom 'ctiou- mdRBL^ iii|jf-.inD injurKi
A Biiiiilef oTiicp^ □!<: iiiri^^su^ Id lapiDir CPSC'i □brii> Id polKe lb« mnrkcLplivr
Ed AmpnHii ^r^^Kl■^ of ikcu iDyi, tanr of i."hiib wawd irqum iboiiBti id the
a^pwiyi utiiIei lyiB^ iUi<iilf
Picaiin AJiin^ 3r Impnucil
To daic. Ibe CFSC kai iiiiiti nl Imil 6 mofa iiTall^ midlviiig <Dyi wilb iniiill
ninqkcli iDCilriD ^ppiDiiiiiii(E]> 62 niillimi iibii^. In kibe i^ici, Ibev iccnlli pn-
diiHil piml 4GDlLi-iDn nmoiig pniEnli ]□ Mnnk ^IJUS. CE'?C ibidIIoI 'iO iiiIUed
liln^eiD kuildLiiD ifzi^ diK lo diE bnzaid poHzd by iniall mn^Eli coniLnq bxiw Eicod
lb? plailic bmUiB^ •lecei ConiuTTi^n »?[? iD^iiu:l?d lo iHuib ike tm Ig lb?
TTi an ubciimT brii 'ttfi i?pln?BEnl priFlirl lULUible Eir ycunq [klldi?B undEi III?
afF dE6~ Tb? hgike hIid iIdUmI, hoDTM^T, 'Tbe icptuzciDODi pinqmni ilcei h>I ib-
In April ^DU?, Ibe CFS^ ?ipuiid«l lb? KlngiiGU' nriiill Lg (gjet nil i?i^ 'ei(?pl
IboH] uld mice ^^inb HI ^l>IHi~ hhI IboH] iknl con Ciih.il □ p^uUtubir cniiiKiiiai}
lnb?! I< M imi'lEiii bo^ Ibal Ink?! miKle iboie ui^ dmniDliiiilly lafct ll dI^u leeni^
UTirmwiiiikle Ig □iiimi? ikm nil iiBiafe picdiici^ knd been icnioiEd InuD ^lG[^
ih^lL?^ n^ dF ^nnb Si CoDiimier^ i^r? iBiuuicd Ig lElum xti ihh Ibe mnDuEic-
Lurcr ii' iu^Im: □ (omijiiihbh' ^i ' A^in, il i- unchdir koiv or nby n [umparabl?
uL iTink< k" iilbr Fni ib'iliLi' n ibjin lb? on? beiiiLj iL^Lirn<d
SimibirlL IB Nii/'abii AliJli ib? .i,|eii[l rccnlb'd 'i 4 milliDn 'Fory F«Ij:I?' ptiy
lel- biTiu-^ Lb? nay rsitiiirlb 1114111EL- ib <}ie ^El^ n/jrc pnhUE lo lblliii|r ouL CrSC
ciicd ITU report- hhi Lbi: mtiiiI] nrngmi 1 (omin^ gu< 'iE Ibo-c nrinllj] l(^ mi'liKliiig
Ibr?? lEpoili Hil icivmi miiinci <d [kllilr?B ^hu i»dIIl<iit.iI mHiic iknD on? mii^El
□nil ^iiltnd mlfiliiiDl p?ribiiiiKiD^ ikm irquiiul lu^i} Hih'i/'viM , LbnL rEcnll Dim
■iDleJ, Folly Fakfi idii|jii?<k piny leli lunciilly oa ilorr ib?lm nr? bdI niclDitd
m ikii ir4Dll~ 1 1 1^ imclTar »by ike udkiII vci ia»i oE ibeie loyi dtmc (oniidcmi
lalr.
The upikol dT ikcK (ddEuiiiib iccalli 1^ Ibal mnDl" Lg>i rcmmn id chiUitn'i
bomei hhI hie nble lu CHhnliiiiie cnn^rig KL?rE •rciTMilDblo lIlJll^c^ Th? ff,V iii|j?i
Congm^ Id einniiiiE ike Codluiiiei FioIikL Siiei> CG■mL^^>J■ > nuikonly Lg iiiik
ct^zir, (Diiif?lliBg, ellE'lLH iriDlIk ikai hie eaiily undei iilo] by pnitali a»A dib-
iiiiTi?n
Faifwhet atJ HiaUh Cat FnnlJria MMtl Bi Ednraird Abaal JJir Hmai^t i^" SirtaB
Vngnelt
The AAF r?4Dgiiizeii early Ih? hironli dF ibdII mngiieli ■□ Ig>i, m pni'L due Ig
our iliDng ^orkiag lElaliDDihip •/-ilh Ibe CFSC Bub moiilh <bE AAF pukliib?^ 1?-
lecUd CfSC lEcnll iia'H?k minlviTi^ (Dyi (biklmi 1 •mlii'li, amd (billiEii 1 (iDlhmg
m Gur iiEV^ nmpiiikc, ^^F ^--/-i Id J^niiar> Vlltl', AAF Xeh^ piikli^b?d □ iTimor
□nKle GD Ibe kor^id^ hhT udhII Bn^ei^ id loy^. FediDlra eipeili dmuiked ikii
\ii\n: iviLb iDODil^'r^ Gf ibo blhIui iind pDr?Bl-ori?Died publn^LiDn ^ N?^^'Lb?lo^^, iL
fai diElKuli Kit Lbli i:^!*" Ig poD?<i3L? ike publK 4G■HlDlI1^?-.^
Tbe pnicnLk I ehizuiiii l?r daily ^ic iiIbo'I nhvayi UDSwaiE uf Lb? dnairEi Eiditi
lb?H' 4Dy^ EvrD LFlb?y hnv? noiKfil mspai'l^ LtUin^oul oE Ibe iDy 11 kCL?r hciit'
Ig IbeB Ihnl Ihey (oiild ^gh] □ kiiilLb bojurd Wo niii'i do niGr? Lg mini pnrEDi^
m □i:4?iiiiig mIdI kEnllb iBbrmiiii^D dq picdu* lEenri. bcallb kor^udi, hhI Ihr
il?pi lh?y dn Otic Id piDlsl lb?K cklldrtD Eii^m ikcic enLiitly yrrjEnCible liijii-
iJTi
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CPSC Uaat Bi Slrr/ii/Kiiieil
At an ngcncf, Ibc CPPC bai n?VEi bcEii ^jeti ikE looli lI kccdi Ic EulliLI ii^ mii-
■HH] Sluce 11^ 4IEDUH, lb? aoi^cy }!□-. b^zD [cuiliicly iiHkrEiindfd hhI UHlrnn liial
by inav^iii? Cinffiniei anii ^dmiDi^liiKyiB':
— CFSC imir kn- ir^iu' liiiB a biflk oFilTH in 1^1^ <d juil -|l}l> Udii>,i:iTB a- Ihe
[GBiiiBcr ■Dibtiplici^ bJ^ buiDLi'ncd mlh ntw mmiucti
— Tb? Fii:miI''>< iu]l>'"<liI n biiiijf* L^r^'iJ^ ■ilLnu] brCFSC in HhiiI >B]rffllH,
■ibick idiil] [tqmiE ibE nifimf Ic (ui qd ndiliiKiDal IV fzaptirrc- Tbi^ bidirEl
II \iu<illUiiemi. l£i eveti □IIc'IV ibE of^wiy <d ohIihiie ciima* f rifirjm-. bli:}! Iei^
EipDnil K1 ?irmi. A I K1 bimiliii^, diE CE'?C kixlK* wai l^V ■ilbun If Ih?
tDdgEl knd Ifpi piHE ivilh iDilniKiD. lI ^ould bEalXl^ mlllEiD Ii:iId>, idgie
IIidh ilnukb: ii' I'qllc^l^ □llrt.iiion
— Tluj •.'PH.' liD. biT-D TvilbiKJl LI vihiiBg quntiB dF igiiiid i i^nii^n time Judiioi}
dJiJT mi'DDLnH il idjihoI u]I.e iiilid, lE^pilnlGiy, eh Inn Em eh I niid Dlhcr iKli[<ni
Tbf] Pi?iii3ei]I' 1 lETCnl hhdli]?^ id ibsir <h< limn] li ma 'VLlbdiL^iv fnm (on'iil-
EjniEiD nEl^r □ pukbi milri^ n^nliBp ^" qiEililimlira] i ^b □ppi^piulcLy
GLialiilEil ih^rniLiii bE nDinriDle] hhI □ppiE'iT'il in □ limcly faihim
— lb? milbGrily Gf Ibc iipM][> l£i i^^iv mniuBildy nrLiri □nD puiviil'' Eul] inbrBii-
IHH] <D [oaiiiBf n ■ml tE ^ii?Bglb«kHL
Cmeluii/yi
The AnieniiaD fiadcmy if F^dIiki igbidchIi 3011. Mr. CknLiBDn, Ibr biillmg
Ibii hoirinH udii> l£i (□IL mien inn o Ihe bsiDidi dF hue mnb miqjiieli id myi
TkE AAP »i]L CDnlLiiLi? ^crlilii^ lo oIlkdie pcdialncLUB 1 and &l■l]L<^ □kau< Ihei?
HdjuhIi niid Ig picivnl any mnn: ■EEdln-. imRtdiEi duE lo ma^El iii|n'-.i>in In aii-
iliUiB. »? kiok biiviiid IG DTnliLng ^ik Tonfiiti-. I'l ^llc^H■hE^ Iho CYSC iiiid ?■-
miE II llDI ^1 IHe KKjIi BECEmil} IG piD'L'Cl I bllllnD DQll OIB iIlOI Ii^IR dnilljI'IGLI^
piDdui^ ] □ppiETinlG Ibi^ GppGrlLiDLly lo le.ii^. hhI I nill bE pkmia] Lo ^nio^r
any qiiEilnnii >qli miiy ban.
SenaiBT Di'riLirn Nancj Cowlca is hcaLl of the Kiifa In Danger
pimcct, and iic'd like you to aLibtnil yaui iiTLttcn iffaljinonj and he
liLnd enough U> try to Eummaiize Ln 5 minuter aa wcfan ask a lew
quea inDnE
STATEMENT OF N.-IWCY A. COWLiS, EiECUTIXi; DLnECTDR, KLDS IN
DANCEH
Mb Co*LFFi Yea, I LKrOLnly wlII Ab you mendoned, Tm exccu-
□ve director L>f Kids In Danger which la 3 nanpioFn oisanLsadon
that ii'oiks on ehLldrcn'a preducc Baieij Wc were founded in iSSfl
by two Uni^ciBity of Chicago proleasoia after the death oi thoLr son
Danny m a poorlj dcEigned, inadequatelj tested and feebly tecalled
poTlable CTih Out miBBion La to ptomolc die development of aafcr
children's pmducU, n> adi'ocate foi childccn and la edLicsEe die
public about chLldren'a ptcdLict safety. We're doing aW we tan to
piDtect childicn and welcome this oppartunicj lo apeak to you
abauC this iE&ue
When we fLrat learned af [he clcath of Kenny Sweet in December
2005, I hai'e lo Baj [hat aa a mathet of three and &afclj ci(per[,
I ihoLi^ht I had heacd ofevecy pce&ible waj that a child cauld ciie
from adan'eroiia product, yet ihia paiticulat siueaomeand Bpecilic
dangci of magnela was not one that I was awaicni, but aB [he Chi-
cago Tribune Betiea publLahed in May revealed both the companj
and the CPSC had heard of potential Lnjunea ny the time Kennj
died, and they fOLild have taken eailier acdon la prevent his death
and scoces ol athec Lnjunes
Ab scon as KLd? learned ol Kcnuj^ death iic brought it lo the
attendon of [he ASTM CbmmLtlecDn Toy SaieQ Why CPSC or the
tc^ indus[[y didn't taiBC the iB&ue ii'hen [hey first learned of iC la
that group \b a myatciy TIils spiing ASTM publiahed a Elandard
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I'/z ycara after Kenny's death and almeacS jcais afln ific Indiana
childcaic ptovidei cafled Ds "•atn the CPSC.
Un foi tunacely, ihia la quiek m ihc i^arld of slandard Bcttiti' The
new fliandaid la Bimply valunlaiy, includea a [cguiremcnC ihat loya
widi Eivallowablc iDaEiicl& have a k^acning labeJ ahant the dangers
of ma; nclE , and lliat Inya be tested to make Eurc that iJie magncla
don't lal] aa they did ii'illi Magnetic in nhc cecal]
However, the alandaid la nol required ta make waininga on toya
widi largec magnetic mmponenlB and sdJ] allaiiE taya widi lose,
Bii'allowable magnets Eo be Eold. Read [he atocies af die ehildicn
who auivived as >du heard here from Mb Henrj, and youll sec
what a dei'aalatin; injuij these litde magnela cause MiHt of the
children injuied were well aho^c die age limit on the lay. These
that weren t uaually »oc [hcit magnclH ii'hen thej brake looee rtom
the toy, not from lack of flupcrviflian When CPSC tcok action it
was Ico litde Ko late The> leiallcd some oi the Magnenix aeca buC
left ones on the aKire shelves even though the> had no picof there
waB any difference between these tn^a itema, hul appaiendj they
could do nothing more, and that recall slocd foi I year while chif-
dien continued Ds get hurt from chceeald MagneCix, die Buppcsedly
new and im proved Hagncti \ , odiet Magnctm taya andjeweJij
Ab the Tribune article put it, thi& iBn'c juBt the Btoty of dtis one
family'& gnef or diis one ptcducC I^b cmhlemalic of how diia Fed-
eral agency is unable la carry out Ha mandate
First of all, Icok at the lact diat eai ly icpoilB of the dangers were
ovcilcoked oi ignored from CPSC and die manufacturers As the
injuiies piled up, no effarC <\as made la reach nut la [he public to
highlighc this emerging riBk
Second, ii'hen a recall ii'as announced, the resulting release and
replacement program wsb so confusing id's amaiin; that any pai-
ent DKik advanlsge af it. CPSC must hai'e the power Eo draft iJieir
own presB releases about dangcrauB prcducia indiDuC the red pen
of [he manufacturer scralrhm; out their every attempt to get the
d^gei acrcsB
Thiid, I would like m commend die dedicated engineciing slaff
and caieci Blalf at CPSC Thej worked hard hodi widi die ASTM
Camminec and with others la connnue la push the danger of this
Ic was the CPSC staff along with consumer represcn CaCiv^ in the
AAP who kept pushing the group for Btrangcr and sUonger regiila-
tionB
And finally, not enough is done in this case or many odicrs la
make sure the prcductH are off the shelves. Ab we heard here in
niinaiB, we have [he work of our atlaine> general to continue to get
them off, but diat Bimplj should not be her job Thac should be
done nananallj If a manufacturer — they know haw to reach ub to
Bcll m these picductH They should know how Co get them off the
sheli'es and out of am homeB aftci thc>'i'e proved Co be dan'ccous
So I have siimc sug^esnanB, our wish list far children'^ prcducc
Bafei^ Pirst la manu^tuicis, simply test yiiui products Make
Burc [hey meet all volunlary mandatory standards hefoie the}''re
Bold, and test for likely hazaids nat jeC addressed by a slandard
If you can't guarantee the safelj of prcductH >ou may hai'e manu-
lactured DiTrseas , dien bring your laclaiies back hereto the United
Slates. The Thomas the TWik engine recall that you mennaned.
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while It was rnsdc in Chins, the compan) ii'ho mal:?a it ib baaed
light hcic in Oak Btcok, IlliTioi&.
The Technon Laboratoty that jou alao asked about hai'e more
Bisff QvecEeaB than the;, have here in die United Stales There is
Bimply no excuse for a ptcduct thal^B sold in Amcrieanat Co he teat-
ed to the same scandal ds no mattci where il^s made ConBidet how
the picdiiet ib actuallj going ed be iiBed, noC yiiui ideal eic-
cumslaneea E\pect yout deaignera and engineer Co think abauc
Bafei^ aB [hey develop a pindiict, not Eimply as an aflcrnhoughc
Fot CFSC wc would ask diat jou advocate far your agencj in [da-
tives Request the money needed la piotect conBumcrs, especially
children
When the BlatuCes under which you apcraCe piDhibit you fiom
naming specific companiea , dan'c m isa the opparninicj la warn pai-
enl£ abauc the general hazard of the ptcducC Take jout abligadons
undci die Frcoiom oi Inioimation Act scr[DUBl> Simply not ic-
Eponding n> requesla foi infarmadon oi Icsing the lilc ib Eimpl> noC
acceptable [n^ eati gativc joumaliBlB , consumci adi'ocatea and even
law>ci's can be youi allies in ^nung the message aut about pccducC
Baielj, and ioi CongieaB wc would aak that you giiT CFSC ihe
funding I C need? la keep oui children safe.
Wc need moic dedicated Blalf mcmbeiB la puc&ue [he Elandard
Bctling, inveadgaEe changes and enforce coirective actiona Remove
the cap on civil penaluea SenouB ^loladons of safe^ law deEcrve
Bciioiia Tinea Remove aecdon 6lbl Don'l censure public safely. I
can now ^ec moic mioimation on safely concerns about a baby
Btraller and ather producla from nhe cuanomci commenia on Ama-
zon.com, and I wnuJd i eiTommend all parenis 50 there when they're
considering buying a product than I can from due Federal saWly
agencj
SenaHor Di'VhiN If I CDuld ash you la please wrap up
Ms Cqivleb Sutc We wcic funded bj grici'ing parenm who bc-
lici'ed thaC the company who made the di^dly crib and the CPSC
failed la protect theit son from death I cannot tell >ou how it add?
to ihciE grief Co know that almoGt lO >eaifl later moic lamihes are
put through similar tragedies because of the inaccm ate teaponse by
man ufactui cifl, relailcis and [cgulacorB Wc thank you ioi holding
this healing and look locward lasomcactjon on [his issue
SenaHor Di'vilin Thanh >du
[The slatcment followa:!
PlEPhlEDSlhn^BXIlt ^'h^Ct A C^UEER
Crcol Tnofarip Sroalor Durbia, P?|iiimimi CiIli? Rmk. ComiD 1 i^cii^r Nan) hhI
Same] mcnibcn Thnal: y^\i bi iKii opponiii] i<y h> pi?>:B< dui yif/ft on Ihc ibil-
icnl piodui cilbly kyiHMD amii w/aft id k?iui •idumi (hiklicn
Kidi !■ Ih]i])jrr 11 n iiGBpniill Di^ncnlifiD dfdn^nd Ig piQcailn^ [blldnD ty Im-
ErDvioE ibildiTD 1 piodui ulf i> Wc on? fiHiadeil id IVWi by Lmilii Qibje] niid
mi Kcymr. □Iter lli< d'lalb DTlbcii ion Diibb> tLEyai ib □ pncily ilcigiird, in^il-
e:|iiDlEl> Kilfd □ad Hf b]> nrnri'il poiuitic (lib 4l>iii mliiim] 11 Ig pumiDn' Ibr dc-
nkiihiiiEiil or-..iriM ibildicn ^ Br^liKl^ ndMi^iih Inr (kiLdn* nnd nlnriU' ibe jr^iiGn]]
public. cifiLri LnlJL puicni-. AJid tAiiiiw-jw nl-iu* ibiidccn ^ f ndiKi ^ut-i,
SlnruiTiH hcic m ILIiikjii, ^i: buy: nurkid iviik ^iuil^i Id LmplcmLBi lli^ ChiUitnl
PndiKl Safely f.il vkkli pnklbiu ikc die or ]eaic gI lErnlleil 11 daD^icaii ibih
diciil biefIlkIi Gr ibcir uk m Ik? D^el ihilikDi? CuinMilly hzved ^Uihm hnvr -.ub
□ Iqiv. Wg fwuvnt': cduislienD] ■□4im£iI^ do (hilliEn i pioliKl ofcly Ic (biltkni?
piDLnSen b?allb i^in: p miEi inanl 1, huchIi and i^urDiLcn <d alci-l ihEin lo IbG
inlncilEld 1I dnmipii Bkibr chiUici] W? •/-■uik ivilb engikeciiii^ ^nuranii nl UDiiTr-
4H
lUiei ihLliIih( [JGirk^c^nTn lo ■fkii'dv IKc l.nD^l?dgc of iDti> and ^Uiiukiidi
Lli3L h>iDGnL<ivi dL^^:^<^1 ivill kiinir L'l iKiIiIi^d i piodui^. LVr ^ie doiu nil ^e cud
IG puKH* chilliL^ ^nd •//•!i<cini\: iki- HipporLually Ig ipcnli id >di nboLiI ■d'v nv l<-
Ikz^e ibE Cgb^eii □■!) Ihr US Coniimi^r Ficdiii^ S^lsly ConiBi^iiDn igliU bslur
pnhUi'l DUI ibildiED
t[]D ili-'i Imm^ oF <bE ibalb dE Kf □□> Sire* in Daf ml^r dF ^LXn K^bb^ hud
dird on Tbnn biqiviii^ Dii> Iieiiii mnaiiEli niuKliLiig Ig mck Gikur □nil npning
Ibmu^ bii Inlc^uiiG^ (imilug n klrtEoHC und [eIeh^ltir Ig'ibi ibIo kl^ nbduaDLnDl
cnvily — kc Id 2U BDnlb^ 441 Th^ blii^ci-. knd bllen udbdIhoL gu< oFd Mh^cIls
CDH iliuuH Hi. m bii 44]f r ilblrig^ plD>Ed ivLlb il niid iiGiib] unwED m IbG (nriif i
iDiir Kcnaf (iiihI ikcm
Aid iDGikET Gf ikitG and □ mfEly cipETl, I <biM^k< ] hod kenid Einy pu^ibb
■ny ikcic ^n^ Ibi ^ ibild Lg diE ItEon □ danqciGiii piodu: — biU iibIiI K?BBy dKd
I kixL iiGVEr hmid uTlbf jei} ipedfic niid okicidid? dnnpEr uT i^DllG^og nm^pEli
Bui ^1 ikE CbiriBD TiibiinG lEii"^ pubLi'k.il \m hJay h^ehIimI. boLb IbG numnany
□nil Ihf CFSZ kHTbeniil uT IIig fGunLuil LnjiiriEi bv <}ie Lim^ K^bb> dii!!). They
CDuld havr uil.f □ mrliEi ofIidi] |£i pirvEni biiwalb ^md v:Gm DTGibci injuTKi
fi uxiD ^1 KID leamrd dF Kedd> i dmib •/-c bnughl lI Ig ikE iiiUi]li[<n gF Ibe
A?E^1 CoiDTnlitcE on Toy BtilEly. <bE idluDcaiy iCindiiid KlImgpnHip bi Idv^. Why
CPSC Di ihe lG> iHlu^iiy ilili]'l julie Ibe liiuc ivbGa ihEV laa. IsiiiiEd co li ii a
<^yl^ery WE mLiEd ihE \ii\ie nl ikE F^kiimiy ■e^ilo^, Ibe fan MuRkEli' iecqU ^n^
ibr CBil of Klnnb and A!fEM kjniB ^-oiliinir I'n lb? Iiiiic \m Juni: riEl?r □ usli Dmiip
fai □pfGimid Tbii ipnnp A^M pubLi.kiMl a 'lonilDr], a ^iir iind d kuLi nfiEr
titnnyi italb Dnd ^IboiI iivii jloi^ liIii.7 na Indana (bikL caic pio\xU'r I3ll?d Id
■mi] Ihe CPSC And ihi^ ii guicIi id 4hc ndrld gI lUmdaidi "giUb^
The Bcv ilDHlaiil ii inluDcaiy l< itipIivI^- q iu|iiLidD?D4 Ibal iDyi ^Ib
iiviilh^DklE BiiirnGi^ b" labeled wiik □ vamiHB abGui Ibe diin^i i oE Buirnei^ amd
Ibnl nil luyi ^iik idii)jiig<i b" <e^led m □iiuie Ihal ihe muRBCIi do nGi BiIIhkiI din-
ing ti^E ai imi lb« caiE »i<h Klngneiih: Dnd Folly Fukel dolLi Hg^eivt. Ibe lUiad-
□la doEi DG* [0|iiiie Ibe muRBLi ^Dming dd iGyi ^iik bii^r compGoeaii and iilll
□ILov iG>i •/-ilh luAK ■•//aPuwsbi': mu^el* lo bs ^U Id in> npiai^a no lov Ibal
CDiilaiai ^mall mnirnei-. ucciM-.ibl" Gr nGi. ihnuld be lold wuhnul ikc ^uiBin^ br
paiED*^. ^hI CFSC -.bGiill iveigk ibc dDURi* hhT -.mull caiidy -b^pcd mj^el- aiid
CDnuitr n ban of p^i-lniikir ^b^pEi Dad inci baird om Ibe bijp numbEr of rid-
dEnli
PLead Ibe ^lo[)l:1 gI Ibe (hillicii t/bn iiii-viiTd Dnd yDilll ke ivbiil □ devll^lallI]g
injury Ibe-c Ii4lle Biiirnei. ciiu-.e. Mg^i gE Ihe nkiblicB injued ■r.ie nbivE Ibe a^
limii on ikE ley Tboke ihui mieu'l iiiiiall> ?dI ike mngkEli vkEn lbc> bii^kc Iiuie
Innn ihE <Dy — bdI liEini lad. gI mpiTvi^iDn In BkI, Ibe mieal CPPC wrtail uf idgie
MusneiD kIi dceuDeni^ ai bail l,GI>U lepGi-li DEmngBEli CDining inae — nompDird
^lE ODE doilh and W mjiiriEi — liirklly poiEnli die lupEiM^lna Ineii [klldiea. Bui
■upEiMinn nnD^i bE ikE only Iihe oT dEiEniE kelnrea Gur ckildieB Dnd debliir
puidui^
'AkEn CP9C Eluilk look ui^n. il ■*mi mo IliO Im ble Tbej "iHolbd" Hnr
hlngneiD leu. km lerl Ibe gd« gb ike ^Uot ^bdjEi — evEn lhoi4|h <hey bod hd pmf
Ibal IbeiE mat nay diETEiEnnE bei^een Ibe onek in bomci and ibc enei on ikcKci
!■ Eh I Ibi: m anuoiKiiitr iieiT:r uied ike w/uid itcall — Ibey eufed il a leplneBenl
piDgniB and laid 'lE yiu bDiigk* Il For n ibild undei age D fll fai ■□rkeUd bi ^
□nd upl nnd ovie UHGmthrtiib Ie •/-■••b ba\imff i< In yoiii bnmc, 3011 4giiI] iduii] li
Fdi auGihei pndirl" — nDlbing 10 giLe ike paienl gt^g <n ikE ^lle n lenie eFiii^n^y
□biiil jr^Kin^ ihe piDdiKl oui ef ber honiE.
Bui CFSC appuiEnily CGukL do noikin^ idgie nnd Ihul OTdilf- kn<«d irciill ■••••i br
□ yrai. » b lie ( n ildiEn cl^Iuiii^] lo go hiiri fiom ihkL M41110I1S bi^ Mni^eii', niber
magkelic loy^ uhI mogneiK |eiiT:l[y. ThE [?:iir wii- unn'iuBied ihii Mnnb 31) 'SIM
Tkui br, JGDalban MilReil liEini CPBC piibli-b(d liii imiin ieiIib jl liijunei Eii'm
Mimnei ln^^iKiD in C b ikliEn— U dlIkL Scaler 1IDIKJ-.3JIA ib AIM\\R ^eeI.I> oF Ibe
CEC. And ID NojEinbei , Q Bonik^ alHer Ibe inilial itidII und aliDGii a yrai ufiEr
KEiiiiy 1 denlh, mngBEli iveie mEnlifmoL by IbE CFSC br Ibe fir-.i vm< m □ ^neml
labiy ^Dming — hdi icblrd <d h ipeeiBc prxLiKl Too long in oui opiima — Ibeir
vai nn mliHibn im CF9^ annGUHing Ihe g?keml hnzaiil^ ol ikeie ilicoig
mngkeli nbea lI <vai lii i4 kiou^l lo Ibeli aiienlion — km UhI. dF ^UiETihr Eundiag
or ^ir l.epl II on <he kml: burner imlil □ cklld bud d>?d uhI diEeni moic i^mc \m-
]iiied
Tbe ^iDr> of KenB>'i denlh nnd mjiuiei Fnhm Biynei^ ib loyi m hoiTifn lilD
mra<^ puieaii id Ijwp aP Vyi wnA ^imag mogaeli □»□> fiom nkiblm under ili
□□d EiDin □!! [krdiTB ^ho huvE □ ii.^ded[> Id mGiUh ob^li In oildLliDn bi
^lugneiD. CFSC kai lEcallrd -I -I millun] Fofy FcehK dolli uEleril Injiiriri lEqiunBc
migeiy and ITU lEpoi-li dFIddie mogkEli, -IUJXHII Mugnebkiili io>i, jlII,IIlOll mogkelii
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piailci hhI nliDG^i 'fiWC Ig^hIidlii? Vyi krmiiiE dE ikc hmmdi Ibi: mngkcli pDU
lJe'vcIi} ivilb mu^cLi can □]« pnu □ irai mil Ig niiy hr? chiU
Ai PnincD CiillahDi] hhT ikE Tntim? pul il, Ibli ii tiili jiiil Ihf ilfiiy GEonf BibiI^i
gncFDC ikE ImiDidi il one •yff oTu^f, km '?iiiblf mail' if kon n »^I.EnB] fel^ml
a^wiy. IB li^ iii}iipi[ nnil ilixlle nppnticb <d ic)jiihimB. bi\i <d pnUcl [klldi?B.~
Finl □■ b^li|jbUil ID ibE Cliicii^ TribiikE □iri'l?. mrly icfarli of dnii^n Einni
Itir mn^^Lk on? avrclocki'il or iijoatral by CPSC and Lb? mnDuEiriiiicr. So oFLea
I bcni li^m. pIlItlll^ •bai. ibEy [?piLCI □ picbkiii id IIie CPSC and □■? iu'vei igbUhIoI
□^iD. Ai lb? ■□juiKt pilni up. na ^RdcI ^n^ mnl? id lEab oul o Ihr publi' Ig
higbLiglil ikli Em?q|in|r ^i^k Aaaiii, d^ ^^mconc wko i^^hI^ h?c dnyi ImiBliig nbojl
ana liying Ig pn'rL^nl ckiblki--! uijuruM Eicod □iir-i'iy picducii hhI loyi. I vni iib-
□■Hiic if III LI '.ptcifii ii^h ci\ i^uIIli'i inp gc labnliiip bh^^ik f\tiici IE I'ni iidI
□nnicaf Ll, I tan hiilue yii ikm p^uciili li^mc Ig lup? cviie lh?Li ibildiED □icc^ed
Ieii aw/air gE iI CPPC nrrdi m Vitc m iiiiiii<silf m piGKCl IIie publir rnm liiiz-
□idDU^ pnidui^ nunc >?nDLiil> hhI Cgii^imi ii«eil^ m givr IbGB Ih^ FundiBg hhI
ilnlTLng ikEy Tifol Ig iId □ bElH:r)Db
SEcmilly. ^hETi n ibihIL w/ai nniiGiiBcal lb? iciiJiri^ ii:kii-? itml np bH'-iiiEii I
pingniB ^n^ id ^GDEuiiiig llinl lI is nmnrLnH niiy pniEiil loik iiiImidii«||^ hiI ii l^r-
EDi^ (Guld (eII Ibnl ikE picdirl lb«} knd m IIigli kroD? ^u-. iig diltnai ihiii Ihe
Dii?^ iilU Dii Lbc iIieK?^ Gf iqbe lann — ■Dhin^ lh?iii uniuic sIhkiI Lbc niwd ehh ic-
iLun ib^ir pndii:! TkE piEii ieIcbk nh&iHDUd ikE iml hicml ikc Ig>i pGvrd,
BOH 4GB4nidH city ■?iiii^k hhI dDwapbyd III? dnagrc NdI bEcniin' CPPC iHiTilal
il llinl ^ny, bui i^i^iiie ?0:liDn Slki dT lb? CGDiimiEr Ficdiicl Satiy Acl cical?^
□ uliinUiB ivkEi? lb? ciBpiiB> bui ikE uppEi h^mil CPSC m\iil knjE ikE pDivr Id
draFl ibEiroivn pmi ieIch^?^ nbDiil ibrngkimi i pndiKli ^iibDiil <bE ibI p?D oTiIie
nun lib CI HI? r icrab'hiBg duI lb?ic aiwy nlii^nipL Ig gkl Ih? diiii|pM Kini^.
Thiid and ibi^ ik □ i4i«igik gETFSl Lb? iiEdKnIfd ?B|riiiL'cn>|r und laivyr ilnIT
■TOli?d hmd iHh iJEnliFv lb? ikapr Dm) •cc-cni in FdiidsIidii Io Lb? ^ST^ mb-
KDiD miiiEC II. dmli D -ICDng loliiBlBiy lOuidnnl IL tat CPPC ^luET sIiibij klIH tim-
iiiiTi?r ccpnMEiiUiliv'c- TvkD, □Ilkm^B ko^ily DuLaiiBbEnd gb ib< \ini ijioup, b?pl
SuihiBir IO ciEiil? n iIcdh^i iinHhiil. CPSC ii?Edi mcioiiEil Fimiliii^ Ig tf:v IHei?
EdKiiUi] pnhlEiiLoiiali niid mcicn*? ikEir nmki — dv idukl lb?B bE nklE Ig tlfDilly
iTiut? bsinidi pnDi id Idjiii^ mlber Iban 'KnUag imLil ^mcDn? gcli kiin.
E''iBall>' — no* EiiGiigh ^n^ Aime Ig ninkE miic Ibc ii.Tall?d pndirli dtm? dIT lb?
■hrliv^ BivB nfiEr IHe Tnkun? i ?ipDiE iIie ncurcil iiEm-. nzBnrio] oa iIieIl?!
Ii?[? in IILiBDi^ TkE iriiiGii AiiDinEy G^ii?ml. DiBL'd wiLb Ih^ lllmDii ChiUiciil
Pndinl ?tilE<y Ac4 ^nd b?r uwm CDmBiiniEDi L'l kc^p 4bilili?D ^ah Iid-. LolEn n
iliDng n\e m niGDLLGniiri i^Ciibci bt\<: ib IIIiiidii. CFST nzjllv ikmild bE Loljnjr iH?
IeihI gb Ihii and mnliiiig ■□■iifiKlum i Inh: Ih? 'ii^-. beeiieiI Io nDck •y":wy ic-
□lire ^nd ?VEi} igd^ubei pDiiibls Th?y kno^ Hg^ Ig mKh u 'vb?B lb?> w/amA. Ig
ieII Ibeie prxLiKli, lbc> caa ui? IbGH] nme mclbi^li id ibxh ui id icukve Ihe dna-
gEiGHi [□'□rEil pndiirli
So yiu. ail., oiE EhiUiciil pccdiirli mf My nniivr Id pncrau it "t^e nam'i k?
iiiiE~ Mg-.! pIlIl.^l^ bLjIu^iT' ilini ibLldcEii ^ pudiKli amd loyi □■? ie'4eiI br nfcly
bElun: iliEV an: -'41 uad if ikEK' ■- ii ccfuir Ih? (DmKmiEi »ilL Bnh: CL?[y ?IEirl
Ig ir^Lik Inem — iviqd^ dh bDlh (dudii Heu: ik one iviih liii lo lapiGVE iihiUicii'i
pmdui mlEly
Uwrufinlnrr'w
Tril yniir pmdui^ bEToic <kEy die nbl Z^lab? miie ili?y dieeI □■[ VDlunCii^ amd
niiindiiU<i} lOmdnidi bEloiE lliry □n' kiU □□[) li^il be liH?ly hnr^iil^ kol ^vl aii-
[lii:i>?d by □ ^Enndnid
If yiu EQD L jpEUQDicE ikc lotiy HhT piulii: Il >Dii knjE [nuDiiEiciiiiiMl Divr'?ai,
lb?B brin^ imir UHlGtiEi bnb lo Iho L'biL?!! ^CiI?i IiIdie ikuD 'HI y^sii i dIiet kod
pnini w/ai DDBiiEd id ikE Uaiicd SIdiei lh?ei: li bd Enuk? be pndiKl: mcnDi Ibr
EhiUiEii <D bEioiLo] IB kiid Jii'i bii iv??!:. ThGEDEi^ Ibcl^Bk Euide iDy^.n iCipl"
Ibi ■illxhm HhTchildeEn »eie n-Talk]!! bEE[iii>? of lend pniDl Tkii i^ iiuKEEpinklE
Toh: kiiBDii bciDi i lhLg ilzi'ihbI CoDiidEr bo^ Ihe pmdui li arlmlLy j^i»ff Id
he uiEd, noi ,die Htal ilkubiUibc?^ Biperl ^oiir itiigiieri □□[) ciigineeei Id iklab
□biiil i[ibi> Di ilioy dE^cbop □ pecFlirl, boI hi qd ^FLoelhGiiirh L •//btn ikE pndiKl
II aliDGil eEiid> Fdi iIio m.iikEl KID idukl bE kappy ihi -lAd HnirTEDcb Euily ^tilbly
PiG^UEii br UEideeijeiidiiaii: i.^giii?eei lo uk ai n ii.^n'ib?r edui k br pindiicl d?-
u?n?ei
□? Gf?B ^boul pndiHl boiDidi anA. inHi GunbLy [kin I diimlii luidEiili iEfGti?d
by (Dninmeri Hcidove immlE peiiFlirli qiiKl.l> liihiD ihi: i4dii: iIieKei, ^prnd moiiEy
Ig lEliiE^E ii.Tall?d pndiKli eDI'4iIveI> und linl: e[iieEiiI1> qL oLber pmdLicI IIoel Ig
make ihie boie prniKli don'i knjE ibr mmE hnzoiil.
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CteI iI dH cbc ^li«I^M When 3011 hie laEiniieil if a wxail, nial.e Min: ciriy udIL
if Ibc pukLlkI 11 idDGVcd amii lElnrkcd <d ibe mm] u Eh 1 111? r Ficduli U]h:i] i^lTlhe
ih?liv^ bill ieli ■□ ikE biKk iDcnii gIkb iDLilnlcBly End up bud. on iLe ihEKn
P1L1I DDliiKi ildLibe urn) in iU<ici. If 1 yoiii cmUimeri kBDiv IHdI ib^y cub gEl up
la di](E iati> laEimi alL£in Iidb y<i\i.
CgbUhi ^1 m^my (ODiimiEr^ ai poi^lbl?. IE }iiii knjE [onOici iD&imiiilicn , \iie ll
IG IeI ^Kjr (ll^lolll1.^^^ kno^ ibEy miiy knjE □ dnB^iDui pndii:!
PL^quin: ^■>iir m^m uHh lunri m ^^UB^ prmi dT pic-mnrkf 1 If ilmg. Emy ihipa^ni
iLEibildicD ^ pndiiE^i yen nriciic ^boulj baiv ^mi: (erlili'iimB ibnl i< ^n^ If il?d
lu nil ith.'^Diil fDLiiidiiloiy anil veLiiiiLiir> ■cnndiirli mill DddLliDDDl 4?rlLlKDlK>D Ibnl
lb? pDiDiur mbiiniuf'. uicd nr: IckL fiu:.
RffaiT icliiTBi Id ikE m aDLibcliiicr and CP5C CFSC uFIcd ualy lEnnii 1I d/ifjtli
□Ret ikE pnxLiKl bai IrFl lli« lUiir ihrLiTi, If □ irLinblE HUTf dF lalanniilLfin in.
im mfe p ndiirli IeCISC.
CPSC
Ad\Qtal? br ycLH n^iKy and ycoii idli^»d EEqiiEil Ibi: idilii?> n«?4l?d m ihIe-
quaKlk piDlsl igb^iibci 1, f^psmllk (bikLiEn, Iiiib dnBgrniLii piEdirli CfSC bai
a inial\cr biidni m oicriEe niGi? Ibnn Hfflb picdiirl lypri IIidd IbE FDA km bi
O JETHK on UDllJ mEdK IBE
WkED Ihf imiuKi lhuIt ivkKh }(]u Hifmlo pinbikil idu Him f\ibiii\\\ng inlnrBii-
li[<n DkaiU n humid niid n^uninD -pdi'n (ompsniEi, nun I mii^ ikE DpfarEiiBii> Id
ivnii] pnicnl^ nkau^ 4hE ljv 111.13I ImiDid
Tnh: >eur obliR'jlLon- undoi Ibr Fiudmn oE laEimiiilLDn Acl lEiniiily. SiiDp]> ddI
iiMpmiiliii^ or 'uiLng" ikc Ule 11 h>I ^m^pmblE. Ibltiidhiih joiiruili^i^, CDniumfr
□dvccnUi □□!) nvn bi^jvn tan be yD\i\ nlliEi in filing Ih? Tn-nrw— out nboul
piodui mlEly — im Die luH Ibr En«iiiy
FiMi-/- a^ guidElin?! amii [szEm mEndnlna^ gd □]■ pmdiKli Dmi'l late IkEin oi
a ihailinj^, ai in 'my ^ ya\ lU li ni unnrt ai aa n\na^ S yrar oldr Tkcy □■?
IbGi? Foi inrEly ■EII1I'^^
If 3011 bniv n pioblcB »ilb n pndiKl IIidI yi\i tclLEir: (ould bE immt lEpoi* ll
bDlh IG Ibc mnDiifarlLiicr ^nd ibe Con lumer PndLi: I S^fEly CGBminKiB.
Cb«li nil ibe picdiicli yiu. hie ^iik yiiir ibildiED ni cprngm and if(n up br
f mail ntrli nboul iri^li — fllber limii ikE CPSC it Bonikly Innn Kid^ In Ehingrr
TeI] yD\ii IJKiidi and bmry ^loul Ibc DE^d Ig ibal. nil pinduci^ EipECEilly kniid
mc 4l]»'^^, Ibi icidIIi Find mnm] LnrDimDlmn nboui bGi^in^ iKlIiIied dIc nl
»Th-»J(id ilnDon^cT-DiB
(rivr CPSC lb£ Eundiag il DErdi Id Imzp Gur EbiUicn lafr Wc DEfd mGir dtdi-
EDKd ^miF membra Ig pDru:i|<iil? In iT>]uBuiiy ^umdnid lEiuiig, iDLG-.il^h: irifiwii
oE dandier-, mid i.*lbnc nunrt Iliv iirlmn 1
R^BOiT! <bE cup Dn civiL pc■□Lllc^ Fiiig^ ^boDld k< DiifipEcud and tainFul — ddI
iDmcibiBR II CHhmpDB> nam •/--n:-: ibid ki biid^iEl Sethd^ jHmliDDi dF id&i> ^a•//■^ dr-
Pl?boiv KciKiB l^lbl — doll'* [CBiur pub Ik ial?i> IfCFSC da?^D^i knu lb? Eimdiag
or niDiubilE Id uih: DcmB ipniD^i EDmpDnm. htb igd^diiiei'^ wilb lb? laEiniiiiiuD
lbG> bnvr u '/ctan pnUc^ ddi •yrm (billicn No oikEr tdf ml tately atpwiy ii mb-
]«! IG Ibii piDviiKiB, ^Jiik nG Db>?rviiblc iig^uvc cIEkI l^ ikE ding mduiliy, hdIg
EDmpnnm di GikEr lEgublfd (Dlllpa^lE^ I (□□ ^|eI boic InbimiiliDn oa wtiy uim-
EETBi nbDDl n bnbL -IidIIt m lb? (diIgbei D]Bm?B<i □! ^■□zonrDin ikna I con
Innn ddi titml -dILiv Diji'Hy CDngi?ii ibDuld ^bangc ikli b> dcBymg miDu^iiir-
eii vciD GDnir DVLT -albly alEni.
A ill CrSC 6i\ nnniEil lEpDiliag dd icidIL clbiimEii, PDIA miLKZii Fulfil I men I,
iDLTii^iuDi gI dmib und niGi? HdU ikEm urcGunUikle ll 11 impihi^lbl? id IihI
Dui IE □ pndii:! [?:i]IL 1^ i^IEkIiit:. Wb?B irqiKiiina lb 11 ■□brmnliDn I ba\t bEcn
IgU EVEr>lbing rnm 'ikni HIe 11 iiii~ m limply l«in^ i^ond, gvcd ibniflk lup-
pDiEd]> mi'nlbly ii^iini dh: litd »ilb ibE n,|EDE, Con^iid' can n-b fir ibii ijitq^
malion — .imflv milnni^ 11 public ^iLI knvc u poiiiivo cFIlti im lb? iccnLI iriuni cdie
Suppurl pi^'dinir I'jii-.lDiiiia ihh nqum pn-muckol l^-iin^ 'lE dumbl" ckildnal
Emdui-. CP^ bn-. no □iiibDi]i> lo miil.E lompjnu:' bcdil iki^r piiidii:l: anr mt
eRhi: ibEy 3IC nhkL ITT (billicn t/'iwi uijund niid -.l^ Dilhd bilim' daiiiji'iGU-. picd-
irli iriiillEd Juil bill yia\ igiiU k< icmovEd EiDm lb? mnckEl pkirc L/Hilin^ kacb
S ^vaci, o-ci I^LV ibildcEn ^cce injumi ky pmdui^ l«Eii? ib?y could k" nrisllid
rmg ■□■uBiFliiiEi ■ Id Itil ikEir picducli kfbcr lbe> di? »I] nad kaviog □
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cejUIeiiiiid teal Iieiiii CPPC •bai. nawrmtt ^Duld Iccl. br ^quIiI aicaily impiDir lb?
iat<y gIgu ibildicD Sib ply pul, ii li ^m moii p^iEnIi Dlimny bfl>?vr m te Ihe
note
SiffGWI piAilln^ li.ijiitili[<n m lEqiJiE picdul iE|jiiliiimB cniil^ Inrdumbk ibih
dicnl piDdui^ PEihup^ Ihf y Hie h>I nil icIurnaL, pcihnpi □ piodui ii iig lonRcr
^Ib Lli iLii^uiL uwmer tui Ull^ inlnrBn^KiB igiiU iUII ^□ii1> lapnivc lb? LilclLhiKHl
Ibal □ pnicnl ivill lenrn dFq dimj^icm priFliKl telbn' ibuir cklld li ■□jiiml.
tLidk In [k]i]R?r ^di Ibundol by grEvrngpnicDli wbi bclK'Vd] ikm Ibi: cnrnpnny
vbo iDDdi: <hE ilEDdLy (iib B>d lac Crac utd Ig pii^L£(l ibiir ii'n fnia diiid] I
cnD^i iclL }(iii km il nlli !□ Ibeif gnef D hnDiv Ibm nlmu-i Lu >c3r-. biui. idgi?
biBilici mt pul IhiLugh lUDilni imRnlKi fco:Diiic oE 4hE in 3131.111131? icipmiK by
ni on lib CI III? n, nzUnlen otieI lEqubloi 1 Thnal: >di be bGUiair iki: b/ianuff □ml it
CUD QDly bGf? Ibal wilb icneDT'il publir miiliBy □ddilicnn] liiiidiEijr and ilnlE [md
□ iciici^il [GBinilEiiciil 10 labiy CFSC an I? dfeliiv :■ pnnccunj; (hillicii Eicod
harm
ScnaEor Dubbin Canrr Kcidily h^id of the Tc^ IndmUy Ahoo
riadon.
STATEMENT OF CAHTEH HEITHLV, PHESIDEtn', TOY THDUSTSy ASSO-
CIATIOPJ, INC
Ml KiiiTiii.Y Thank jou \cty niiich for Ei^'n? "& [he up par mm w
to provide com mcrilH about [he impoi lani flLib]ccc of consumer piod-
uct gaiety in gcnccBl and about die salci^ of tc^ prcducla m par-
ticular
I'm Cartel Keithly, the pr^ident of [he Toy Industry A Baocia [ion
iTlAi of about ] LiBl a little mare dian I jear ago The Tnj InduBtij
AaaociatLnn la a not-lor- profit tiade asEcciation with more [han 504
mcmbera, and qui members account for about H5 percent of U S.
demFolic lay sales. Because our market con&isla of one of [he meet
vulnerable aeEmenca of qui population, our children, our number
one priorilj and the number one prioiilj of our members is to as-
Eure that our prnducls are Bale
Oui induHtij has lead the world m developing tc^ safety stand-
ards We ai e proud of our rccoid of accomplishment and the ic-
spcct that lie hai'e cai ncd From the saie[j auchoi ities Decades aro,
undei [he auspices of the National Bureau of Standai ds, [he TIA
led die deielopment of a salei^ slandaid for eoje, and m 1^9^ the
standard was republished as an ASTM consensus standaid Con-
sensus standards such as a slandaid for lays are developed under
the auspices af slandaids develapment argan i3a[ians , and the de-
velopment of such standards ini'oli'es participation bj consumers,
CPSC, indusOy experia, retailers, safely c cms u I Ian Is , teaUng labs
and academics
They are developed m an open and Hansparent prcceas and arc
more quickly implemented ihan rulemaking which can lake >cara.
Bringing airin[er^[ed pai'tiea pjgether to develop safe^ standards
has made America the leader m safely standards araund the world
The s>slcm is enpedi [lous , nenible, and eifecnie. It avoids the
slow, bureauciadc prceeBEca of go^einmenla and allows foi con-
slant ici'iew and ici'ision [o accommodate changes in prcducta and
technology. Ic enables industij and safelj organizations to icacc
quickl) to emeiging and unforeseen issues, and as a consequence
of the merits and success of this sjstem. Congress wisely empha-
sized a picfcrence foi reliance upon what it [crmed I'oluntary safe-
ly slani^ids m the Consumer Product Safely Ace
The sys[cm deaerres the continued support of Congress Our toy
standard is undei constant review, and a rei'ised version of the eoj
4S
Bafc^ sCandaid was published just lasC mDnth The rcviaiDriB ccm-
Isin impoilant new pco^iEioriE n> addceas magnclE individually ai
BE iTomponcnlB in toys. Prcducia eontainin: iriasnela as lncec parla
arc required Co ini~lude lahelinE. aafcty JabclinE, flnd Iojb con-
laining maEncHi be cnmponcnlB may not libcialc maEnclB dutins
uae oi abuse The ASTM work »roup developed aalandaid foi mag-
ncl m [ojfl in record Cimc AaTM approved the alandard be pub-
lished and directed that die work group continiic n> evaluate poten-
tial haiardE and ccline the Elandaxd if neoied ovec die next yesr
In addition, CPSC is iJiis vctj ia- eonducdng a forum at the
headquaiteEE la indicate to the indusniy and nthecE about die
standard.
In addition to the design speciHcadons pceacnbed by lay saTely
BlandardE, manulketuEci b muBt Bubmit liieir tc^E foe Ealel^ testing
to leducc ar eliminate potcnnal hazacdE during uarmal UEe or
abuBC The cesls meludc requiremen la addiesBed mechanical , elec-
□ ical, [hci mal , chemical hazard Thanks eo nhe lay safe^ Elandard
and teatm^ proceaB, lays are cxtraoidinatilj Eafc In spite of die ic-
maikablc ptcceaE in impro^in^ die salclj of children in America
o^ci the past >e3r, childicn unlorninatcl^ tcday EdII face Eignifi-
cant riEkE, but these cisks are mcQtl> unrelated !□ DnyB. Tiagicallj,
often avoidable injutiea lake [he lii'es of more than 1 out of e^cij
IU.OHJO children m die United States annuallj Ic includes childicn
who die m motor vehicle accidenla or dioii'n in bathlubE. I have
piavided jou dala on thepiimaij causes of childten'E deaths
CPSC'b annual reparc indicalet that of 15 commonly UEed houEe-
hold picducia, Hojs had among the lowest numbci oi incidences of
injuiy and death Icis Etill hearchi caki 05 ii'hen accidenls with toys
cccur, but we tcact quickly and vigarouBly when an> pattern of
hazaid emerges relating la nays Un loi tunaEely, attcnuion continue
to focus on the Bmall iiEkE asBcciated with tc^E while Eome I'eij big
iiBkB icmain unaddtesBed The net result is that we often waste
Bcacce resDuices in areas of minimal ciEk Euch aB lays ac nhc ex-
pense of allccatmg them efricientl> to make children'B lives nuly
Balei
An enotmouE number and vanetj afconEumet ptcduclH are Bold
in iJie United Slaies, and ihousandE af neii' to> pioducls alone are
creaEed for Eale in Amecica.
An> goi'emmenlal sjBtem oTstanibrdE 1^ CcEling foe Buch a vasC
numbei of conBumer prcducia could never cope with the sheer I'ol-
umc That iE why oui s>Etcm of conEenBus Blandarifa has ii'ocked
BO succesBfully The CPSC docs a veiy cfiective jab with a mcdest
budget We commend the Cbmmissian and ilE h atdiiotkin g Etaif for
then succesBful work on behalf of the American public, and we bc-
lieiT there are ways die Commission can become even more cflec-
tiveand efficient
Toward diat end Td like to olfcr the follawins tecammendations:
FiiEt, we suppoi t dynamic neii' paitneiEhips between Etakeholders
and the CommisEion to promote Eafet> and Eafe conEumec piacdces.
SeiTond, wesupporDihe Commission's involvement in private Eland-
ardE activities as aulhoiized in the current Elalute Third, iheie is
a need foi better guidance and education from [he CommiEsion on
the im piemen ladon of section 15 picduct hazaid icpoidng pioi'i-
BionE. The current law implemenlung regulations \a EdII vague and
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Bmbi guouB , and it is difficulc for manufacCuTFrB , raprciaFly amall
buaincBBCB, to dctciminc when rcparciriE coirccti^c actum ate no:-
casaij Fourth, in the global emnornj wc note the irnparcancc of
the agencj'fl [nictriational cnragcmcnt to cnautc ^icatci import
with (inca <\^th BaTrl:) siandacdE
And, finally, wc bchciT the CPSC decs not lack authoiilj la im-
plcmcnc ilB con jrcaa [anal mandalFE. Hoi^cvcr, it icquitcB ei'^si^"
icHoutccs to im piemen 1 1 [a auppoi t. Thank you fot pto^iditiE me the
opportunilj [Q testify. The Commiaaion La an impotlant agency , and
we fully aupparC is misEion Jt can and should ha^c the funding
and resources it ncrda
[The BlatementfDllow&:|
Ph>^' ii>j> St'ti <tt-'T OF C an h Keitbi ey
CknirBUB Diirtii], Ibnak fuu. br the Dnprnnmily l£i tnjHlF cdidiiiciiIi nboLiI Ih?
impDiUiBl Mib^l of iiD^UBEi pndLH L dlcly ib ijf iieisl niid aboiiL ikE talcty ifluy
pnidui^ in pDnKulnr I □■ Cnm? KcLlhlcy. Fi^'idunl oE Lbi: Tg> liidLi:iiy Ai^miD-
litm ITIAl. IIA 1^ n noL- loi-Bioil* linl? ^iil<dIidi] ivLlb mLac Ibnii rUU B^rnkTi
Diir ni?Bber^ dkoudi lor Hl< fiLJirEiil af US dmD^iii' u) lati Wbile ibEic hie n
Ieiv jei} \awgi: l<? ■□■iifiKluiL^i i. Dur 15 f^r'Eiil of Gur mcnibEr^ die [umpnBKi
^Ib imdrr ^ milliDn id atici
BaDuic Giir ■nrkEi comlili of Diif of <bE moil julkEmbb Kgniciili gEgiit f^fit
IniKiD. Dill [brili?D. DLH mmibf I on? piiinly. hhI ibc niimbEi on? pmnly oTimr
incBbET^ li IG niiiiic IIidI our pndiKli Die ^nlc Tcqcllifr ivilb ibc U.S ^T<inii-
incBl, nHGirnciil ^Umdan] ddiiipmEHI iiUDBimlLJon i , indf'pciid^rK In, ^dbly o-
pEil^ 3iiil oikr-. IK^ lo] iJiduKrv lii^ kd ikE Tviirb in ikE acvi:}iiBBEn I iJAkiiiDlLy
iccuRDUd] EHiy -uiFeK MDjiiLiiil ^ Uc bni/' lllrl^^n^] kEHMly \m chia dEivtipmEn I ic-
lEDrib dyBimiK uil^i> l^ilmg qisillly niiuiiiiuf K^iing, riik □■nlv'^ii ^nii kiu: □■-
IbiopoiJidi}: iliiJic GlEhiUicii Pordriadei TTi bm idil.fd liictiily Fdi ir^ nfr-
ly niiil 'M^ \iw pii'ii] nroin ninr] of iH(r<in pli-.bBEn I iind Din nLiliun i]i if - ^iik 'he
Nii<»ib.lI S^ifi'iy ChhiiiiciL I >rsr I. MmtiB jL Duiimiu rJ ^lomliiiil i HiBUY Am^nc^n Vn-
liDnsl SiuFKLinl-. ]d-iiIii<eI^N^II. ASTM IbieiiiiiojbiiL and Ibc JBiEinniKiBaL SUmil-
□idi D[(^n IJHIKIB IISOl Thh kelp n^^ur: lli^z Eilbi'livc ib phzBEn cali£<ii of vy micly
lUmdnid 1. •/-e pnhvidE lampn'beB il^^ and iKEiiraK in IbimDlimi on vy tab'y 21
bDun n liny, Ihicigk □ ^po:iiiL hied im gut irkiitE '"/-■*:<nf-ainw^cau<iinei!ftir-
f DiL latly-llEiyiatly
TIE BirCCEJ ^ OF 11 E Ca»^EN3U^ Sfecr/51\'infBIi •ri'TEH
III l4?&, undET Ihr □iiip>'ri dEMBS, TTi lei ikE i3Eivbipin?B4 dFd vdlunOir, nfr-
ly lOnidnid bi U^i Id ifH5 Ih? iinHbiil vni ieviveI and piibliib«] ok qd ASTM
CDniEiiiiii lUiiukiid
Cgb^eiiiiii lUiBdaiil^. mclixLiBk <1ie ilandnrl bi vnt, hie dfjElopcd imdEi 111?
□uiBiTEi oFiDiErBiiinnal lUHbiid' d?jEV>pBf ni mpnBD^IiDn ^ iiirk ii- ^^T^f Idiet-
nDlHhnnI Tbi: drs/'bp miBi il ^ub ^Uiiukiidi rivcJvEi ikc pDriEipiilii:^ 'il tim-
iiiin?n, (OD:uiiiEr iii^bdsIidh i, CPSC, iiiiliiiU> ecfiwii miiilEn 'ufEly cgb^iJi-
anti. Haling btnmlGnEi and muJEmiE ru liliiipni In lb£ ASE^f ^miuDidi piDC-
eii, [oaKniiii oEnl] pnrliclpDBli ^md ASHiI Ii irquiml pn[<i h> Eimrlin?B< ^STM
lUmdnidi anr 4l:vck>|iiMl id am ofca bhI ImnipiiiEDipiiKEki, »iib □ bnlniuE of pai-
liclpDBli CLal1En1lI^ 'Eundnidi, nrk bi ikE ASTKI iGy SUiHbiiil Die moic qiiHlily
□Ebi?VEii ibuD nilEiDiikiB^, vkr n isri Oiic Kv^ml ^mn
Thr ly^HMD if briiiaiiig □■[ oFlbr iiil?i?ihd p^iru?^ and lub^l ma i (et ei peril lo-
gEllirr In pi[<LiilE p^HiiH« ^nd dliszliDi] \m ib? dEivkipmciil oE utiy lOmdnidi hm
madE Amenm ikc leader \m latly lUiBdnid^ nmund liu] ^'oild The ^yiUm li eife-
diUiu^. ItiiklE hhI dhliiv. ]i nmli Ib/i ibw, Haul binmumUi piixci^n "Tgi^
f[i]in«'B< Il ^Ih^i br eduiOiiiI icmek ^ind lEJiiion Lg □nomiDHliile [knDjTEi id
pmdui^ and leckBDlogy. nnd Ennbti induili} and publir tafiiy GignDUDlmi] i l£i
lEiHi qunblL In emEiuini; and uafm-VB vilely imuei
Aid (od-^iefkc i'F iiii^ mcriii und -.u(c-^ iiT iki* i>i»iii, Congi?^! viieI, eid-
phn^ufd 3 p iL^EitJiCL Fni itliijici: upi'n i'gIufii.ii} ubiy ^laadnidi m ibE Cim-
luniGr FndiKl Subi, Ati Sti'yim Vfkl hhT Lb? Acl pn<VKLEi 'ThE '. HlInlll■-^HUl -.bjill
ie]> upon iihluBiuiy 4ub-.iibei pndiKL ^ILiv -landnrli raikET ikuD •lomiJ^ii: □
EDmuniGr priFlirl albly lUmdaid pitHnkinR icguiiciDGBii dEuntiil ib mb-^MiDD
far nbcHMir [GBplinBix wiik iirh vciliniCir, iiaDdnid^ ndul] cIudiudie or ade-
i]UiiE]> mlivf lh« nik dE Ikjiii} nhiEiKd und II ii lih'ly ikm ikEic •/-iP If lub-
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lUmlinL [um pi Em IK 'vilh iiiEh idunCii} iCuiiliiiil i." Thf I'DI]1C^1II^ iinHbiil lyiUm
Ai omc af llic In igc^i iumdiiid ih'V'clDpiD^Di DiBmcalicm i" ikc idrld. m awr
pimid (c hnvr Aai'^l n^ ibc putli^luT uE lb? <Dy o^Ely ^umdnid Th? (uinzB* iIiihI-
□id, AST^ FK^UT Cgd^uiiiei Sat'i> Sperifmiii^D ia Toy Sat i>, ii iiader (on iOitiI
lEvif ^, and a wevnrd ^nd updnHzd vmna oTlhe h>y mlely ^Uiiukiid -/-ai putliilial
□I III? br^DDing of bil idgbiIi The iciiiEd SCmdnril cuiiUiidi imporCml new puivi-
umii (D nlliEii [erEam lyp?^ ol boiDidoui nia^L^ls individiially \t hi □ 4UBpLai<ni
m 4Dy^ IT cmFl uli milliard fur iliildirn liihiD !! <n I! ,tDr-. 'ii qir FiLdiirii tia-
□ibIii^ lub mmii^l'^ at kov? parli ^if k? irqiiind Ig ini'luil: olcly Infc^LiBg od
lb«lr piKkii|jiii|^ jnd m iirticmD^ Tbc tibclinq itnll iGBinri ni n miDiniiiB, ikE IbV
loiving h-^l or I'qiiiviileDi ikni (Icnrly [om iiiiiiit.Dlei lo pnirai^
'WAPNir^O: Tbii piEdivl cdiiCiib^ !□! imall mn^rbij S^nLlmol nmgBEli cud
■In]!: UigEllifr □cmii inK^ilii?^ i^uiiBg kfidiii mlecUiB^ niid itiilb. Srd: ibid?-
dinl? iiiciIkdI □<!? dikid if mn^ell iJ hie i^nlLo^cd it ibIiiiIe] '
TliE ^Cindiiid qLid iidili?^M" Ih? pdIcdieiI br kLkiie of nm^puli dunnc ichkib-
□bLy InicdiciiklE uv or □ku'"'' dT Ig>i UiidEr ikE nf/- icnndnid, loyi ihoulii noi llb-
?[ii<E niDDii?<i dunajr ii^ nr^buK
A^fT'l (omBond^ ike Eilbin oE ikc ^fn^f i^ W'oik Qniiip in drvciopin/t a iUibiI-
□id ill mn^EL- in luy* in lETDid Iib? Tb? ASTM SiibiGBTn Llin: od Toyi □ppiC'iTd
lb? lUmdnril m p ublLihEd , ivLlh Ih? idiciiL •bai. ikE Sul^oma Kle^^^ bl^ipkeli ^oit.
Qimip nduU (ODiriif lo Eidimic ikc pol?Bual boiDidi ^nil ikc idndnid, icTltiiiiij
il, if H'EdEd. Dur ike iic[< >tar. Id sddlLiDn CF5C li <bii jei> dii> coniliiEiliig □
Ibiimi ^1 <bE ngTHy litadqiui'loi i ib BELb?-dii, ^D Id ediHDl? ridiiili) on Ibe iieiv
mngkel ilnHliiid.
III uddllion <o ike deiiDTi ]f?4 iItiiIkib^ pirKiibel by Ihr loy iiilei> ^iniidDidi,
ni an ubciiiicn mm* lubBil Ihen loy pndiKl' lor l?'iln|j lo iBlire or fliBianie po-
l?Bual knr^udi duiiDs iidiiddI uie or icH'^iBibly tm-^'iiib le nbuie comlliuDi ThfK
iBcliKlf, km HIT H>l limiied lo, (eilmg nMiuinBcnii nddm^Lnp idkIidiikdI elec-
Im^l, IbeiBDl hhI nkeniiiiiil knrnidi For rmiiipt mimjr ■Ti\olvn ^Liniibled iix-
□nilabiiK (eili, le^ilng br □Kriiikle ihnrp pmali ^nd nipi imnll parti, pinjee-
lilei. kenvy meUil^ ib pniBl and Dlb?r inrDre laalmg^ UnaniDbllily, loiiclly, hhI
Ejeii iiDi^e Icit:I [ciIihIlodi
^Qny ID3TI ullii Lu^E^, i:if?4iiiry buyer okei, ban lb?lr i-z-n Ln-houK Uilmg tib-
omUiii?^ vif bi 'iic^U'd ?h>ii|jb <u cd^uie ikm prxliKli meet iinndDidi rr<i m&iy
Tkoie ^ilhoui -sILiy &hlIIiki on iiii: •in: inilepeiiilen I L?'iiii^ blniralonei Mudii-
bHliii?ri pndiriBjr 1^?^ ojei'^eni Ifil lb?B knEiiE ^lllppiIlR iind <lien lumpl: pm-
diiclHn bii Q|p]B OH? ikcy □mkr im Ibe Ualml Slmei. ilafar irCiitri ilnplnDl?
Ik» pnxeiion pndirl oidrri
1HE IDY BAnnV JimOlID f^ i:tnLhirnN1IILV SICCEBBmL IN nOTBHTD'a
IB l] MEN
III ipiie eF icnmrljiblc pripiti^ ■□ mpnijiii^ lb? tablf oE nhillicii m AiTicncn
Djer In? pnil 4?B<iii>, ckHdna hySny ^Ull fiK? ^iRBlfn^nl riiki. buL <boi? Tuki □■?
iTi4ully iiBi?lDlEd lo loy^ Tmcirnlly, oFLfD-DidLdnble Lnjiiri?i <□!:? lb? Iivi:i hiI moni
Ibnii 1 oui oTeirry lUiUU (hiLliEn m lb? llDlL?d Sll1<e^ □■■imlly Tbii iHliidei im-
bmtt ikni ilie b?lDiE Ibeir linl brlbdny ■□ itio<l<i \Ehiil^ iKHHtaii and iiiiid> »ho
ilioivD IB kilhluki Heic nie lb? dnUi lebKiiip lo pnnmi} ca\iie- oElhe ileDlh oFibil-
dicii iiDDiially ■□ lb? Umlfd Smiei
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lG>i kixL □■□02 Ibf Imv^i DiiBber if \ncwSeniei dF ■djiuki □nil dsiLbi ^llliGif;li
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U Dbrliiiml^Ly. niGdin QKCiiLiDn CDnLiniKi h> Ibtiii ua Ihe imnll riiki nmFiinwd
^Ib Icyi ivklle kibl^ vei} big mki icmam uuiddmH'd Id □ ■vdil wkEic pnixp-
lion li imlily, ^Ii^ie mum IbrBDuna gEIgd driLG^ MMceplicn, hhI ^Hcie h:'v icni}
□ml uiKrrCiiB boiDidi ici^lh ^xL^ipiEnd □(liiDiKiD. il i^ no omiilcr Ibnl polky
ninlif n □nd poiciili bcli coiilf il br imdEr^miidiiiB Dad niiinii|jiiig rhiUiciil iiiki
mil, iikH n^ nyi. □! Ilie f ipcBK oT^llKnIiBp lb?B Eirir>?B4]> Id ninlif rkiblml
livEi ■oiiiimbly eiIei.
cpsCb ^ti\ l tvncriDfi
CPSC'i ■iiiiDn 11 o pnil«i fhilliEii hhI l□■ille^ 4q|1lTl^l □> UBicaioiuililr nib
dE mjuiy hhI 4balb Iidiii niGn] •bam ilUW <>'p^i oE (on -uiiii.? •^>]lKl^ riiini ii ^de
iT-nj- 4if prxLiKl knr^udi Tkeir ^[<ik hIIieiiim ron lumif pr>iiKl kmsid- <}iiihiiRb
□ Haniew/uit. of mniublfiiy pndiir^ uili:i> lUiBdiiiili ^hciE npiiiDprDlo GBiniKt'incn L
IB lb? idLunoii} or timiemi'ii iimutud- kiUd^ pmti'n [om p IdIidii uE (od:iiiiil7 id-
juy dnOi, Liiimiur gE witly aii»]?LiBEi iBlofiiiiiiKiD and Ediirnii^D picamnii Ig
piDtvlLL^Iy mod rijiiri?!, una piodui iciiilLi amd ighetUve □ciiuai •/-hta kcc-
riHiiy
In 0JIII&, CfSC (Gmplrlol -IT I pmdui leinlli iDvdLiiig ii«a[l> iV^ niillimi pndifl
unili •bat Gllber viGlDud mniidiilon lUmdnidi 11 piE-iiDhMl d poh^linl mk gE id-
juy l£i ikE public and n^polmud civil pEimliEi gi iippioiiiiiiifc]> SZ^ iiiiIIkid. ]□
□ddilicoi, lb« CPPC OBplkmcc icnlT bni CGB4iBiiEd m nzEliiE 11-. P^cailcr PGpGrlmg
^IcdEl UD pIciDGBUd in 'JUIQ hhI uiEd ky Iw/d hhT ikE nalion 1 lnqiv^l muLlEn Thii
piDvidui addiirninl iGBptiiBl daca Ibi ci^uhikid by ikc 1U1IE, ^hHh -.uppk'Bcii li
in on lib c I III? I nad (on-uniLr icpDi-|iB|j
fa CBLTBOU- numbr ^md i:uki> gE ccoiiiim^r picducli hie dL^M^wl, mnDiiEii!-
luiEd, LmpGiUd mid wkl m Ihe Unilwl Scaler TbGiioindi dFiieiv my picducii nlione
□m (UMind bi ale in Ihe L'iii4Ed SUiiei, iimKy hnlE dF ^hub awi lold m Juil IbG
lull gunrler of Ihe ya< ^■> |^\^M-BBeDuil lyihMD uT lUmdnidi or kiUa^ br lub
□ Luil mmibei gEigbiubci picdiicli could heitt cof? ^Ib Ihe ikeEi \oliiBe Tbnl
11 fky our plumllilic iviIgb oI omciiiiii ^Landnidi bsi ^C'lki'd 10 'UKeiiTiilly Ig
pimnoh: pio-pL^ni> □■d 40d-iiiiiei eiIliBkIil^ ivbilc imiinB)^ Hitiiv m Amenis
Cddiuiiil? picduci iGBpaDiei hIid iccG|(niJE Ihe luIuc rS ic-poniible cujibiIlit ^id-
litm IG □ddlE-^ pnlhirBi gEibJihih GrmLiuic Ihnl ninv ladEuic .1 piDblcm ^iik ibeir
pinduii Tbii nkrlimi ofcihiiiIi Ibi idgiI of <bE puidui miiilli ccoiducUd :■ 4g-
GpeinUiB w/ilb <bE CDm miiiiDn
The CPSC diei n iriy elhliLC |i>b ^iik n ictilLirly mcdcil budgel Vfc bebc^E
Ibal diEirkiilutI nqiieilGlS<i:!.£iUlHHJ Fdi fi'ciil >EDr AJUU ibiHil] be sniDhd. We
CLOD mend Ihe Cgbidliikid and 111 hnid-'i'GrkiBri ^I^D' dr Ibeir lucieiiciil iKirk od
behnlEGl Ihe Amoman pub Ik, nod •/-< kiiliELe Ihal 4hciE mc ^nyi Ibc CoiiiBmiciD
CUD kHGmE ejED mmt nBI'4il\c nad cITichBi TDWiiid Ihnl end ] ^Duld liks Ig dUit
Ibe blloMng lEcum niEndiiiKiDi
Colli/banllur lirfarmaliv/i and Edueil\iwi Programw
W\TiI, ■« luppDi-l dyaniiiK beiv pnrliienh ipi bHivecn lUiliehGblEii nad Ibe Com-
mliiKiB 10 |ii[<niG(E albly and eiIe igdiuiiici piiKlicEi. Coniimier laEimiiilLon hhI
edirniKiB dcEi iig4 lubiUiiile Inr Ihe eihwIiuI lc^pl'nMkl]Lly dE ■□■ufirliiiEi 1 Ig
niDvide ihIe pindiHii km lI cub kelp wilb n IrniRi p^icEnCiRe of ociidEDl^ duE Ici
iBpiDpETor liicifGB ilbl? coadu I ur Eicl. dF mpi^rvi'KD uTBinriii. TkE CciniBimGn
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II fully niUbDiiral l£i cabnrk im luk piDgiiiBi, tul EncDuiii^cni^Bl □ad □ddiliDTiDl
Fimdiap limii Cnni^mi ^kmld be piDvxIfd ■
Cmlrnzinl lnL-a/iTmc/il ^n Cc'iwe"i\it Snfclj Sla^^a^•i^ and Aill^ilrci
Secoail. ^E ^uppDil iliE CoBTnliuml iDvdi^iiiEn I id pnYnH] lUmdnnl i mlviik'
□ 1 aiiib>rii<d \m Ibe cutipbI lUilulf Thf v: icnndDidi □■? ibe biilvarl. dF dui □□-
li[<nD] And cm iDKruiiuiuil albly ^>ilfiii. hhI ikc Corn miiiiDii pkiy^ an lapor-
Cml mie \m fiawHimg igbidcbIi mill picpoinLi ' ElG»nT:r. ^e krlieiv Ib^i Cduibii-
aon nerdi o bcl»r ■□■n^ □ml lupcrvi^? i<i ibUibdL pnxcii. pnrliriiliii ]y lOdT
lapul o iCuiiIdiiIi oipnuDiKiB^ Ig EnmiE im npforliiBlly bi piiblii (DiriBEnl □□d
IG pn^EDi piopDuLi ^hHb lock KcbaKnl nif n< it Dlb^nviv? cqdiigI bE Jiiilil»?d ai
IbdEinL lUmdnnl I. Tkli ii ivliy n? ^iipparl ibe Cditiiiiiiiidii' i ^UiKd ^imlG^ ^nil
IG impiGVE ibe qimlily uT CPSC'i ihCi nolbilifiD IbiDiigb ^SJtJf ky lapniMBg <1ie ac-
niuacy (GDiiilency □ml (ompkKBEii il lbc^S^^a.
Cmlrnfinl Et/O'lM la Enga//! aiiil Eil\iiale HT/iall IHnmilac'UTt
Thiid, IbeiE ii □ hec] bi bEll?r sunbmnE □ml alimnii^D Inmi Ihr Conmiliiimi aa
lb? im p IciDf Duiii^D qF <1ie Serlvii l5 SiikiCinli^l FnxLirl Horrid PEpDiliBg pinvi-
umii. j] QDii&iciiiicri ^Ib dEpOiliir piodui^ Ibnl cduIiI (ichie ^iikiOm Iml pndii:!
b^iDiili QIC nbliRtd \ii lEport <d Ihr CmTiBi]ii[<ii amd IF beeiIeiI, Ig CikE iGnEclivr
□ciKiD iHliiliBjr nc^lli Hd^ejet. ike \n-/- □nd ini plEin^BUBp nfpilnlioDi hie vngir
□□d □■blgucm ]l Ik dlDkuU bi □iddiiEu' liners. ?ipe(uil]y unnll bu^lnE'^Ei, Ig de-
lennlii? ^f □ lEpGilmg □nd comdii? nrlirai i^ h.Ti'd^ai^ ^VC ^upfGir the Coiiibii-
aon'i rDbrti m (Innly ^nkmcc on lEPGrliiiB □■d pcn^]i> cob puUilvii ky iiiiiaii^r
gE guHtlinEi, »bi[k mi? iiib|ei'< m piur piibli'DmB, (Grnaeni amd wiMtt/ fwiur Ig
□ dof IKIB.'
A Slraiig Roll iir Selling anil Enfafng Sa/elf Slallda^•l^ m a Globai Etaiciy
FGiirIb ■□ n flbka] a'lxhmy di: m'U' <}ic iiti pi'iiDBC? HiTlbc SRVxy . iniirn^Lu'n^]
co^ia^mi.*! lo EDiiiic j^LiKi? iBpi'ii (GmflLtnc »i<}i Li^ -sILiy .IHBd^iiil. i^hI
b^jBDnuniriB gI lUmd^iidi ihh pioiDiilc df-iir 'ipporliiDiLici fir AmLiujD bu^iriLiv?^
□nd ikc climinDiHUi iJ miB-iiinll Lmd" bDirxT-. CFST b^i CBli^rd riiHi Mgbuiud-
dunii oE L'iidEr-.iiindLiig 1^1 DU J iviLb □ nLiiiiki''r oE Frocgn ^vcmniGBii Ic pmiidi: br
□ ^Enui e'l'hDB^ oE lalbfiiiDiKiD lE^idmir con iimiEr pndii: I mlnv '^c iidI? by
lb? end oT^UUH, CFS^ ^'pcrii Ig bsi? MOL'i ~ilh IT ^GiiaUifi Tlifv sUviU:^
□I? bETDnnnR im'n'.iMBgLv ibgdiUib* ■□ beLpiop <d cmuic igdiiiIedi bsi^id-bnvd,
h^jBDniJEd irkib^l -slely -L□^dl1^]^
Enaliig l/rgnialarf Framniorl/ .- Effczlii.1, Bui Vorr Jb'i^irrii at l^rci/d
F\ma\iy, ■« bElKVE lli^l IIie ciiilmg □uiboiKy gmBlcd <d ibE C did mliimii iiader
lb? CDnimncr PiodiiEi ?t]l«y Aii niid irbiUd Acli, iG^lber »iib fiiiirig lapl?-
mealiBg irgulniKiD^ ait tunwiient br ibr CFSC Ig eimite ill bi^^lgii Id □■ filbi!-
ILLT iD^i]n?r Thr CfSC doei nol bicl: Ibe nK|LiMiic □uiboi]4y lo impleiDCDi fully ii^
CDHDiciiiDii^l ni3iidiiU 'Ig pi[<l»:l lb? piibliE jaainil imim via able ntti oEibJlh} □'-
ucDlol t/ilh coniuiDfr piEdirli Hgtieitt iI m|LiLnM ^]?aii.'r ituhiin?-. lo lapl?-
nicBl iLrh □ulbGnly. PKcnily Ih? Coniimifr FEdEiniuD dT America fiHucd Ibsl ibi^
M lb? BDil imfGrCml ofIiei] ikni CDi]g[?ii (□■ UikE ^VC qtirc ikni rimdln^ i^ hee-
?iH]iy Ig miLiiE ^l□I^LI]g kjEl^ ni? man] diked and bikomuii} ?qLiipB?Di li li?pl up
Ig d^u
Tb^ak yiu. fur pinvidinD id? ibE GppGrlLiDily Ig (eiIiI> Tbr ComniliuH i^ □□ Im-
pEiUiBl agency □■d •//•: fiilly mpMHi ili idiiikid. 1 1 cud □nd ibGull, b^v? Ibi: limdiiiD
□nd lEiDLnrci il keedi Ig ?ElEi'livELy rimclHn □nd "ie kat. biYinid Id ndiking mlE
lb? CgbidiIIgc Id ibi^ ?iid
' C i^W hsH bncM LBcnxmnf I7 rffzcbiqc xb uiu^ v kcim nic omiH xod vid>xiic l T^e cnH l^ha
Df^wwn^LjF.pniT unL < aJixacc^f hlf u Ihzar "a^Iml*: Uma r^iLj]lrJ an m npii jimwlh tnin
lAT—n •ml- IB IVlT n 'Idl iKtiiEcicl u Ic xIhoiI tf' miEbin -liilf h; IIf: cad alike n,i,
Pind un ixFr^" inFar^d lun 3f aocicH iiBflt Av^ikbk di ^pAMii^ABd *bhcr ^i^nmncA la xiUalnii
aulitich ■EliriLiH lucli X- iIfi .U e ■) Kd f lud d lap: I- "Ei-ajl: nlkbDialirc eSiflf — iik l^]MA
a nj pt^lr inbred ixm rJi^xi»a lAiLuiLhCH^ilh -^'C]Oh xod nivFLrirK bavr r^iiJlrJ im iazwrMA-
laflt EjTnzirrr ca^mvnn Ixm aIiglji Htt ii nj ^ rli*n rTt*ii*3 i4r LaxAidF- diiailci pre pAvrdoc if-
hftxa rdHXKnrixLEd wilIl r^cnalnnxlTrliirt^ pfDbrivr iHliJa^ hxfei^ nr: Fiapiir^ jniunpr^vro-
lun Jb*l dra^Miafl riikHaod b^^L m iclual rxtn proHTimi
-'C flC ba I w*rkni viaih FixLrhbUcii id dEvrLbp rJTrciLvc canic aiu^ HlanLkvd f DunptiiBH Mjr-
p*»x laiair^ ID lirrE a ma mA^r TDhiaiai^ iLanJaidhai oianlxuTr Fixoda rdn (t^Ffl^ ^hilhIciI in
camptiii^ Aod Jr'ELapiafl Ijj VDltimxi^ r^ti." iiani^rdF wkik iFKUiBfi fn mxadalDi-r Fixod-
arli fniH iTHh ihriink dHKU
a>idEixl IciiiiEi Val 7L Ni Hi ^w- In'm-Jjlil xod pripmd iBiEipitiiFE mk tcd-
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ScnaCor Dupbin Mi KcilJily, yoai [faciinonj Tvc read over Icada
one U> believe that cxIcriBivc teatiTig lahe& place before [ojb are put
on sheli'es in Amcriisn idail eEtabliEhnienlB
Ml Keeteiev Yea, sir.
SeEiaoir Di-iEirr. So jou'rc sajinE liiat [he Djy& that we're dia-
cuBBiTig thia mnming ii'cic Izalzd through ihc proceaa thac yE>u've
deacnbed?
Ml Keltiiev Yea, sir.
SenaHor Di'HEirr. And so can von explain to me ha<\ a Thomas
the Tank train eoiild have lead paint on it and be sold in die
UniEed Slater when we have known lor decades thaclead ingested
hy Ezhildien la a Elanger''
Me Keiitiiev No, an Ican't explain it, and iCahoiild ni>t happen,
and there needa U> be mnEiatent canalanC monilming and enforce-
ment of compliance af these BlaniiardB
SenaHor Di'HEiEr. What ahauC [hese any rsie eailh magnela
whiEzh turned out la be ao dangcri>na far Mb Henrj'a Eon and Far
Kenneth Sweet and bo inan> nthera^ Are you telling ub that joiir
induBtT) le&ted uliisc magnets ahead of time and cnviaioned the
pcsBibility that they would be inaested and still included them in
pinduclB Bold in the United Scacea"
Mr Keiitiei.v Sii , I donY believe anjbcdy enviBioned the pEiGEi-
bihty [hat thej would be ingealcd,and when the induElrj learned,
and, psi Uculsi ly, the company learned that nhia problem and haz-
ard, diat'B when the mduBtrj moved quickly
SenaHor DurniN So let mcsBlijoiL \tai\ quickly yau moved Since
we learned that in April £0tl4 we had the firaC report oi danger to
children; and it waan't until Maf £006 that there waa a iccall, do
yauconBidei [haCa quick reapmiBe bj jour induany?
Mr Keiichi.y Well, Bir, nhe alaniiard preparation practice here or
ByaEem was set m motion in Februarj I believe of 2006, and abi>uC
I4 montha later the standard was laaued.
SenaOir Dupijih And how man> of theae tc^B were sold m that
l4-month peiicdof dme while joii were woiking up Co arecallP
Mr Keethi.^ I dEHi't know, bii I could Qy and Eletermme that
for you
ScnaHor De;pbin Dojon underEtand that sb the> were being BiJd
with theae dangeioua magneia you were endangering the life of
children with these toya^
Mr Kfitklv. Well, &ii, I think that— I don't know that we were
endangering the livea of children I think that aii\y the induady
cares and the induBtrj needa to and has conaiatently worked ti>
waid tc^ aafe^
Senator Dupijin I don't undciatand thaC If you weie arguing
thac theae tc^H were not eniiangering the lii'ea of children, [hen
you're defying all the evidence we ha^e chat theae magneia, and
thiE la a biand neii' vcrBion of the toy which iE a liEdeaafer I might
aEid, buC in itn original veraion these dn> lit:tle magnets could pop
out. Lee me a&k jou. I don't know if >i>u're a parent or whether you
ha^eamall chiliuen
Mr Keeteiev lam^yet
Senanor Dubbed. Do you conaider it an unreaaonable likelihccd
that a child seeing a tiny liUlJe magnet would awalli>w il?
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Mi KEcrHLV Well, a small child ya, air That's why thor iDys
BTC JiDt sold forsmBl] childicn at bII
Scnanor Di'rniN So what age group 31 c [hey sold far?
Me Keiieilv Above there
SenaOir Dlpuin Above three So yiiu'ie aayiiis diat childien
above three would not awalloii' these thin^
Mi Keeiiiev. Well, Bit, I dan'l: know if that's the ri^ht Blandard
01 nE>t Thealsndsid is being eondniially analyzed
Senator Duhbe" Thalia ii'hj ii'hen jou testifj about this exten-
sive [eating and all the diFerent things that are done on the toys,
and then I aak youaome baaie queEdona about lead pai nt and awal-
lowing magnelH, I'm afraid iI^b not 3 confldenee builEler that >our
testing la really piotectm^ me Now, let me ash >ou about Chma
If one-hair of the picducia being mveati^ated by the Cbnaumer
Pioduct Safely CommiaBion come from China, do joii paj apecial
attendrai m yom induatiy la loya that aie foming in from China?
Have you been foieii'amed that there are Bome pioblema^
Mi Keetki.v We ilo indeed, and, in ^t, everj year loi the paat
11 >eara and coming up a»ain next month we ha^e heated toj aafc-
ty Blandaid aeminara foe Chinese manufacturing operstionE^and
we have invited and made pioi'ision ioi participation b> the CPSC
in thooe aeminai'a
Senator DunniN How would you deEciibe the level of cooperation
and compliance b> Chinese manu^tuiei& with what jou conaider
to be normal aaTelj alandaidB for tc^& Bold in America^
Mi Kuitiily I believe it'a gotten veij scod, bii Hialakea are
made From time to time, but, aa was testified earliei, most of the
Bafelj teating laboratonea that aic headquaitei ed here m the
United Siatea haiT a huge staff m China to make Euie that theie
la compliance
Senator Dupi^iii Yi>u Baid miBlakea were made. la iJiis one of the
m IS takes?
Mi Krithe y I don't know, sir Mistakes were made appaientlj
in the lead and paint ai luadiBi , but Fm not auie diat — that picduct
waB mcst likel) made before the alandaid was esoUiahed, before
It was learned what the hazard waa
Senator Di'iniv Congressman Rush
Mi Rurh Hs. Cijwles, we onlj hai'ea fcii' momenlH J juat want
to aak you in jour testimony you mentioned the weak-kneed re-
calla.
Ma Co^'i.FS. The oiigmal Hagnetix iei:all,a[id I ajain ha^e been
woiking on this issue aince MM, waa leallj one of the weakest le-
calla I had e^ei seen It baBicall> did not require that the prcducia
be laken off the shelves, and bo while there was no indication i>n
the packaging, what the diffeience was was the one >ou bought ibi
March 29 versus the one that was sdll on the ahelf on March 31,
there waa no appaient iliffeience One waa ao-called leialled and
the other waant, and yet if you went to the webaite of the com-
5an> the> ilon't even call it a recall. They basically aaid, "If vim
ought this and you're uncomfbilable with it in jour house, Kel
free to letuin it for a leplacement item " The> nevei mentioned the
safely hazaid. They really did not ^et acrcss to paienis the veij
severe injuiy Ms. Heniy heiecan attest to.
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ThiB IE 3 hocriric injurj ma yaun^ child, and that danger did not
come acrcas iiam the iccall apecifically hecause of the ncEotiating
thaD CPSC has [□ do Ed a^ anjuhing about a pccduct even when
I [.'a isuao] a drsEh.
Ml RurtH. So are ynu aaying then [hat there are diffcicnC types
of LwallB^
Ma Co^'1.11. Bosiise each one la negotiaEed winli 3 company and
whoever iheii lawjei la, and [he lariguagc, you reCa wide variety
¥qu get companies that comply Triej ii'ant the dangci& Co he
knimn They peat it on then wehsiCe. Thej do a ei'psc job Oi you
Eet aomeone like [his or the ATV. There i^aa a recall last week of
children's ATV [hat [he CPSC aaya la honcndously dangetoua, and
yet hecauBe the>'ie foieign they said they can't da an j thine about
It, BD [here's not e^ en a leiall
We should not be ao dependent on [he saod giaces of the cmnpa-
nies ii'ho make the daneerouB prnducls to begin with The CrSC
needs to have the power odaiC
Mr RuaH And [hen like notjcet for a iei:all. Can >ou explain
from your perspective
Ma Co*LEB The only lequircment [hat CPSC has ib diaC the
company puCout in[h them a preaa release th a c announces [he le-
call Again, they ma> negotia[e more with dillerent companies Tve
been suiprLsed to leam over the paac Jew jeais that in fact relail-
ers aren t even notified neceaaaiily ahout a lecall Sometimes I\e
had people from Amazon tell me diey learn oi the recall the same
way i do. Thej open the web page m the moiniuE and look to sec
whac was recalled the night hefoie That's simply wiong There has
to be moie done than simpl> a piess release if it's not a big news
day, no one's going [o hear it abouC 9o iic think [hat more neofa
to be done
Again, these mamilacluiers know how [o reach us la sell ua a
pioduct They need [o use same technique to reach lu when a prod-
uct proves dangerous
Mr RuiK Mr Keithly, how can youi asscciadon addiess and
help strengthen [he recall mechanisms thac w e depend on '^
Mr Keithi.^ We can be doing this heic (n fact, we helped pub-
licise informa[ion about the neii' — I beliei'e [heie's new Illinois Law,
and we helped publicize information ahout chat [o the relailers We
work hard Id try and get [he mlormation ouC We want our chil-
dien
Mr El"!k But whaCabout the negodaDon? How do>ou as an in-
duaOy or an aaacciation, do you [hink that you ha^e a right to ne-
gotiate the notice of recall, the press releaaes from the Consumer
Pioduct Saielj Commission?
Mr Keiteiev Well, sir, '^egona[ion" sounds as li it's crying [o le-
lieve a company of liabilin when in face J think what is going on
IB Id ^isure that safely information geia ouc there wi[houC simplj
condemning a companj foi a product simpl> on the basis oi an ac-
cusation ia[hei than pioven
Mr Rush If it's not acciisa[ion , what would a recall he based on
then^
Mr KuiTiiiY Well, itcerlamly would he based on pioven hazard
Mr Rl'sh. Proven hazard And so >ou think that > our agency or
your associa[ion and your membeiahip should ha^e [he authorilj
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and the nghcand ihc paii'ci lo ncgoDflte notice of tccalla, prcoB rc-
Icaaca ihat go out lo the American public
Ml Keithlv Nd Nd Wc don't cre^e^ in ncEotiaticina.
Me Blvh Iconlnnui n^ |. And iitBiBt on it
Ml Keiieiiv Wc don'lcn^aE^ in ncEi>tiation&.
Ml EiTaii. Don't >ou inai&lon il?
Mi Keith lv. Do iic insiatan die rL^ht to ncgoDflnan^
Mi Rl'ik Dnn't you insist on mllaboianion and agiccmcnt in the
issuance of press leleasca and on noUcca of iccall that the CPSC
iniUstca?
Mi Krithi.v Well, sir, we want ia be sure nhat juEdcc k done
in all icspccla
Mi E[j'!h[ You don't ihink thac the CFSG La accounlable la the
Ameiican public much moic sa iJian iJie membeis of >oui assccia-
tjon^
Mi KEriEiLV. Well, sii, I dan'c know if thej'ie marc accounlable
than membcia of oui asscciaOon
Mi Rush Don't they ha^e the leeal auchoiity — don't the Amei-
ican people depend an the CPSC [q piocect ic m the iinal analyaiH?
Mi KsirHLV. Yea, and 1 think they depend on oui companies to
piDtect than too, and thej can depend on our companica
SenaHor Dl'hp[>. Congicasman Ruah, thank jou for >oui paidci-
paUon in this hcaiing, >our IcaderEhip m Washingtan ii'oihin^ an
the Drganizanan , n'oikin^ on the corporation &ide, and I thank this
panel for joinm! ub tcday
I'm Borry wc don't have moi'e time. He Henrj , thank you I wish
Deion [he beat and hope everydiiuE tuma out just fine foi him
after ii'hat he'a been [hrough Ms Cowlea, thank you aa well Dr
^uinlan, and I would juat like to say we now live in a global econ-
omj There are pioducis coming m from all ovei [he world. The
Amei'ican ironaumeis mislakenly asaume thaCif it's on the shelf ic'a
Ba/e Th^- think their Government La then watchdog, their Govern-
ment IB Kiing to proCecC them If youSe iLaCencd to the tcadmony
tcday, the convoluted long-teim proccBS thac jou have to 50
throush pj lake a dangeious toj that le killing children like this
Uttle LBj off LJie sheli'ea, >ciu undereland Goveinment's not doing
lis job
Now, pait of that has to do with Con^eaE. Republican Congreaa
are ciawlm^ wilIi apecial Lnteieat gioupa thac aie Ojin^ Dj make
Buie that they protei:t the people [hat make the pioduclE
The halls of Congreas aie not ciawlm^ with lepieaen taHvea of
consumers and familLet acrcaa Ameiica who want Id make sure
thaC thaC Chi iEtmaE coy dccan't tui n ouC to be a Oagedy for a child
Uke Deron Heniy, and that le cxacdj whj we end up WLlh lawa
thac are so weak and convoluted thai when a irompany is making
a dangeious toy, ihej can drag out the piocess ioi ? jeaiE forcing
the Consumer Produce Salclj Commission to negotiate eveij word
of the pieaa lelease that gc^a out Eo wain the public ThalfE the le-
aliCj of what we face Icday This agency has been doii'nsLied be-
cauEe thej don't want more cops on the beat in [he induHtrj Thej
don't want more people watching, and, aa a leault. teiiible things
cfcur whethei Lt'E peC fcod 01 [oothpaEte or Thomas the Tank nama
01 magneUc tc^E, un foi tunaEely, conaumeiE had bettei beware
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Many CimcB thcj'rc in a pcaition ii'hcrc thc>'ic biiyins [hingH they
afiaumc arc Bale, and the Go^ ctnrncnt is not doinE ila job.
That BlsrlB m[h ua Wc have to change die laii'B in Cott^zi^i, ap-
proprialcllH money to get it done We ha^e la demand of evctyanc
who sell to die public that thr> be responEiblc whcEher their com-
pany IB m [he United Sister m in China nr in any Dthcr place. Wc
fell doii'n The BjBtcni fell apai't when it came la this toy
I ii'ant to salulc PatTLCia Callahan who wcote nhe Beiica that
called my ancninDn n> this tc^ in the Chicago Tribune and urge
thoBC mvnlved in [he media n> help ub do our job Shine die light
□n di^ie abuses and put the [CBponsLbilil^ ii'here it belong — elect-
ed MembeiB ol Con^eat, Pceaidenls, admi niBtrainDnB and people
who acrvc an theae commiBaiana CongteaBman Rush, would you
like la make aclcsing Elalcmenl?
Me Bluii Mi. Chan man, I concuc with your clcem^ ala[emenc
He Henij, Fd also Eharc my concern and m> iicll wiEhea to you
and la Deion J apologize J think that the American GoveinmcnC
has ^iled >ou[ child and millionE of othec children acECEB this Na-
□an
I intend la ii'oik I'cij, very hard with my colleague Senatot Dui-
bm to make aure chat iic BlJcnglJien iJiia agency and Elicngilien
Ila abilnj to ptotect America^ children 1 in[cnd peiaonall> to do
all iJiat 1 can in Con^ceaE [o make Eurc that iic aOengnhen the
CFSC bj giving iC moic leBoutcca, b> giving it more authon[j and
more powet
1 believe that, again, that the tojB that oui Lnnocent childien
play with, that thcoe tc^E ahould have the uOnoGt acrutmj before
thoGC DyjB end up in our homes, bo I concur ii'ith the comments of
Senator Dutbm I juBt ii'ant you [o know that 1 am committed We
will Ica^c no Etonc un[umed Itfa a tia^edj, and ic'a ahamcful thac
the CFSC aE we Eit nghc now dcea noc hai'c a quorum to conduce
the American public's buaineBE. Phac's totally, to[ally uncalled for
and unarceplable thaC iic can't ci'cn get a third Commisaionet m
place la conduct the aflaiiE ol this worth while and impoclsnt agen-
cy.
We intend [q make sure that CFSC no longer ib a bit pla)CF in
Government, that it becomes not a minoc league plajer but the
major league plajei in the aflaira of [he Uvea of oui cidzens and
the safety oi our children. Thank jou very much, and thank jou,
Hr. Chanman You'i'c c*:hibited line leadership heic, and I cer-
tainly am proud and honored la be a pait of [hiB
Sena[or Duinir^. Thanka, Congressman RuEh
The record mil remain open for quealuinE to be asked of the wit-
nCBSCE
Sena[or Duinir^ I hope that joull help us coopeiaic by making
a CDDiplcte record
BUBCDMUITrBE ■RCIH'i
ThiB meeting EubEcquendy ElandE lecessed.
I Whereupon, at II 41 am , Mondaj, June IS, the subcommittee
was receaEcd, to reconiTne subject to the call of [he Chair.]
ENHANCING THE SAFETY OF OUR TOYS:
LEAD PAINT, THE CONSUMER PRODUCT
SAFETY COMMISSION, AND TOY SAFETY
STANDARDS
WEDNESDAY, SEI^EMBEH 12, ?007
U.S SlNATK,
SuEf DhiriiTTEi: on FifJiacinL Seivic'efi
nun G}!M:r ^1. Go V F I N ■! Er4 T,
Cdmiittef on Api'iioi'ii^rio>4a,
lVa>ih'/tSlof\. DC
The flubcommi ncc metal 11 ani in icorn SD— lil^, Dirhscri Sen-
ate Office BuildiRE. Hon Richard J. Durhin {chaiimani ptcBidinE
E^icacnf ScnatoiH Durhin and Blown back
Also present SenaCorB Bill Nelacm, Frjot.and Klohuchat
aTArEME>4TDF SEn^TOI IICHAID J. DUIBIH
SenaHor D up bin CiiKd morning I want n> liiank all of diu wit-
ncaaea lor bein; here Wc will have CbnBumcr Pinduct Safrlj Com-
miaaian {CFSCf Acting Chairnian Nancj Notd, who haE been huaily
involied in ncjodadonfl with Chinese offLCLala^ will be leBtifritiE
Toda> well be hraiin^ from diree panels Firata panel olmj col-
Icaguea from the Commerce Comminec, and I welcome my col-
league from AikansaB, Senator Mark Pivor, as well as Senator Bill
NelBon I believe Senator Klohuchai will be here Bhottly I believe
thej^e all — Scnatot Pijor chairs, and thej'ie all memhets of the
SubccHDmi [lee on Consumei AHaira, which has the authanzmg ]u-
risdicliciii D^ei the issues that we will discuES tcday.
After their [esCimonj, these members and other mcmbeis ftom
Commerce are welcome Co join us at the dais here to ask questions
This is m the nanure of a jamD hearing, and I hope it will serve
our needs luleam alat mare abauC this impoclanCiEsue
We have quite a few impoi'lant wi Oiesses hefoie the panel Eday,
includin' Consume! E^tcducC Safety Commissioneia, and oulHide
wiOicBses from the toy mdustrj.Toj Industry Afisocianon, fiom the
consumer groups and testing organizadons
We have a lot to covet in a limited amount of time 1 will Oj to
make mj opening remarks bi ief and Co the point, and hope m> col-
leagues will do the same
Mj intetcat m this issue was spaiked when I tcad a Chicago
Tiibune front-page series just a lew weeks ago It waB written bj
Patricia Callahan She talked abouC a toy called Ma^etix I knew
all about nhis toy because I had bought it Ibr m> grandson. He has
this hu^e bo* of Magnetm Luckily, he's old enough not to he in
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danger. But wc learned in ihaCBcrica, ihaCthe tiny linlctarc caidi
jTiaEficIs that Icok like little pieces of candy, when bu' all owed or in-
haled bj tcddlcra or children — ti more nhan one i& inhaled or swal-
lowed — can lead to seiioiia com plicalnona , requiimg tui'^ry, and ac
least in one tiagic cbec, i eanl dn g in deanh.
That teiiea and Dther publications have dccumcnted a real need
for improvement m diu saTe^ ElandardB m Amenna Our toy saTela
sysEem i& nat as EOune as it shanld be I can tell >ou thaC Fvc gone
home — and Tm sure Scna[or Brownback can say [he same — and
had lamihes with Kddlers came up m me and say, '^'hat is safe
to huj far ChristmaH^ Far the holidays''" It'a a legitimate qLieadon,
widi all of [he headlinea about lead painC and magnets, and Iccse
parla of K^& thaC i^an cause serioua problems
Fvc mUcduced die Gonsumei Safclj Modcmiiation Act ICSMA),
and Bhaied ic with mj friend. Senator E^ryor, hccausc he has the
lesponsihility for wilting the reauthQnza[ion of the ConBumer
Pioduct Sare[) CommiBBion. I had a field hearing in Chicago, and
continue with our effort [Dda>
The Cionsumcr Ftcducc Salclj CommLssion is an agency which,
manj people m^ not hai'e noted until thi& recent conCTovcrBy^ is
one [haD fliea beloii' the radar meet of nhc nme But it has an im-
portant responEibilil^ for the safely of picducla that aie sold in
Ameiica — nocjust imporlH — huCall producla sold in America
Tr^ically, the Ckmamncr Pioduct Salcl^ Commission has been
neglected and underlVuided for years Since iia inception in 1973,
ila scafling has decreased bj almcet bO percent, going fiom a high
of 978 full-time employees in IHSO, [o a cunenC loii' of 401 This
has cccurrcd at a Dme when the volume of producla — just imports,
not just [hose made in Amei'ica, hut imporla — has increased dra-
matically
In iy74, the Uni[ed Slates imported aiU4 billion ii'orth of prod-
ucla In ^IXKi, [hat number ii'as SlS mllion — a 15- Ibid increase in
that 32 year period of [ime.
Lci mc Bhow a chaiC here — ihc chart i^ilh ihc biir ji jphiv — iliac
Ehok^ (he incresEC in I'aluc af U.S iiripDrca The red dais ihaCyou
□olc hcicarr ihc numbci cif people *-orl[inE at ihc CniiBuiiicr Find-
ucE Safety CaminLasLDn Ae die valume of ii'oi'k hah increaficd, die
numbci of people [caponfliblc for the aafcCy of ihc pinduclfi has dc-
creaacd
The bcid^eD of lliU CkunnnaaioD U abouC Iiti2 irnllion, iC poBsea
[hroii'h [hia Bubctmmi cOrc We're E^'fE "> iiciea^c iC, and «'c'cc
Eoing [o make a dedicated eflbrC In make the ConBumer Prcducc
Safely Com miBaion a bctlci Coininbsion, winh moie ihb pei:loia,
marc technical capability, and a hcttci OncV record in lemiB of pro-
tecnn^ Aiaerman cciiiEiimerB
In die pa^C? jeaiH, agency aniJTIcvela haiT been leduccd 15 pei-
cenC The Held division resp'in^iblc foi' ini cs Ci-ations and compli-
ance — S5 employecB This dccjin i 1j:IL die whole aLory, but a couple
ofpieCurcH mighc
The CcinBiimer ProducL Safely Commiasian ha& CHie peioon ic-
Bponaible for my safely, lis lab la BtaTfed b> ^U tcchnieians and en-
gineers, hauBcd in a liJ&fb missile Blation. The endre o^mplioncc
BlsTf h^ 146 inspecEoEB^ 4 lesB dian aC the beginnia^ of the year.
This Commission is significantly underBtaffed.
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What you arc loakin' at here ib an employee at the ConBumcr
Product SsTfI) CominiaBicin , 4'hr> \a crapoiiaLblc foe helping m IcsE
□zys Whaiypu sec ib ilic flcicnU fic i mpacC Irtt on i^hclJicr On-a will
break up ihr line on the wal[, 4 feci, 5''i [nchca at ihe higher
level, ? feel ll'.'i inchea at ihe loivci level — Inya are dropped Id bcc
what EiappenB lo ihem Thai ib die Beiennlic teal dF chc Icya bj the
CcHiBLinLer Pruducc Salcl^' CmuiaiBsiiHi
fll
The next pholD Yd hV.e at ahoiv >dli IodIib a loL like iny work
bench in uij baacmcriC in Sptin'llcld This n die [oj ^afcij tcttin'
Isb ac [he Cooauincr Produci Soicqi CoinmiBEion. PhU i& mCtlly in-
adeqiuLEc 1[ is not up n> [he Cuk of building any kind af izanridmcc
among AmciiiTan ciniaiunci& nhat wr aic real^ ivaUzhin^ duC Ich
than.
When American familicB 50 men a sIdtc, they expect whalcvcr^
on the flhclf u aafe And ycl. if we don'l have cniniEh people, if wc
don't have enough reaouina, if iic don't have enough technology,
we are noLmrcling niu 1 eapimsibili 1^ And ihat is poTLO^ th\a hrai-
ing that wc will diumaa
Of CQiuBe, at poElB of en ny. cncTmQU& qnantideB of products aie
coming in — noD jiut toy^^ but all sonn of diflcrrnt pinducls This
ConEumcr PrcducE SaTrlj CommiEsion has juTudicdon W3> beyond
[cy&, when >au consider all of the possible diin^s that thcj conld
be Icoking at, you cm imagine nhc -oLumr thac thrj have ta deal
widi
In the area of southern California, ai'ound Long Beach, ii'g my
undeistandin g thai thej hate six mspectoEE on call — six — who aic
BenLfioin time m time to diffecen d places to look at impoila.
We half to change this ComniiBsiiBi and the work that iC dees
SenatoE Pr}or is goin^ m he leading thac efforc on tcau th urizaaon .
We ha^e to reduce the amounl of dmc that a company haB to re-
Bpond m informadon — ftom 3U da^-s co I& or even ahortcr We need
to increaee the maximum line, bo thac the CommisBiun con iBBur
Buch a line to a firm that violates the law, and it haB to he a Fine
that caOrhes nhe attention of mul H-m illion dolliu companj^. Wr
need to expand to make it a en me to Bell recalled prcduciB
fl2
TKc iBBt thing I want lo mcndon here i& iinpoElB And I had a
meeting lhi& motmnE i^illi some i cpreBerilali^ ca of the Chmcac
Go^cinmenl who, [ believe, are in [he audience here, if Tin not
miacaken The> ii'eie muted in, I hope thej made ic through the
queue aulaide. But, among [hnee 1 met widi Eday wa& [he vice
miniatei in charge of A^SI^, which la the Chmeae agency respon-
sible foi inBpectms praduclB — both feed and non-fccd ptcduclH —
Mr. Wei Chaunzhon^, and Fm anny if I miBpronounced that We
had a lengthy meedng He, incidenlall> , laid me that his agencj
haa aiOpCKJ emplojeea SOjiOU are a&aigned to enpoila. The> have
IJiOtI lahotaloiiea So, it la hard for me to pi each to them abauC
dedicating mare reBamcea ta making sure that [he picduclB thaC
they export ate aafc, when you aee whaC we are dealing with here
in theUni[ed Sla[e&.
BuC I can tell jou, thaC whaC we know now gi^ea me concern. Mr
Chaunzhong lold me that there ib zero tolerance for lead m picd-
uem erpotted Fiom China Having said that, we know there's lead
pamt on toya Well hai'e tefl[imonj a little la[er From Mattel and
from Poja "R" U&, and well hear fiiathand about some of the hi[Ier
eMpeiiencea thej've had with lead paint on tcya exported From
China
We alBO knoii' thaCone in Hit sampled ardclea of childi en 'a jew-
elry [eated pcaitive foi e'iceBsii'e lead levels. Meet of thcae were
Chinese impoi la.
Olhec conlamina[ed picducln liom China ha^e included, thia
year, pet food — which I know veij well haa caused concern among
milhona of Ameiican lamiliea aa innc<:ent animala, doga and cats,
died fiom eonlaminated Iced — D»thpaa[e conlaming anti-liee?e,
seafood [ei:allB , man} , many more
Now that Vvc met wi[h ihia delegation rtom China, I think we
need la follow through We need to make it cleat la thcae in China
who ate m the export buBineBS, Ameiica will ne^ei compromiBe the
health and safety of oui consumera and out lamihes Oui stand-
ards of health and salel^ have to be followed.
We'ic going [o make ceilain [hat we moiT fotward with the Toj
InduBtT) Associa[ion and olJiecB represented todaj, to tcy to deal
with this seaaon'a problems Ab we face a holidaj seaaon where
tc^B ate a major ptcduc[, families are concerned, companies ate re-
sponding — It la unLikcIv lha[ Government will be able to do much
In rcamre confidence But we will leam a bitter lesson from the hol-
uby B^3son of ^UU7, and I hope we'll apply that lesson la paaaing
new authoriza[iDn m ^OUfl ioi this Commission, putting moic ic-
SDurcet in this Commission, and lestoimg iJie confidence of ^mi-
llet acrcss America
Let me turn it over Id nty ranking membra', 3cnalor Brownback
of Kansas.
STArEhis>4T or acn^roi SAhi mow n sack
Sena[or Bhowhhack Thank you I'eij much, Mr Chairman. I ap-
pieciate >ou holding this heating, and appieciate these that are
here to testify J Icok forwaid to a gcod exchange and a gccd dia-
logue.
Cansumer Product Recalls of Imported Goads
{2004)
Dlib liMn Mflu mb 4«i Cii^ ^TM LriBl riH OlH'
I inHi'i rcco^ci — o[ I *-on'L dsi'tr, aiiiJiri — iln: qjnie aiiLiaLiLfl, hut
I do tianir to puE up aa inidal chare. iHnifiii&c J ihiiih ii di:^^ show
Bomc of (he pioblcnifl diai iictc dcaliiiE winh ihal we've heard
BnccdoEalLy abaut — whether lE'a ihe lay pruhlema, m Eoalhpa&te iir
pet 4cHid. BuE. just Icok □[ this chare, rm canBuiacr pindiiet recalls
that we'iT had fiam CDUnmcs. And jou can sec the big duc, fliid
i[ IB Chum Far and awaj, [he mceE uuinbcr of cousumei' prolucE
lecalU lhacive\e had Trom December ^Oa m Aueq&L 2007.
[TnfoitmiaEely , a& aoine alheiB haiv nlteady tioled, "Hade in
China" has now become a warning labcJ And we're secin> ihis in
[he chaila, and we're secina this in nhc pioduclB, and ilb pit On
BOtp And we'ce not ^oing Id JeC this contmce m mke place
The American consumer U the aiaet discerning can&umer in ihc
world, and I believe (hat p>ca (he imminent and potential harm
On American consumera , and the real harm by [heae prcducla their
purchasing power will act as a pouTrFul dc(crren( and disciplimag
meehaniEm foi nheEe pmdui^lB
A[ ihe same Ume, the regulatory agencies mnsD aggi'eosively do
thai part Given ihe fihccr volume oF defecUvc prcdncca coming
From one main source, more rhan 70 percent of the defeccivc proif
uclH ihat we're seeLng CDUiLng Trom China, we have a big icgulatoiy
challenge A& nhc chart shohed, eIiib u a Hoiiblmg and dmigeiaus
picture
I a^vee wiih you, Mr Chairman, ihe Consumer Product Safclj
Commission could and Ehould provide additional o-erEight and m-
Bpections and the independent teateia — Ukc an Underwiitera Lab-
oraUnj for Tojb, I beliciT, se one of [he paneliBlB is goina ui Bug-
ge&t, would giie conBurocrs more conlidence I climh ihaLS a gccid
But, 1 lirmly believe that ihc problem* i^c'rc now Beeing ^ilh
fl4
Chinfbc-madr toys and other conBajncT producia la jDst a ^ympmni
of a niLLcbi larfci' problem that hiuse be dcalE winli in n b-^ifD juid
vigarouB ^ay
1 think lis fair to say thai an open and naDEpamil B^'strin n^
gavnnmcji t, like dutb, ib IrsE likely to prodncc dcTecUvc products,
and iC IB inoTF likclj u> catch thoec iJiat arr. Ab one cxpcrC puE iC
to jnc iJir dmiociadc cminlnrs arc better ac producing BaTe piDd-
uclB than nDn-dcmociaHic cmeB And anc of ihc uia^^B □ non-dFmr>
cisUi: counU^, like China, ib nsiirping the "•af m h^hich buEinrsB
IB bcinf condncUrd around [he globe, u dkTough manipulanon of iia
pinduction flyfl[cm,and parociilarlj of iIh cuircncy
Mow, 1 realize [bat finance ib a convoluted copic. but id iJna caee,
I think i['fl quilc BLmpIc Ever since ^e ■Yan[cd [be Cbineae Ciov-
c[nnien[ PNTR back in yiXKJ, die Chinese CJo^ernnient haa imple-
mented capiiii] contiulB lo manipulate iib cuneucy, aa a matter of
Biste Dolicy
With an increnBiEigly and alarmingly higher nmnber cfconBumcr
gooda being made in China, aa much as tiO pei'cent of the items in
rclsil chains like Wal-Mart and Tai'gcL, a ciLirency dial u under-
valued by 4U percent relative co the dollai is a sy BtemaCic , syBtemie
dangei to the U S econnmy, if noc to the inlcrnadonai financial
Bystem. By unfairly keeping die yen iindeiralued, die Chinee Gov-
ernment Raq boosted China's exporla, and haB unfairly Bucked for-
eign dii'ect investment in export production facihUeB, much of
which comes from the U 9 firma.
This chare that Tm putting up now showB how Al 'i trilliiHi have
rushed inlo China over the past decade, through foreign direct in-
vestment and trade. Every year, we buj moi'e gcods than we acU,
fli
and cvrry >?aT moTc Ainrncsn invrfi Uncnt dallBTS arc sUch^ into
China rhU ie hod i
cui irncj — 1& held ac
Crcnda im dial charl
China rhU ie hoc aurptiBin' Riven that [he cuir?ni:> — Chcnrac
cuiirncj — K held ac ihr&c aidftiTially low IcitU. Vou can acr ihrac
Ml ChaLrmaii, I i^anlcd to Bhow anDlhct chare that le ctUcjiicIj
iTDnbling, 3h »rLI,aiid 1 ihinh il's part of thr ovciall symplDm hrr?.
Aa hundrcda of billiiinE of U.S. do[lara Flo* co China cvcjj jcai,
China, in turn, scnda EnpporL Lo had acmrE around [he wmld— like
lian. Sudan, Burma, Zimhahiic, and North Korea. As wc tnow,
[heocarr dicia [oiEhi pa which mmmi d a:l£ af genocide and prcmD[c
Lenonsm.
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UcflC diacontcrd n E la chai die Con "rraiflLDrii]] RcBCiarch Scrvinc
(CRSi haa caa^inned [h a C China's salca of wrapoiu , Buial L siniR and
uiuiiiliimfl 0> Iran, haiv ended up in chc CDnFliclB [nvolvinj U 3
Ibrcrs in AF^haniHlaD , an d in Icaq
The chacrman and 1 are Imlh canccmed ahoiil hvhai's IhJejue
place, pai dcularlj , in 3udan, and die E^nnfide in Daifur, and
Btmngly promDdng divesdtuic campaignE Pur dinBe CDLUiUiea and
[hooc campanifb invesCinE in 3ndan, the lead af ^hich u China
Aad. I ihink we have m point one thaC nhat [b caking plare, aa a
part of thiB overall symptom and problcniE
Do wc Faill> ivanC lo aCind idly by aE die Chinese GovemmenD
manipulates ica cunency, to ^i^e ilBelf an unlair ccDnamic advan-
tage, Eo suck in chiE foi'eign capital, eo support other bad cegimes
around the wmld, and Bell defective producla Eo die United Slads?
I dan'c [hink so. Da we ceall> wani o> keep die flcod^atea open, as
unaafe Chinese pinduclfi. made under coeici^e lahoi conditiona,
euLer eIiie counEcy? I dcin't think eo And, do hc really wanL U 3
consumer and direi:i invcatment dollaib going Eo siipporE Chinese
salea of ^'eapons to danseiDua diclaLoi'shi pE around the ^kibe?
Some of thcBC weapoiiB *ere facin» on the baulefield Inday? Idon'c
think we hant Eo continue Osec that taking place.
I think we need □> do moi'e en consumei safety ptodurlB here, I
think hvc must require it of Chinese prcducia, but I don't dunk we
can slop there. There arc clearly other things that are happening,
and thai have been happening ftir some time While I support this
hearing, and Tin delighted to ecc it caking place, 1 hope ^c don'c
S7
]iiaE fcc\ia on one EiairDW ibbuc^ but go at the bioadcr isbuc? of what
la bcins done b> ilic Ch incBC Gai'crnmcji I.
Me Ctiairman, il^a time Id end iJic status qua, liic buain^BB a?
usual rcladonship wiEh Chins Wr must ai:t U> apply [T 3
counlcrvcilin 5 laws Id non-mflikct cconomica, and la malic ex-
change rate manipulation acdonahlr under Euch lat^s.
Some will crj nut chat we can't aflbrd to cake Euch acDona as
these, thej maj Bay that such actionE will hurc American con-
Bumers b> increasinE prices
I say we can't affocd noD to lake such actions. Ameiican con-
Bumera have alicadj been hurt, in the worst way Their lives and
then childien^ lii'es have been puCat iisk by unBaie ptcductH pin-
duccd m Chinese manufacturing pIsnEs that are bo suspeizt thac
they keep American mspectoiB out.
American consumciE nave been hit over the head wilh a ^ by 4.
We can't allow nhiB Co continue to lake place
I Icok fnruaid la [he commenls by mj colleagues, and b> these
involiTd in [he indus[[y, and 1 Icok forwaid to us addrcsBins this
pioblem, consume! Balcl^ pioblem, and underlrin^ problemE, as
well
Sena[ar Duihin Thanh you, 3enaljjr.
[The BlalementfollowE:!
Fp ep.mi>]> STJ^'n>Jl ^T of Siti iiur S.' ^i Bbov ^b ick
OatrS iDDrnmR Thnal: ^u Chnlim^u] Durbla Ibi (DlLiBg Ihn lieanB)^ 111 □□ irn-
piMUiB* and limply Liiiie
I ^QLilil likE lo Dil: ikni my Idhrct ^Clll:lllEl] I be bdiSc n purl oE Ib/i raTiiil. So,
I fpi nDl gi IbioLi^ ibc ism-: liToublinp ^l□ll^<K1 •S\\ii Ibi: C b^nnjD liolplull, w-
VKWtd Ht \ii ikis mHifainj^ Wbiil I •/-Al my i'. ikii kbuilly. iSuILtiivi: uhI dDji|f hilii
piodui^ bEinp niiide \m Ckiaa amd 'dliJ <d .^m^Ticiin CDniumifk hat limply gn Ig
ilDp I hope •bai. •/-■e will nn\ •/-an 6ii h-ijiibiliDn Inr ikm ehh knppcn ll'i iLiDpl> unDC-
CEpUikle
ibe .^m^nciiTi cnaiuiDfr li Ibe idg^i dirifrnmij [unimD^T id Ib^z ^ctU and ] l<-
^y•^■c •bat bi\«i ike iidiiiIii?b4 ^mil pDHzBisil harm ehh AnntiruD o•1u^l?^^ bL lli?v
pioduii 4hEir pinrkjMBLj poou* will iir^ m □ fGW/aiiJ dcUricnl □ml diiciplinuig
nm ban I IB br lb^^«' pindiHi-. la sbnrl iknK WbD iibubuc •/-lib 'boilly mnDufac-
iLiniiD pmrlin]! ^ill iig4 k] m ku-mei^ BLih lnn|^i
A I ike inme Ume, lb? iq^iitildy hrvh l^^ id ml □|Q|id^ii«'ly do lh?lr purl
Civcn ike ikeci inlnrne dT ddci ihv pndii:li (omin^ TiorTi l^o fdulii lOLnre — idgi?
Ibnii TiJ pcneai Eidid Chian — •/-r bnu: □ by n'jtiilLiiHiry ibjilkr^r: Ai ibii chnn
ihoivi Ibi: l'll^l ■BJuiiy of deb iIve ^Dniurner gudt ioiiil^ Eicod Ckiim ]l li n jei}
liDublin^ jnd dim^niHB •rime
I □^L'o w/iA yan. Ue CkBirmnD. lb? Comimi^r Pmdui ?tiliHy Coniniliuua imild
□ml ^Dulil pmMile oddiliDiiDl oicni^bl niid laipediDni diiiI Ibnl iii4l''p?ii4l''D< Ifii-
<ri — lili? an UHler^nKr i lalomlonci br l£iyi — ■will gin iodiuiiiimi mDic tia-
Bli< ] Uniily Idicn IIid* lb? pnibk'Bi nr hie no" leeiag ^Jiik Chume-Bnl? •uyi
II juii □ i>]DplGB ifn mink Inigrr picbba Ibnl m\iil b< itnll ^ik ib □ i^ili dbiI
II w/ay
Ibiak ll 1 bir lo iny ibm on open Dml Unnipnn'D* lyilf m of ^T<L?nimEii I lib?
auri II til llli?ly <d pmdiH? d?fr(liL? pnxlirli hhI li niGi? Iile]> Ig iDlrh lbG%
Ibal awr. f,i Giie ?ipiM-l pii< ii Ig mc, denioiiiiu: coimlim mt keitei dI piDdumg
tat pi[diic4i ikaD iiGD-df motmlic gii?i
And ime uT ibe <vafi in ^hKh a □Dn-denioiiiiu' CDunliy like Chiui ii uinrpuig
lb? w/ay ID ^Kb buiin?— n bcmg amdiMilal nii'iind llio gbbE i- Ibioi^ mnjiiBuln-
litm Gi 111 ciuiTEuy. I n^DO ikaE finDBce it a cihiiru^iD^ nad iodm'Iui'^ I'lpir fir
mm*, km IB ikii 4Die, ii'k very UH^b. Ever iibc? <•/•: f|i^nl?d ibo CLih:^E ^ittd-
meal FNTR kaci: m ^SltUt ikc C kini-i: iriiviBBen i bui impl?[iii.^lfd capiUil oiilmli
IG miiDipiilal? Ill currncy di ii iDDll?r nr-iuii: pGlicy
Wiik Dn iH[niii[i^> hhI □laimmRly biRkcr DUBter gE CDiiiimiGr Rnodi being
mode in CkiDO — m muck ai d> f?n?ni dF ikc ilemi ib icUiiI iIidibi like tVnhMiirl
□nd Tnigel — □ lunency IhU ii undcii^iied by 4V pcneai irlnlije Id Ibe dollnr \i
ss
□ iyil?Bii 4kiTiBEr !□ ikE L'S. KcmGiiiy if v>l ci llu] iD^CTBniriDal lin.in(ial ^y'U'■
By UTiBiiily li«?pLiiD Ihe Viihd iiiii3i'riiilL>''d llu: l.'S\imt:ii: Riii't'rn mi^i kj- bco-hd
Cnmii^i ?ipDr<i nHrkiiL uabiily iLi:l.<d Fnii:!^ dinxi iDvi:MmL^i m <ipiui-|i ndiiE-
liDTi BkiIlIici, nuKli oF^hick dLmci fium US. Irmi
Thi^ ^hDiT iliG^i boiv Jl^ IiiLIkjd Hdiv niihfd lam CbriD ovw Ihr pmi iIo'ihIf
Ibniu^ Fdic:^ din^i lajEilnieBl ^mil linl'' Bi^ziy yi^\ , CbriD biyi mon: gmdi
IbnTi rvi ■cLI ikcm □ml c^rry year niGi? Amcii'iiB LTim4iD«'D< difnn hit iiirhMl ltiIg
Chiim. TliLi ii mul iiirpnirig f v?n IbaL lb? Cbm^iE cmrciKy li kekL □< on □irlFi-
CDlly ki^ t jeI.
Mr CbDirniiin I »□■< <d ikoiv □nDlb^r churl Ibnl ii ^"licnii.'ly <in4jbLiB|j
Ai bundled^ oE billion i hhT US. 4l]^□^^ Hoiv ihi Cbinn I'^'ciy yi", Cbiiiii. ri Imn,
lETidi iiippDj* IG bod acini i llli? Iiub. SuLin, I^iitbd. ZLmbab^c, and N'lrlb Kaim
/ii t/r liiiG^, ikcK an] e)*: miGnh ip^ ^Kb CDnmiii acti dFjteiioi ulu and pmnioic ui-
icriirn. bl4u< diinniixiTlii^ i% Ibnl lb? CiLiij(jci^Eiial RcKQirk SeiMcc ka^ [nnliimal
Ibnl CbiTiDl 'oIh if ^tnpom UDnll dib^ duiI ■uniliDiii lo Imn bnir ended up
ID <bE [4nlli[4i Lnmlvmjr L'^S Fnim ui A^bDiii.ctii Dad Imq.
Da <•:•! icnlly 111111 ihh ^umd idly ky □- Ibi: Ckinii: ip^vctbbedi ■□■■pulnici li^
cimciuy U j^iv iIieIIdii imbir ^oiigb k □dvDBlii|p: \m iLe ^'orld!
Do •/-c idill> w/ami. 10 Inzep the ll:>idgiiUi if-:a ai iintal': CbmEU pnxLirli ■□d"
undf r CEKirin labor CHiadllLoni f'Dur Ini^ 4giibIi>^ And do ■« imll> ^udi U.S tim-
■iini?r Dad diirii LmmmeDi dollnn jpiHE Ki luppoil Ckincdc oilei 1I arapoDi Ig
dnBsnoii dKlnloi ibipi niQUHi lb? gkik?'
^r Cbnlrni^n, i< ii Vme lo End ikE ^laiu quo, 'buiikei^ at uiiEir nzblmnibip
^Ib CbmD Ll'e mu-i url lo DpFly US. cgiibIoiisiIuih \if/-i 4o non-m^ilel Eronomiri
□nd 10 ■□h:«"[bLiBj^ mii: ■□■■pulnmD iiE<»iBibk' uadLi incb tni
Smn? ivlII ciy gli< ikui <•/•: cnBkol niFoid Lo UiIj: iij:b iKlioni Tbe> »ill =iy Ibal
inrb KlioDi »nI bun ^■^[Him CGB^iiBon ky Lnciuning piKEi
I ^oy ikm »c cudiihi* nilbid n™ lo Lake luck nrlvni .^m^riain coDium^Ti bnvr
□l[?iid> been biiTE ■□ ibE ■nm toy Tbcii IIjei hhI ibEir 4b ildiEn 1 ll\d bnvc b?CD
pul HI n'h b> iiBint prxLiKli pruirEd in Ckinea: laiiDLiticiiiriiig pInDli Ibnl □■?
10 iiiifi''4i ikui ikcy IjKp .^mencin iB^f«:lGrL oul
AniEiKDB (on -Liiiii.^r-. bn\ri beta bll u\<:r lb« bmd onik a ETFii-by-1lmr. We (dddoI
□lloiv Ll IG conlLniK
ScnaHor Dub fin SchsIbi Msik Pj>di af ArkanasB is chairman of
the Commcicc Suhconiniitlrc on Con&umcr AHaira Welcome ?cn-
aOa Piyor, and picaac ^tfc ua jour open in e alatcmcnC
arATRMCriT dp qEr^ATai hlAlK ppvdb
SenaOir Fpvoi Thank you, Mr Chairman, and thank bolii of
you fur having ihia vcrj imporlanc hcanng on conaumct products
safcLj — specifically on aiy Baicl> rhcrc'& nccn an unprecedented
numhci of lbj reralla this year Oi course, wc know the ElaliEtics,
all [he tcy recalls aic ftom China, and fiam our alandpoinC, that
highlights a largci problem, and that is, the Conaumci PrcducC
Safely CommisBion is not equipped U> handle iJie challcnsca thaC
iC faces Uida) m the American marketplace The Consumet rtcducC
Safclj CommiaBion, back in die iy7[!a, had iMO cmplayees, Uidaj
ichas leas than one-hall [hat.
In the meantime, wc sec lO,(J0U new pi cducls diat hai'e come an
the U S marketplace since the 197(Jb, and we've also seen major
chan^cB in the global mackelplace We aee a Federal agencj that
has been withering on the ^ine — [hey have amallcr biLd^[s, they
ha^c less slafl, the}' have inadequa[e laba And [hiE morning, Sen-
aPa Inaujc and I inticduced IcgiBlation to DiTrhaiil and revamp
the Cbnaumer Produce Salcty CommiaBion This ib much broader
than tc^B — It ieall> co^cis the entiieacope of the CPSC, bucfor the
bcneiiC of today's hearing, I would like [o mention four aieas thaC
we addreaa in the propcsed leEialamon
One la resouices Senator Durbin mentioned that a Jew momcnis
ago — onr bill would move ihiB agencj from the 40L employeeB that
S9
It Tiaq [(day, up to 500 cmplojcca by 20 15 — nowhere clcee to the
900 Lt once had, hue naiieChcleBfl , iic acknowledge that we're in a
difficult bud^eC BituaHori, and we've lalkcd ta CFSG and ochcia,
and we think that that will get uh on the waj to where we need
to be
Also we include monc} in dicre for upgr^ing the tenUng ^ih-
ties and upgr^in; out pi>rt iriEpazEion i:ap3hil itiea — liiat'E been a
I ?al problem that the GFsG has juaC noC h?cn able to h?cp up with
Seomd thing J want m highUiht, la [he bill would — the ptopcaed
bill would ban all lead in [ojb And, I think evcij parent, eiTrj pe-
diaUician m Amecica would agree that we should juat ban lead in
all children's to.B.
Thud diin^ I wanted to mention ib die bill includes an inde-
pendent, thitd-patty Baielj ccttificadon SenaQji Bill NelBon and
Senator Duibin hai'e been working ^ecy hacd on that language and
ti'ying to make buec that that maket senee, and that parents and
Brandpaccnla have assurance that all the edjb the> buy here in the
niEed Stales meet U.S safely slandaidB
And the foutth thing I wanted Co say about the legisladon that
we lilcd [odaj, is it puis — it snifcns [he penaltica, it pula teeth in
the ciu rent Icgi&laDon, in the current law , that the cui rent law jusC
dcesn't have in it, in oidci to get the attention oi the wiongdcei —
capceiallj thcae who are icpcat offendeia, and thcae who ate jusC
unsctup ulous , and don'ccare about the aaiclj of out people in this
CDunOj So, we're putting that in chcic bo they undcialand that
there will be significant pain when the> violate U S conBumer safe-
ly law
[^st thing [ wanted i:osa> before I luin i Covet la mj colleagues
here IS I need to publicl> thank Scnatot Dutbin for his elforls cai-
lier thiB year, before there was all of [he media sci uti ny and all the
attendon on loy&, but earlier this year to work ^eiy hard to get an
additional &H million for the CbnBumer Product Salel^' ConiniiEEion ,
JUSC to Btjjp the bleeding in [he interim while we have dme to fn
thi& agencj So, Senator Dutbin thank you for doing thaC
Senator Di'iniH Thank >ou. Chairman Piyor
[The &latement followB:|
PiEP.'ii HI St' n-uiJiT OF Snrinw M if h Phvdp
Dizo'T nam ma ^i diDinnnn Sei]DlE<i Bia^n bo: k, TncmbEi'^ if ibe <«]bdlI»c I
□ID ncLlel IG tc brwr ikli mofaLiig <d IdIIi ^tniil □■ Iiilk iknl ii i«[y irnfaiuiiii
IG mr □nil Ih? iiiiLIkid^ of Abeixdb pnirni^ ^irm^i ikE coimliy — prxLiKl mlely niid
mot? ^pETiilcally 4Dy mle<y
In lETCnl Bonik^ m hnv? ifyn an lid|i ieti'iIim] Hd auBber uF ln\ imaPt. ina^ng
InuD Bnrbic dolLi lo muHkil builiJinjr idi IQ imiQ^ ^iik knd paLnl Thi^ ■□^ilit
piD]LlErai»D HhT dunRkHHj 1 cklldnzB'* picduli on US. lElDiL^n' ^kelvEi bigbLf(bli
piDblem^ ikai I ba\t brcn CDni'ErH'il •/-lib fa kibe Iud? — Ibe f ilH^i[> dF dui tim-
■mn^T picdiiEl ui&i> lUiBdaiil^. Ib? nv^iuTEi n? iilliiDle u IboiE ngciuiei cknipd
^Ib pnzvrniln^ dnB^iDui picdum InuD ^lilii^ od ikElvn ^nd mlc CGB^iiBn i
liQiiiEi, hhI our nkilily id pi?VEnl diiB^iDLii lapinUil pndiirli Iidiii pEmimlLnq gut
il[<ni?-.U: iDDrh.li
ll 11 wi tawi' Ibsl I b£l>?v? »? tan ^nil ihouU bE doLnq idgie id piDlai pniEiili
□Dil (billiL^ Ir^m. dinifl^n\ii pmdui' T}i? prinisi} im^^'^'"^'' "P^'^J [baiRi'd
^Ib ikii impiLiUiDl CiiF. Iba Cgb'ubci l^ndiil Solely foB m liiub (CFSIjL Ibimi^b
■t:]L-id(ed liCiimL, hm kcm bmn'iiunir Kir injny ,t:ir' by an limilEqiiiile ku^n, lUill
lEiliiimB^. and ky □icnni' ihIh □dd n^tilLDni Id ofiIei o f'B^m? Ibnl ib/i piiid-
irli Dii ci\ii tbC\\a □ir ale br AmEiKLiB tl^lLlK^ I I^jIieit: »c niiiii h>I only ^pca:-
ly iHimic ibr Ci^ni ■i^iiC'ii' i imiiirEi, bill nr in ml nl w mrrbDiil ike Com m liumil
70
lEipmi lib iIlIici And auibinly h> irilecl ikE ^Ii4 4?D<iir> ■□rlHlpbiK. ^hrir mimy
pnidui^ ci'm^ Eii'm ovimh^s
Thi^ 1^ □ pmbluiD <}!□< LKc CiiniBille? hn^ irti^nni. Bbilici Ibli yi'^r ] oltiel
□□ DID? lid men I <D ibe hnil—r iq ■ikii'iiv the inounei nvmlnblc Ig tne CfSC Tkii
CoiiiBille«' lEspondfd by pmiiilri^ qd IQ ■ilbua iiuiedic ic lb? Cnani Iiikjb'i ftnai
yrai ^IJIM biidi(?i. I n^uli] lilnz lo iknab <}i< (oniBKlf^. nkiBir ^iik SizDiilGr Dm bin,
vbo hn^ ^"H k"* a ilicngiGD^imiL^i jdiin^U' (jr ikuir FLor^i^l I uppnriiiKE yiiir
lEndribip hhI ■□■igbi an ibi^ liiiiT hhI ] lull (jr^unl ihh o^jrliiiiH iviib >di id ?■-
luiE dm* ibEK LiCil [EwuniM miilH il Ihniiiak <1ie ?«a3le □ml iniG bi»
Ai Ihf Ckmimnii gI ibe Com men? CDmmiiiEe CoiiMmi^r ^lEun ^ul^omm ille? I
□Im □pBiQ'ial? ikc rip 111 □ml iilm^ yuu. hnjE dDeihI Tim n CFSC laiiilbGniiimB bill
I buve mi'Drparale] Kii'ni] oE Ibevr ideal ib<d my g^h icaiiikDiir^liDii bill ^hHb
I will □lllll?!! lh[<l<l>
it I knjE sad mcioiiEd [euiiuki ait □□ imporCml fioic of Ibe tiQJic wbeii il
i'i>m«'^ iHh priFliKl Hik^v — km II ii iidI ikc diiI> one. Ll'i4li lliiil \m mimi. Ihii ■omiBg
I □ml SuQiKL^ Cnimmi^ic^ Cb^irm^n Iiigii>e iBUnduol Ic^^bliroi 4d VPifntc □ (Gm-
pichEnuvE GVEihniJ il ikc ConimTiiT Piadiici ^tikiy CGBmii^na. I plus <d dtoIi
wilb TTi> Iriemli □□ bolb twSei of Ibc □i^lr Ifiivaiil quuli comniliiec ikIidh •/-ith ibr
li^pei dF knviu Ibe bill OLiiiliibl? bi ailitm b> Ibe Eiill 5?uiie ky ike emi Hif Sep-
leaber fii Cb^inniiD oElbe EiiibcHhm mliiec, Ibli ii my Biimbci oae •nDrii>
AllbGifrh m> bill w/iP pinMd" 3 cHim p lEhfTi iiiv GVEihniJ oE Lb? CrST I idull llli?
IG biKilL □ll]lE^^ bur purl- ofay bill boiL ieIc^dhI Id oiir mt^zuiKi kcit 4[diiy
J^'iurc" — Tb? ri'!^ ■- in kikki^ di^Ucd^ 111 kiilp?< kns hkh 'iRTillHimlly
1la^b(d ^1 iki Mime ilmi: cuiiii HrrcK □ml dnn^iciihiii iBpiini Iid>e ko^zB lb^]ii|r mliii
oiir 4GiiB4r> Tbi: ngrzHy ii mpmiuklE Eir Hii'Gr 11 UW t'\m^imi\ picdnrii, In ixldi-
lion 4d GBCigmg IfrhiiDliigi?!, iiick n^ Qnxhlteh nobfo Sih? ki iHGpma id Ibe
TDi, CPSC imlEli^i ^bniDh Eiom gjei VUU EiiU iimi: cmployeei iFTBl'il id nuiiiHi
41)1 Pi?iiileiil Buih km iccoBmeBiled ruiihci kirlgel 4 mi. We i^nnoi eipecl ikii
GJErkiinlcnEd □pacy lo pi?VEDi llml^l^<ll^ ihi>i 3111I pmdui^ fwnm ^ndma up cm
iloiE ^keljEi m 111 iiinEnI iGHiiLiDn Thi nliircM iki', my bill □iilborciM 11)11:1 miV
lu iim Ibc HEEI hzv^d 3^'iie', □> incnMi-^ oE r>H pcnGD4 avee ciinEni Icir.'l- Thii
iseiTHd Aimliii^ "dull lEiloiE CP^^ L.i .1 kail 'lUJ FTP. 1 by ^^Ul!!. bceT up C FSC
pmeHK HI gut pGili dFchIi} and nllDn ikem Lg iifd^ic IbGr aaiKiu^ied icilmg
□Hililiei
!lr/f\ot'iig iiad {"Kn th\ld<r<tt pradnela — CoDgm^ ibGull miilif il i-ira\ IIidI lend
m ihildiETi i pndirli Ii imncEpUiblE la [p:cnl Drxki, n? b^i? irea Ibe lEFiir Gf
buodiEdi dF IbGuiandi gE (billiEn 1 pndiKli m ^hHb kill wui (onCiiaed la Ibe
pniTii GD ikeiE pr>]iKli li II na iiaaniMiai} ii'li Ibi ui lu mil? ^iik ilic Iiitm Gf
DUE ckildica My li'giilaliDD pinpaie^ ua 'niiJiRki bun gti Imd m iia> ckildn.'a'i picd-
irli — EicoD luack bom Ig Ig>i A kii^lGE [obr BlmD or motr dmnblc Big Biid 1^
UBply ODl nnnk ikc mk.
TFiriil parif crrliliealMiii ff thiSdmi'w pntdattt — Il ■■ viIdI ikm Congmi nod
Amermaa iGBpaaiei ieiIgie ibE publir^i (□□Eldemx la Ibe pfx-it ikey ^ie pui-
rhn^mg. We i3ti mnlic lUilei m ^HZiGBpliihiog ikli by leqmriDa le^ilop b> ^T<inii-
meal-cenlFied <biid pnrliEi Ibsl (hilliEn ' p^:^lrl^ hi? ^u: hh in clod pi mn re wiLb
DmEETimciil iiond^rii '^iib Ibc bobdayi fail uppiiij(liia|j, pjiEni' knvE n ngbi lo
KTio^ ihE loy^ iiodr lliGii Ckmlmai Iicei »iII hj talc fir Lbeii ibildiED My k^iiibi-
liDn Diiuld lequin' mnaufarlmET' of (bikliEn 1 pr>]iKli Lg imiic a igfIiIk^Io Lbal
Ibclr pindiici^ CHtabam Ig CGa^uBGE piodiici iiilei> iiand^idi □ml lEguiic iciiioj; Gf
Ibm picducli 10 en line ikcir eon Imuol CGBpli^acc.
Pe/iaiPa far Hipral OI/iii/lii and L'riwcnipiiioiit imparirn — CoagiEii miiii leod
□ iinhnij -11JT13I II' b.td □CHIT-, pbiiim^ iki^ publn Hi mt. Wlira il ^mnc id mbiy,
m lUiiifiE jni lioc^ E^i rHiLiLii'n' .binikl iii'i bi' j1 p^n Gf Ibe izdiI oT dDiari bii-inoii
^[y lill •//]!{ iHimic iiivil Elaci up Lg Vll!^4>,4l<JlJ fir viofaliro] ^iik □ tup dViIIUij mil-
Ina liDiu □ 4 linen I tvEl or^,LK>l> ptr vnl^uua ivilb a 11 JfJJi milium nam Cnminnl
vul^Uii I ^Diibl b" ^iik|e[l Id lip 10 S ye^n m ]ail I n(mimg 4 ivil aod iriniliol t?a-
□liKi II a oaeimiy ilep Id euDiimRe (ompaTiiei Id luIue roniumer mle<y □doit
Ibelr kGUDm lioe
TliGii^ ikeie □IE biiE laiegiiil aipeeli Gf my bill. G<bci piDviuoai dE <be k^ibi-
liDn [ompriie na eipnaiiLe meckaaiim br ieiIdho^ [oammer iGafidcni'E ri Ibe
Amenraa ■□Hhipbce nod eaiuring Ibeir nod ihcir famil> 1 ia&i> TbiDiflk □
miJii-pniag uppnock DFpmvidrig lueaiijci Ig iGmpuaiei Ig piDic[4 Ibo piiblK, ?a-
h^nclng pcmilli^i ivken Ibey do hdI lUtamlin ia|j picduri lakLy ml:-, imd pme-
duici, □nd iillim^lely enimioir ibul only ml? pndiKli arc cnionoir ilic Bnrliei-
plnre, »e (□a m4Dic Ibe CFSC id □ iihbuii nod pnacilvE Coiubii-.iod far (GnMmi4:r
tatty
[I 11 □i> kopE lbal Ibe iGBmillec □nd Ibe 9«imle can a<l i^ifily Ig pan ikli im-
pDiUial KgiilDUoa, nod I ■mill n^li □Il of ike membn ■ of Ibe fimiBillee Hm ikeir
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■uppiirt ID 4hii trndcawta. i •/•aai lo iKonb Ibc nif mkrri dE lb? ^ulriMn 11114I1'? bi riv-
mg LKl^ imf-iiUinL i^^du ^ui iiftil^ limI I Irol. brwnnl Id ■idil.iiig ^LK ^hu ji t/c
moiE lorrvaiil roi IKli i^ilv . I ikunl: ,'oli lor youi laiilEi'^kl|i □ml nr ikc oppmuniiy
m leali^ ikii iDGrDLiig.
SenaOir Duthi^. Bcnalai Bill NcIbdh of Florida has been — we've
been warking mgrliici, not juaC on toys, but childtcn'a ptcduclB —
I thank yan iDijoiriLng us ScnaEor Nclam
ScnaHor Niiio^ Thank you Mi Chan man
Wc fliipparl whal Senator Fryor la doioE 11 ^i'& flubcomtnitlce.
Hopcfullj, we can prcduce thia out of our full Commctcc Com-
miOccand get it maun e-
SenaHor Duibin, [hcic is no e\euae that the CPSC has a laboca-
toiy that Imka like that And a large part of what Senator Pcyor
has iuEtoulIin^ will address that
Hith icgaid Ki tojB — It's vcrj inCereannE what China juat an-
nounecd >CB[erdaj China Eigned an aErccment to ptohibit the use
of lead paint an Dsys e'lpotlcd to the United Slalea Well, what
about all of ihc Oija CMpoitcd elBcii'hcEC? Let mc ahow jou aome
of these KijB
That'& saod that they're &ajinE that dicy'iT aEreed Dn prohibit
the use of lead paint in tcys, but (hat's not the only problem with
the tcys And eetlainlj it's not [he aolution a> the pioblem of lead
pain t elaewhei c m die warld
I went to one of qui childicn'a hcspLlaU, and I aaked [hem about
theac Qjya They have a 'Tjau^h and Learn" bunny that has a ncee
that camea off Phac ncac la juac about that bi^ Gu^a what hap-
pens when a ehild swallows aomothinE that biE? And the dccljjra
were telling me about die operaUons chat the> had Dj conduct to
eMtraet dicec componenls of Iqjb
The HaEnctm buildmE aet — the iactora cold me about what
magnelB maidc a child'a di»esti^e syatem ean do Then, of eoorae,
youve sotThomaa the Train A^ain, ic'a die lead paint
I think SenatoE Klobuchar is ^ine tj Ehow jou an example of
what happens when it ^ets into a ehild's mouth And we know the
effeelH of the lead pamt. And then >ou have [hesc Barbie accea-
Boiiea.aEain with lead paint
ThiB juBt Ehouldn'c be happcninE in Amcriis And why is our
CF8C IcnunE it happen' If [he Chinese Government la not so\n^
to police It, and if the Chineae induaCiy lanY EoitiE to police it. [hen
thcre'a an eaa> way for ub to in&i&t — Binec HO pcicent of all of our
tc^B aold in Amciica are coming fiom China — thcic'a an easy way
to do It And [hat ib e° to an independent third pacty that aela
safely Blandarifa, auch aa Underwiiteta Laboratory, or the Amer-
ican Na[iona] Standard? Institute, aomethin e like tiiat, that is rec-
OEni3cd and ^et them [q do theaafcly ccrdficaUan.
Thank jou, Mr. Chairman.
[The Blatcmenl followail
Ppij'PiEiar'TFiEFNr opSrNiroiMii M>aED"
Mi Cknlim^ii, Mcmbci 1 if Ihe iuI^oiiib Kle^]. iknnb yiu. Ibi mvilLiig me bewr
loiby IG ipi'Dk w/ilb y^\i aliW tlliwii Ig impiCiVG ike oilEly of im poi-Ud lo]-..
Ai ya\i HIE □!■ ^waiE, onr ikc jm^i In Bonik^ ibe nf/-i bai biM:n filLd •/--itb nt
niemiii lEpDi-li uT luiailc ImpoiTed h>>i niid cdii luni^r piDdiH 1^
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FiiiiD ckildnzB^' ^Ticliy (ODcauiiBg lm>' ItjeI^ dE kill m myi ivilh dcUHbabb
TTlilHh'l^ iKjL tA" laitt: liiiiiL uil^-LLnD] nb^iiu: Lien i, ibii 4giibIi> bni li(Enill> bi'^n
Flonoiil by d -^q oFdnngkumi pirdiiEli
Oirr lu luniBei I nni nbl? m hk ube dTOie imporli oTikii linl- bDnil.
In July, ] viuUd •/-■••b a Hum oTf'BEigrHy ryim dotUo^ m nini|iii -/-hi bmi <idi:-
«] ibildiTD ^Ib mlfiliTiD] DbiUuiHD^ due <d Biu^n^U Ibnl bail dcCirkEil Ei[<ni
Lg>i
In mm? (hh]^ ibc ilixU<i i nuuil Ibnl Ibf ihIe'Iitid] Gb ill 1114 ih i »ime w kv^it
IbsL Ibf] (bikLicn hud Ig imd^iRih -.uidi^ le icidqje lb? obiUuina^
InLiiuv? imjEi} lilic ikli I'. Kary ie<i bdiL nliilli — kj yen con piDkibly gbIj imiig-
laE ^bnl li iililc bi a 4 ai ^^cnr okL Id ba\c Id ^ ihiDU^ ^naclbina life ikii
In Aiigiiil, I □■«! viiiKd ^ik □ biDily in JdcIikibviIIe wwi IcT* i^d dF ikeir cbi\-
dici] ID n IDDID ^ik a iliv:o bull 'uy Tbe diHG ball lay blf r DirtbGahd i^igkl Iiie,
□ml cmliH'd f nGiigli i^rkiD mukoiide m kill bolb cklldnza. Tiki 3*miip [bfiliPD □■?
dmd Fiom pluyinjj •/-lib a ie?iiiIii^> ■□iuhihhii my
Tbe^e iHidEnL- ju-i ihoiiLliiI K liDpfi''Biii^r — "'"' '''^ ilme <d fiiiDlly aHj; ihIidd
IG piDled our ktli hDm <Diir vyi
['m i^nrr,! iFTK— I by ibE e^ily mvliDii EiDm <br Cgb^iib^ PukIii:! Sati> CDmmii-
umi and Ihe Ig> mduiliy h> •bn pioblf m.
I lliml. mr>[<ii? mon ir^bei ikni »r muil movr quiclily <d iciIdie (onliitHe
Ibnl IB pDilol iGB^iiBci piEFlirli — Diid in pnrliriitii (cyi — hie lat
Tb'- Kill giHMOH mon \i bn-/- t/r mo-t Ig ^iildiEii IIim piDbkm
Oil MGBiLiy w/c [B:?im] a pD]ir> icfGrl fnm ikE AdmlDiilmiKiD^i Imparl ?titly
WGrkiB|j Gieup
On Tiu-dn,, Ibe CDDiiimGr Ficdiiil Sntly CGBminna dIu naiuHirnxd □ MEmo-
mnduiii HhTUnilEi lUiHiinR ^iik ibE CbikEK uditmbb^di gb my iiiIgi>
I appniinU Ibe ■nfh IbaL ivui piU lam koik Gf lbe>? trndeawtoi
ElG»dT:r. I ibial: iig» ii lb? ime m bdh bfjond pGlny ^cnh.'BeDi^ and ^ipliD-
liDniil iriti]- — jnd pDi-. r^ koi^lDoua Id iLgb dDDR?iGD^ picdiicli l^bn] ibEy ^1
IG ih: LniLul SUU'-. and inlG ihc kandi Dfcbirlicn
TbD*-. ~by I b^i-G iniinliKdl 3 1>P3, <bE C b ildnn' i Fndiili !<3lLly ^4 1 uT^UOT
Tbi-. l:u]-<li^<K]> "'luU nguiic dII loyi and GikEr pndiKli iB<i^nd(a fur ibildira
5 ^viin HI) n^ IT undEi ehi be HM<Ed by □ iHlef^HlrBl, Ibiid-purly ^□ui> id gb^iii?
Ibiil lbe> mfeinl] □ppln^bt U S. igd'uhiei pr^diir^i ciFEly ^candnidi
PiodiiEi^ ikni fati Kiunjt nnull icieiiT! a ccruilEsH' gE CDm plEinizE Ibn* Ibfy be? i
utiy ilDmlaidi.
Piiidiicii Ibnl Eiil ^Duld nGl, and ^jDuld be piobikilol EiDm Eilbn impDrmiim or
ink ID ibE UaiKd Smm.
Il'i DHE ikmg Ibi CEfGneri m lUilf ikni Ihry awr iGBplying ^ik dui iiiti> i^i-
iaiwiai
Unkni ^E neai id do mon \i ^Klimry imly Ibal lbe> air izomplyiag.
Thi^ lepiilniKiD fiU dD jui ikm.
E'lirlbErniGn' •/-r n?e] Lg ea^uir Ibnl Ibe C«iiim?r Fnxlirl ?tile<y CGnimii^iiD
hni ikE luHiing^nd ngulaHny Uuli id Kienilly nG^ ibn'nii mibildim i inlEly
TbDil »by lain dIig piDid Ig ke nn Gryimil CD- ifGBHir Gf SemiU<i Durbla i Icrii-
IniKiD, S iHl. vkKh fpi ir-Dulboiize and lEiavi^nilf Ibe Cnniiimer Fndii:!
Solely CGBm iiikib.
TDren Di^iker. Ibe»: I^d piEizci oE U^ilnikia will bElp Id man? rani iiimer igo-
liikiuG ID ibildiED 1 ^^yi ^iDd VbEi igb^ubei pndirli
I Iccl. biimid Id ^Dikiim ^ik my CDllsigiiei ib Ibr iGBiag ^jetIii m ndviiHe
Ikeir ilemi ai innn ui pDnlhlc.
ScnaCor Dubbiii Scnsloi Klobuchsi oi Minnraola Thank yan for
yam intci^Bt in cIiib laaitc, and youi l?al][ni>ri> [Qda>
arATEUEKT ay qEH.lTDH AM^ HLOPUI'HAH
SenaOir Klobl'ch^i Wdl, [hank you vcij much, 5cnalai Dut-
biTi, and thank >ou far yanz "•aik in helping m build the CFSC and
wotkinE Dj ptovidc marc icBDUtcts. I don't ihink one guy m an of-
fiize like that Ehould be ehai ged wilii ensuring the safe^ of !122 bil-
lion woidi of taya Wcelea[l> need change
And I also am pioud to be on die Commerce CommiHec with mj
two colleagues who are ii'oi km^ so hard on iIiie issue
This issue hit home lo ua m Minnesola, ii'hen a litlJe 4->car-o]d
boy named Jamclle Breton died when he Bwallowed a linJe heait-
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Ehspol clisiin And thiE charm was ^vcn to hiin for Fire with a
pail ai IcmiiB ahocs — he didn't buj it, his muni didn'l huj it And
he didn't die iiom &w allowing it, he didn't die liDin choking on lE,
he dial when [he lead leat^ into hia blncdEtrcam It laially
poiaoncd him, iC Icok a numhct oi da>B And when the Minncaola
Depsitment of Healnh tested nhat chaim, id "•aa US pcicent lead
Ic came from China, and hia bleed le^cl conlained thtec tunea the
amount of l?ad diat heallh afficialE conEidci dangerous. Th'a was
pici'cnlable Thia little boj should never have had that charm in
the firaC place
Ab ihe parent of a 1^ jeat old, hkc cvcijonc else, Fm alatmed
abauC the [cpotis [hat have been coming out about mja And you
look at th^a Thomas [he TVain lay Bct, with — aver 1 million pic
of thiE toj cecalled This haE gat to Elop
M> daugh[e[ la 1^, aa I Eaid, and Tvc ^ot la [ell you, ahe
Eoi t ol cmban Eoaed by my intcirat in ihia iesuc. Me Chaicman, bc-
cauEC ahe didn't care abDU[ Sponge Bob, oi Thomaa the Train aeC
Ic waa Boi t of embatiaaain g But, when she heard [hat the Barbiea
were ici?allcd, Ehe came mla the kitchen, and Eaid, "^Mam, this la
icall> gctlinE Bcrioua "
And ihiB la gctmng aeriDUB, and it'a dme loc ua [o lake acdon
Theae [oja Ehouldn'c be on our Bhotea, thej ahouldn't be in our
Fvc inUcdueed two piei:e& of le5iala[iDn thaC have been mcoi-
potatcd into the bill thac Scnalai Piyor releicnced The litat la Id
effectivelj ban lead in children's toya We Icokcd aCii'hat ii'as goin^
on with the Cnnsumcr Prnduct Sare[j CommiaBion Right now
whaD happcna iE the) have a volunlaEy guidelinea alsniQid, and
then after [hat, if it dnean'c meet [haC alandaid, thej ha^c to go
through a numbci of teata There are propoGalB out there fbt tulc-
making. But we decided, Mt Chauman, it would be caBiet ju&t to
ban lead, allowing trace le^cla of lead at a level ihat'E actually
lower than what the CFSC UEeE The amoun C of lead allowed would
galau'ei, to U£ pcicent foi jewcliy, which ie impoilant in eaHca like
we've Eccn ii'ith the little boj m Minncapaha
For 30 >eara, wc'it been awate oi the dangeia pneed [o childicn
by lead paint It's [ime la change our current Eyaiem oi voluncaty
guidelmea, uae [he iotccaf law, and have an acCTial, Federal stand-
ard.
The Qlhec piece of le!iala[iDn that I mlicduced which la alaa in-
corpurated mla [hia bill will make it eaaici far parenls [o identi^
Lccalled toya Now, imagine, lijou're a paten C, you've goCa [oj box,
and jou'rc njing la figmc out, when jou heat [hat Thomaa the
Tiam Ect haa been tecalled — which onc^ la thia the cabooGc' la thia
[he bor car^ Or you've got a Barbie, and jou'rc Ojin^ la tell the
difference between Barbiea — il^a nearly impcaaiblc
So, our Icgialadon cequirea [hat batch numbci b or idcnti ficadona
be on these toya, bo ii'hen ihecc ib a tecall, ilfB caEici ioi patcnla
to tell what nhat lecall is. Id alEO requiicE nhat i[ be on the pack-
aging, becauBe ii'hilc largec reisilci'a arc able to put [hingE into
then computer Eyatema anda[op thcaale right when itoccuiB — and
we've worked <\^th the reiailcia on [his — Bomc of the amallci opei-
ationE oi online Ecrvicea wouldn't be able to do thaC So, [hac'a the
o[hcr piece of die biD.
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FlubIJ^, the IcgLsladon makfE it illcral to sell a crizallal Eo), lah-
iRE acnan a^ainac ihcac bad accorfl i^no arc out there WcSc seen
tco TTiany hcadlincB, wc'it had Ico many dcacha, for one UnJc bnj
in MmncapoliB, and for the MhciB diat could be prciTnted We
ha^c IQ Btap iuBt bemconing [he recalls, and ii'c have n> act now.
Thank jou fbr yam leaderahip.
SenaHor Di'ini^ Thanh >ou, Scnaloi Klobuchar
[The alalcment fallowB:!
PlEP h lED STh Htf E^^I OF SEX.'TDP A dt KioiLicair
Ocol mGrnmg Fini, I idull like Id Ibanl. yiii. ChnLimDi] DurbiD 6ii holilln^ ibi^
hniiiii^ IiiId> amd Aaak yuu. Il>r^l] if Ib/i flKd Dnrh y<yu hnvr been iIdib^ Ig pidraL
ATnenriiD cdh imn^Ti I □!« Ibanl. Ibi^ SulrDin mivE? Inr lIi ^ciik <d piDvxL? idgi?
lEiDLnrc <D Ihf Cgb^iibci FiefIitI S^Ely Cnnini i'.uoi] Io da ili^t Dnf gm ikIihd
m □!! dUte ibaijp] ivilh eh lining ibE ^albly gI iZi bilbm ^Eilh of «>>■ fiiil iid I
gang lit idil.
I wmH alio like In ^irkaD'vlfdpt ibE idrh dE my Com men? CGmm lIHk 4nLli.iiLrii?i
I Bfpkul CknLTBDB FiyiFi clEirIt Ig |iir<LLilE Ihe Cgdiuiiici Firduc* Sul"!, Com-
mliBDB Hill thr moll \i ■I'i'di <d cniiiii: ibal li (□□ •[D|ie[l> puiUc* igb^iibci i. amd
I ■■ pbi^d Di biv yiin^ ^]<h ?<nulGr NcLidji m CDipna wring l^giiblim] Ibnl
kQ4dd rrqnirc thud parly <l^mii]|j oEckililn'D -, pndiKli
Thi^ iiiiic km hil homE m dui ^ihie ri □ jei} Imgic vny lait yai, r[<iii->EDr-
nld JnmeLI Biciivd il>?d nEur i^nllfi^iig □ bear! ^knjmL ilinrB kc iiteiveiI 6ii lien
^Ib n fail af ihi:«i Hg dull]'* dk Eicm ^^nroving ue Ig> br dull]'* iIk hi □ ic^iiLl
oEchokiB^ ia ll He dKd bKnuv ibc chnnii iiiii DiapDiEd nLnio^l Enliicly dFIcdI —
EiKJiiirb i/Jad 4d BiLally poLU'n him ]□ BkI ikc (liiirB 4GBUiLn«L m mink Lmil iknl
iG'ii tilGr [evedIj] iSwii lb? cknim »□! niBcly-ari? pcicEDi lead Hii klroJ Imd
IelcI ^n^ IbicE lLm?i kighci Ibsn Wbai. hoilik oHkluLi imiiKLGr dDii)jC[DLii Tbsl
chnrm — Ih^l Iter cknrni — rvai mode in ChiBU U'IidI ii moil Ungi: □boiil ibi' lilik
buyi dmib ii •bai. lI »□! picicDinblc He nGJCi iboubl bun b^ DDif 11 <d ikc luy
hr fai pbying ^Jiik in Ihr ilnl plocE
Aid paiEiil nfa i'i >^rGkl, I nm ulaimoL by iecciiI icporti ibG^nag □ ^igBiiliDnl
mciFDiE ID Ibc DiiBbcr gE loyi mnDufaciiiicd m Chiui Inimd id tie udioIe Tit
moalbi, nf/-i dF iccnll^d myi — lilf lb?i^ TbGmai Ibc ]^k Bngm^i I hnvc i^'il
heie — km dcminDUd Gur beadlin^i fi 1 a mom Dnd □ bfmci piii'«:Liiar ] Hbd ii
IgUiLI> miDKEpUiblr IIidI luyi CDnCiiBing n kkoivii Ig'ib die (ODilDULng 10 mnlii'
Ibcir -/-ay ibic ckrilna^i hnHli Thi^ iliGublii'l knppcn id Ibii day and ii« Or m
in> <ii?lvE->^jr-Gkl 4kiLgklei oiid vkEii kci binnlf Bnrbm w/nt [bidIIcd — "Mgb,
Ibll il lEJKlU^"
II 1^ licai Ibal ■« m\iil aHj! ihiud iu icmoiv Oieie Igik iGyi fi^m our ibGi?i
□□d liEim Dili iiDiEi Pnicni^ bun Ih? n^bi id ecf^i •bai. iDy^ die lE-.ied and piob-
lEmi thimd kobic IbGy iciiFh a Ig> Ioi
Td nliiciv ikis lfij\, ] liDV? iB<nidu?d I^d bl^fei oT I Egiila I ldd ikE fa-i. mnlf ^
II muT <D idEnlily lECDlltMl prxliKl^ ^md illEgnl Ig 'dl lb?B Tbe >?4ghI »iII ^inT-
iLL^Iy ban t^ liDin (biklicn 1 piLdiir*^
fiif \irsi%\aiiim plDLldc^ ibai. Ic3d m any ibildr^D 1 pndirl iknll bE lirnUd iti a
"kailllEII llDlDldDDI IDbllDH?." Al BirKIB^ oT iDyi DIE IfUlg pufl'd llllB llGIE
■hrlLG^ bi trar gI lead CGBiDBiBQii^D 11^ vmc Ig Bah: 11 ciy^Uil cl^ai Ib^l lend
bai BD pLiEC ID (bikliEn 1 bt^IikIi Thr bill ^Diild ^ei □ 4?LliDg br n Ihhg Ieit:Ii
oEk'jd uhI ^mpHl»'c^^ ibi CVSC v ki»?r Ibii (EdingivcD FDilber IbiDiigk nili!-mDk-
mg Dk HtEncc and iLTkiii'lm^ Dlb^ Tbii ll'Dl^lallD^ ivdl hK (liiir 'UDdaidk br
man D&i[iiii?n, Dud ^p<^ lluj ^nfiiEErnGBl pn<c-^ tir lb« CPPC
Fa\ lliiny yEnn, •/•!<-: k^^D aiviiii' gE Ibcdangin pDiel Ig ibildiED by Icsd paml
l< il lim« 10 [bangE ddi luriEnl ly^Um gE ir^lDDlDiy ^idelmEi dhI \iie ikE bne
dE la^ Id deI lb? tad oul dE lb? kaDdi nad BDDlb^ Gf Gur chilliEn LediI bai nD
ploFE ID (hilliEnl picdinli.
The olbrr legiklninD I Iidje inuiKlirEd ^Duld mnkE Ll emiei Ibi pDi?B<i Ig tdra-
lifv a ■Ecnlli'd I'l, jiln'jdi in Ib^ir liomc CgiibIIei^ pitn^ni- kiM^ sppiDiKkLiI me <n
□ ir bD^ iki^ ciiidd pii.^ibly tJEnliFL 11 Igih iDy, and j- ■ Mimi I cm icU ^hii Ll 11
bnid Id UjII gbl Bsitic fnim anGiker. S 'implc icimp iidlcd lo ihi piKkb^iiig dhI
lb? 4Dy iliDlf »ill male \i m'y tir paItlll^ lo pub up lb? lyy and malrh lb? ilampi,
lEcogDUE, and nzmLiic ikai ddeiFc luy EiDm lbi.ic cbild"* hnHk
Tn? li'giilalLDn ^U alH> ■□!« li ilt^l Ig wII a lErallcd loy uiliing arlva ngninil
IbGK bad arlDi 1 ddi lb?iE ivIig die kaDningly Imviag leiDllol pi^inli Dn ■b?ir
■hrliTi DC pbcing ikEm Ibi olEoalin?
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We've i^D Uc Tnany hEDilliiiEi Ihn lUDTncr <d u< nniLiiid □nd llimk Ihn pntlEiD
II gunn m Kil\v ii^di Wc 4^ii]'< juii ilI □iiiiiBd If moaBing Ibf iethU^ — ii ii lim?
lam
ScnaHor Duiilifj SchsIde Piyor, what do jou think is a c^LaHic
□mclsblc on >Diir rcauthoiizsluin bill in die Commcrfr Com-
mLOcc^
SenaOir Pivop Well, we're solhe to ny to move it aa quLckly as
wc can because wc wanted m ed ahead and ^ct it FLied before we
iea]]> circulaEed it with cn-BponsorB , and la have it working. JuaC
ye&teiday I alai ted to talk ahaut it to Scnatoc Sununu about EDme
of the BpccificH, and wc'ic piaviding [hac la his ofliee todaj, and
nying to Blait that picceES.
So [he goal is Eo move aa quickly aa poBaiblc — we'd lo^e to ^t
broad-baaed, bipactiaan co-apoitEoi'a on lE. ao I wauld love for mem-
bei'B of thia Bubcaminince na consider eo-Bponaocing diat when the
nmc la right
SenaHor Durnir^. Thanh you
SenaHor Nelaon, of courue our bill lelatea, not onlj to toys, buC
all children'& ptcduclH, geaicd foi kids undei the age of 5, they're
goins Ki hai'c to go nhrough aomc Boit of independent testing And
I can cell >ou, I knoi^ jou'vc had a chance to apeak to Bome toy
companies and relailecE — nhcy get it. They undersland something
haa to be done. And third-parl^, certilied labocaloiieB ii'ould be a
gocd ii'ay to moiT [csources in, quicklj 3o, I'm hoping chat wc can
move along these linea.
And, please tell Abigail that we're going to do our beet to mahe
Barbie Eafe
Scnalor Kuiuitii^i. Vcjj gcoi, Senator, thank you
ScDHlor Di EM'- Thanh >ou^ Senaloia, lappieciate it.
And jou're all welcome m |oin us, if you ha^e time, here And
we're going la proceed — Senator Brown back , do jou have an> ques-
tions of [he SenaCora^
Thank JOU all for being heic Eoday.
While [he next panel cornea fotward icpreacnting die Consumer
Pioduct Safety Commission, these ate oi coutse, what this hearing
IS all about — aE mnccuoua and amall aa [hey appeal, the Magneln':
tc^B and others that we've been discussing here tcday — as I aaid,
I can iei:all giving these to my gcandson, and plajing with [hem
ovei aholida> season.
This little mny magnet EhaC I have here k really one diat Tve
seen — as liny as thia la, you can imagine a Eoddlei awallowing ^t,
and swallowing two of [heEC can be vcrj dangerous, if not lethal.
And [hey are mcotpoiated in these tc^s, and can pop out and
break.
I'd like pj thank the Acting Chairman of the ConBumei FrcducC
Safelj Commi&aion, Nancy Noid, and Commiasionei Thoma& Mcore
for joining us It was mj underaiandin g — coirect me if I'm wiong —
bu[ Ml Moore has to lea^e for a dental appom [men [, and would
like to speak lit&t^ So, is that right?
Mi Mooie IconQnumgl. I do ha^e to leave foi an appoinlmcnt
with mj oral sui geon
Sena[or Duhslk Well, Fll let jou and H&. Notd decide the order
of speaking, but invite jou at this poinc
T6
STATEMENT OF HON. NANCY .L NORD, ACTINO CHAIRMAN, CON-
SUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
ACCOMPANIED Bl THOMAS H. MOOflE, COMMISSIONER, COrQUMEH
PRODUCT SAFETY COMMII^SIDH
Mb Ndid. Thanh you M> collra^uc is such 3 conauinmBtc gen-
tleman, and I have Ed IcJ] yoa that I cnjay nui woihing iclation-
Ehip, BO [hank jou eo much, CommiB&ioncr
Mr. Uddbe: Ptiank lou. thank >ou
Mb. Nori> Ftti vcrj pleaEo] ta be here to lalk about toy safety
And hecauBC >ou can't tcalb talk about toy safety williDuC lalkin^
about the whole quesnon of imports, what I ii'ould like to do ib —
in my oral remarks to jou — ^'ivc jou a reporcol the EeiTond United
Stales-China Safe^ Summit nhat ii'as conduct^ here in Wash-
in Eton o^ci the pasc£ da>B. [ ha^c erpanded on [he whole sub]ecc
of [oj safety in uic mitten commcnlB that I ha^c Bubini[[ed to you,
thaCii'ill be made pait of dicceizoii], I trust.
And I am pleased Ib report that [hiB summiD haE marked a Eig-
nilinanD step for^'acd in advancing consumer product BaTen} t^ith
icgatd [Q tc^B and other prcdiiccs imported from China
J'l'c juBt felt a pcet-siimmic meeting i^ith the Canadian delega-
tion [o be here with you this morning Dj gi^c >ou this repor[ And
Fm going Dj be ictutning to our Bcth^da ofFieea this altecnoin for
continued con vciaa [ions widi other foicign delegations.
Fm especiallj pleased to lepoi t to >ou ihac the CFSC has come
to an agreement with our ODunlerpait agcncj in the Chinese Gov-
ernment — the General Adm inis d alion of Qualily Supervision, In-
Bpeiztion and Quarantine iAQSIQ> — la take immedialE sIcpB to stop
the use of lead pain t in the man ufacturc of tojB
Furthci moi c, AQS1Q has alBO agreed ta increase their inspee-
Uons of picduclB destined foi export to the United Siales, and to
aEsiBt the CPSG in tracing hazardous products to the manufac-
turer , distri hutor, and e'lpottei in China.
Addi tionallj , the summit ha& launched new work planB for our
fom ongoing product woikin^ ^loups fircii'oikB, hghtera, and clee-
tiical products, in addition la tc^B These aic significant achicvc-
menlH, and thcEe agiccmeniB Bignal that the Chinese GaiTrnment
IS Bciious about working with the CPSC to keep dangcious piod-
uclB Qutol American home&.
We arc pleased bj these agiccmenlB, and appreciate China's ic-
Bponsiveneas to our proposals. But, wc will of course lake heed of
the advice of out 40th President, and that is, 'Trust, but vci'ilj "
CPSC'b (ormal relationship with iia Chinese countciparlH be^an
ovci 3 >ears a^o, when lew in Waahington were talking about the
Bafei^ ol imports The relationship that was initiated then, is pay-
ing dividends now While we have much, much, much more work
to do bctiveen oui two nations, we have made great progress this
week in the area of conBumcr ptcduct safelj And 1 Icok (otward
to our continuing work with the Chinese toachiciT concicte, meaB-
urablc results
Fd also like to note that die Tc^ Industry Association has, this
past week, announced a new initialii'e Ib enforce toj safely stand-
ards The to) induBtf) was one of the first groups that 1 reached
out to when I was named a Comm iss loner , ]us t ? >ears ago We've
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h^ many diBCUBBiima since ihcn, anil I have comnirniS^ [hem an
thit initiad^c
Ml Chairman, I hclicvc that iic have la Icok at, what I would
call, Drranic changes to the CPSC if wc are Co connnue Co lacHc
the challeri Ef6 oi ihc £ lat ccntuty That invoK ca engagm!, not onlj
China but oui oEhci trading paiQiera, as ii'cll, m this global econ-
omj And in an effort Dj do uiat, we ha^c Eign^ mcmnranda of un-
dci&landm^ with lO ollici naUona in addiaon Id China, as w^ as
theEuiopcan Union
Organic change alsD involves making use of slaEe-of-the-ai t tech-
nology As joii know, Vvc iwucated additional manej in out bud^cc
icqncat loc up^ading our IT in fraEti ucluic, and I thank jou ^cij
much foi [hcec additional fnnds, and moic I can assure >Dn thac
they will be put [q gncd use
Organic change alEO in^ol^ca changes to due statute As you
knaii', CammissiancE Mcorc and I hai'e submitted piopceals to the
Congress m this tcgatd, and I'm delighted to heat that Senator
Pijor has na<\ inUcducai his legialanan I am looking vcrj much
forward Id the oppottunilj to sit down ii'illi Senator Fryor and the
odicr membeiB at the Commeice Committee Co lalk about the
changcB [hat need to be made to out statutes.
I appreciated hearing youi report of jour convereation ii'ith Vice
Mmistcr Wei this moining, and 1 want m nhank >ou foi empha-
sizing [he imporlanC safely messages that ii'e discussed ii'ith him
these jiast? dajs He — duiing our con^ ei sanons — asked that 1 help
otganiie a delegadon ttip Dj China Id Icok ac the toy manufac-
turing legion in China, and I cold him I would do so So, with [hat,
I will be folloi^ing up with yom staff Co Oy Id catij out that ic-
quesC that he made to me
I ii'ant [Q thank >ou foe giving me nhe opportunity Id updaEe the
subcommittee diis morning [ know chat vour time is I'eij limited,
so I iiill keep my opening temaiks to these, and I will look ioi-
waid, I'erj much, to answetin' jour questions, sii
Senator Di vilin Thank >ou I'erj much, Chaitman
[The slatcmentfollo^^s:!
rdEririDSllimF'JTOFHON X^NCVA MOBD
(rcol mcflnim/i, Mr. CknirBUB. I igiiie Icbir Ibf Cdid miiu'f' l£di]> id diuiii^ lli^z
impDi-UiBl iiiLf "f (OD'umcr pndiirl iiiti> amd i|ie(ifi[ull> iccnlli dE chiUidil
pnidui^ Ih? ConiiuDfT Pmdui ^tilLiy Cnm m ImkibI »ork Ig Impnivc ibc iiil?i> if
impDi-lol lEy^ and imiHirtnDi p[Dpu1□l^ lo modrnnL^ lh< qniicy- iU]<iin"k
A% yiu. kno^, <h? L.S Cuniiinicr PukLlkI ?t]t<y Corn mi^^inn lCP9^| ii a ibdIL,
iiidcpndul]! and bipnruluB 4j?Hy «iiibllih«L by Cnaijirii and ibaigel mill pn-
lalLTig Ibc publii liihiD imidmanbl? iiilii uT miimci mid dmih niuxialal mlb
motr than Ij.IIOO lyt?-' hhT chi* lUDcr picdiiEli imdEr Ih? agynny i jiinidi'liDi] Siu?
ill liKf plion IB IV'i, CPPC 1 »[i[k hm conlntuKd lub iU]i]liiiLI> Ic ibc itilike ■□
lb? mUi of LTijuy and diiiik nlniEd <d lb? \iv? dFiid^ubei pndiirli
Wklle ^E DIE piroid oE ikc SR^Hy-. BDiiy kIi leiTBEn li [oniimi^r pndul mlely
II ncivr u I'lBtt'Ed Out. bu< nl^ib,' dji on^'iai^ pnccii iiFiEiEDicb lUiHkiiil^ de-
nkjBiiiL^l cnf^m^ni^B* jind publK Lilui^lu'n hliif miwi mzhwibaKnily CDiDplEt
pmduii i-^pDBdin^ itUlI aU:i •y-ii lb? Ibiciiil^I und □■ iiBpnK?d?nhd luigE of
impDi-li, cpiTDlly biiB Cklim, an: n Ieiv iI Ibi: mtyn dymam wit <hD< hie con ImiiiiiiLy
chnllcnpin^ ikE CoBBlinMEi i ^nd iIie tnti^ionD] ^Clll□l lb? a/^w:y.
In lETEnl >?Dr^ nkau^ l^&ibirli gE^II US pndirl lErnri hie oTiBpmtEd pmd-
irli, amii Ibi: InigE ■□^niy af Iboie pndiKli □■? ni an ubcuiml m Cklns A ^OT
■lixLy ibG^sl lliDl the vuLia? gEUS ini parti fmm all tiiimtiiei nfcntuineT piodui^
78
undrr CPSC'i juimLn ikjd -/-ai Ibl-I bifKiB id Vl)\fl Of Ihii amDunl Ihf vnLii? if
1)5 impoiT^ oT (iLDiLiiiicr pndiirli msiiiib: lLii?d \m Chiui ■ni 4^HS tilliDii, icfln-
SriiiBg ^piiiiiBiiu]> JU p^iTEiil gI^II (iin lumcr •ndu'li iBporlEd ib(c lb? UdIIoI
mw^. FniTn I^^T IbiDii^ 'ffllH. the ihnicoTnll ITS impurli DFcoaiimirr piDdiHi^
InuD ChiBii mcioiiEd ty ^IboiI Vf) perif di.
I viLill ]lI.< In [cporl Ig ^u \m miic iIeCiiI loiby gd <kc laliDlivn Ibal IbcCFSC
}!□■ iiBdennlieD m !«?■< yoii i id nLJitii ikE giEiivili id impDrli amii m nbU' Ig
3011 •/-hat a:lL£in' nc iin: pbiaaiD^ br lb? EuIlii?
E''inl, ] ^UD plrnHzd ihh itpnn lo cbc coBnillieE Ibal ikli ■TEkl bD^plnaiii'd U5-
Slhg CGDiuDicr Pmdui SalCi> SiiniBK bus mail.i'd a m^iIklib* -.<Et Einvnnl Id aii-
voTidB^ pndiKl tahty ^Ib lEpanl ii> 4Dy-. □nil giIiei imfGrl- Fhib TiiiBa
In □ ODpemlm eIEht Id cb^ui? <hE nifciy Hif ibildicD ^ l'l>^ ih: I'PSC vGiicnbiy
□miDiincEii HD □RiE^'BEnl ^iik lis puidui ^afEly 40UD<E^p^l1^ Id iku TkiDea: gi^
?[iiniGBl □IdiciI qi imppinD ibE \i-t gI Lmil kiibI ib Ihc DinDutiriiiii: Dfloyi QDd od-
dici^ing DibGr picdu* iiiKi> iiiuei Cbinn i Qcneial ^doiiDiiliiKKiB DrQiiDlli> Sii-
pEiviiKiB, Ib^kIieiti and ^imniDliDE lAQSlC/t hn* agi?«d l£i cal«' loiBeliiiic mbD
IG clinirialf UE uv of Imd pmnl on CniDEic DiuDii&icliiml ^^yi cipGrlfd 10 Ih?
UniUd Siam. LeihI tainl gb iGki nlil ib lb? UBiicd SCil?^ km k^GB baDDid tiwie
Id DililllifiD Id ibE kii] pnlDi hijieedicdI, Ih? Iit> □grBiiei □nnGiiBi?d ni^rl. pInB^
Ibi cmpeiiKKiB ID bur pndiir^ (□lEgmtTi Toyi, Fimnrki, Ciaiii?i(E Liirhl^iT, iiBd
ElEc^mil F^>]lrl^ Tku IVHut Ptini piDvxlE □ nxidBDp 6yi kilnlGml eml^l <d idi-
pnnr Ihe ^nfEly if Oieic pndiiEli, ^hicb icpi?i?B< udic oE ibE didiI IraiiiEnl hnz-
□idi iiDdErCPSC I irgulninty juiikIicikib.
Thi^ 11 on rn^GrOinl ^ipBal InuD ikE ChiDfiG ^T<iTrDBEnl •bai. ii 11 lErnu^ aboul
■roliLng »]ib Ihe CPPC Id ticif doBi^iDiii pmdui^ gikoT^b^hdd hDin?^. tVE ivill
bE liukiBR br ■mDiDsFul cxhpi^riilLon hib Ib? RiDUDd — ibn* in?aDi bdI juil ^ik Ih?
ChiDEic g]Vd]iDi?B<, tiK nliD » ilH iBdumy nl bDlh f ndiuTikE ^iipplL cknin
TliE SuDiDiil nlio nMiiliiil in hb iiDiE?BEnl by AC/S]^ id idiiedi' •S\i-\w \iitf^iwiai
dE4dd:iidiei puiduii du^liBiil Ibi Ibc Uniud Smici ddiI Ig D^ml CfSC ib ImiiDg
b□J□[llDlI^ piDdiKli IG ikE DiiiDiiBi: luirr, di^UibulDi nDd ?ipimcr in CliiDii.Tb? i^ii
□pD(iEi w/iV nrvy:-/- ibe pbDi' eilniivcn?^! vilbiD ode fan 10 iiIedIiI> pu^iblr
□icni br UD p idiibeh i.
Tb? SuDiDiLl 1^ n pari dE CPSC'l bur purl □ribD pInD gb CklD?» rn^Grli Thr
m^de dF ChiBEiE iBpDili cuddW be ntqiEilf ly adili?^i«] by aaf dd? ■?Dii'ily bul
imkET iBiiiiim □ in ullL-piGDjrEiI nppicDib 10 <b? piDblmi. TbcCFSC^i pbn oFmi^D
lD[ll»]<^ dinkflUE iiBd Lniluiihvi •/-ith Ib? CklDG-^z j^\ErBBeDi: nnrliinij ^]<h IbE
privaii: mlor idcIikIidij CIiibuh: m aDiibc4iiicr' diiEci], iDdEni?*! inrvcilbiBi? iiBd
?Db[i'i:Di?D< KliLLliEi QI ikE luideri QDd ivilbin Ib? DiiirkfipbH? and DiGdrnnii-
liDn dFoiit gDiTTDLng iialuUi
HiilDiH^ly. CfSC bai hdi □[UveI> CDrngrd ib d WnmlimiDl a:lLV■llc^ HDOT'vrr,
IB ^IJI [BiiigBiring ibE [UDliBiiDui nBil iigDibBBl ueiBiic ID ikE Dumbci dF Idi-
pDilol [4niiiiDi?r pmdui' ?bIciid^ Ib? ^DiErkoB ■Dilel*bc? Iiddi CkiDa, Diy picd-
«EiiDi tiriiini? Ih? dm ChnrmnD dE ike CFSC Id Unn] <d Ibal 4diibU> Thai linl
ilf p ivm ikc jr?n?iii br n biBnl icbliDnihip beloT'ED <b? CFSC hdiI ikE Qeneml
AiIdi ID iiUnliDn oE Dinili4y SifiFvnu^n , iDipeclnB aDd QtianiBliBC f^QSIOI gut
izDun l?rpDrE ii^|edi'> id ChiBn nDd lI ieiuIifiI id Oie u^iDg gI h ^lEmGmDDimi Gf
L'ndET'UiDdiDq IFIDU I tclorcD dui •.ivi BaibDi lnier ikm .tnr. Sibc? k^cDmlDa Aci-
iBgCb^unnaD id JiJy '.3JlH> I Iiiivc VK^Ed ibE laik nT kuildiDg u^gb <}iii< biiBDalLon
□ I GBCulni> hbrbi^kl prkinliei.
Id 'Sim, nl ikefLii^ U J^ -Sino FiDdui I SaFily Sum bk, Ib? C P^C i^^ri hb ^iiud
FbD Dn CDDiuDiEr Ficdiic* Sabiy wiik ^QSIQ Th? Arlnni FIdb nulliDci ^psifir 4g-
DpnnuvE ^i[<KiBi lo b? ial.?D ky CFSC iiBd ^^5l(f 10 lapiDir <bE mRKy hhT dib-
lumcr pndiHl: ImiDinf UrhDH^ □i^liCiDce, □ mabaniiB id piDJKl? Ibr 'ugEnl
IZDD iiilUimB~ nbeB D?4?imr>, iBlhfDiiiibD ?ickaDi|Ei, ubiI ike (iediiub hiI WGrliiDg
Qimipi <D mlili?^! Iiiia?! in bur pnDi]i> qiloi — liicDwIi ll^l?ri, ebilncil pi«F
irli nDd iGyi
Th? iail.1 DFib? V^ oHiiDg Qioup 1 die Ig itvrlDp iuiil?j()ci Id □ddirii iiibi> pm^
leDi^ lo k? nble ihh lEipoBil giiklJ> m uigcBl picdul Hibly iiiia?i, Id ei^boDgc ib-
FDiiDDlHhD nn ibsngei 10 silsly ^laDdnidi ddiI ioei(hDBp liiboiiilDr> iiBd iDipaiuD
pel v>ddeI id ODiik Albert icipETlivE biillliei A I ike k?^BBiDg dF Ibi^ yi'nr ^e h^b-
lilyzd nBil izDDi DiiiDHiil?d Id dui Cbinei? imiD l?rpiirE^ ipccilH puiklEDii nDd piu-
pDied KliDni lo DiSdmi Ibrs pioblfDi^ ^ilb ic^psl Ig ?iiFh oFlb? Ibui piEdirl cai-
-1 rDnml by ikE WoikiBg QiDupi Id May dJCIT I Imvelai Id Chian ^Jilb □
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dEleRiIiDTi Gf lnp CPPC uIUcdIi br la-pEi ton diHuiinnii dE ikE Liiiiei tdmlifLol by
Thi^ ^[<i k 4 uLni InDlel ib Ibii ^eeI.1 Senniil Bkddd] [JS.-Sih> Cdh iiini?r PndLKl
S^lEly SiimBK OD »hick ] lEpiLrUd nl Ibc bc'RinDLiiq dT my Kiilmony hhI I ^im
IcckiBg br^niil ehh our iiDUDiml idrh »ilb IhE Ckln^H] d^ it iBphzBcni IbGV?
□giEf mciili
^luHbei pnuiniii n'if'Bilk lapk'BEnu'd ii hoIlIkdIioi] |£i CbiiiEic ^iT'n'niiiiEn I ilfl-
cial^ and imc laidLird Ckm^H! numuBi. luiEr if n CDnmni^r pndiirl Ibnl -/-ai ic-
cnLlcd ID ibc Unilwl SinhM. TkE n^iuy kiiiI^ l?<lei i Id 4hE Cbm^K ^T<i?niiiiEiit
□ml Ibe Cklii?>? mmmb: luirr, ■□ loik Bnaliik hhI blnndDrin, knclly Eiplnlnmq
lh« lETnLI □ml ^hIdiib^ □ uupy uT ikc CPST fwns irkatc aamouncin^ ikE lei^lL 1
bElEJE li II (iiiK^I Ib^l Ibe ChiiiEiE guEiBmeai be iiDlLl»?d FDiB^lLy af Ibe iccnll
□ml. ^heit kkinvD Ibe uleiilily DFDTiy Cliiiieie m^mdb: liiirr ^haie prxLiKl ii the
mb^l oFn utzly diikid
PriVlIE IFCrOBi'd^ NL'F^4 ILIlEi] llilllin'T^
The iHiiBd IFimg nfmirphiB m oddirii CliiiieK imporli L^ Ig •/-■^Ik wiik Ihe pn-
LBlE ^mr urliMliq Ckune ■DBofa'liiiEi i. Due if th-: Coiiimii-.»D ^ fii i' ■□Llm-
IriTi in m^miliBg la FkE (fruTith <b ibm>i1i •/-at ••• t:\iibliiS\ tht OITifE I'F Inh^r-
n^lHiiiiil PuiriiQB^ hhI In U'lpiiL^rn mi^Ui] ^IEl■^^ lo -.iippoil □ CHim p itlicn -ivc elbrt
IG eB^ui? Ibnl impoiUd on iiim^r pndij: I- Eimiplyzd iviik ndSBD^ AmLiuun ^Ie-
ly iCmdnnli Tbr ■i^^iE'TI oTCFSC'i I n lemsliDn^l Fngmm^ ODke li ehh Ecciilln^le
llu' n^cDEy 1 viil. ^iik Dlber (Diininei icRudLng ^nFEly lUiadaiil^ ttvElDprneai □□d
b^jBDTi iiDiHB, m nrP ai iD^po:liDn amd tiibic\:m-:m' kIiilIiei
A mafa rm^baiu oTikli pmirmm it ^'ickiaij ^vilb t)ii:i^ m^n ii&h iiii?n Id riOili-
llib puKLiKl uiti> iftVmi \ii LIB iiiUjnsI p^ir oE <LEir mim iiHh nirmp pi«e^i We
b^L^ (iiihI <}iii< mimy oirru^^ ■□■iilK liiici i, pniTi'iilai ]> IbGH] hom Ibe devEl-
DGiBg idilil. HIE EiikET igiiGniDl dT eii^iio^ VDluDUiiy and ■□■dalGiy 'CindDidi ur
UBply iboDK H>l lo dEi:^ and m^niiBHiim' ikEir piDdiKli Id Ibn^/i iLandnidi
Ai pni'l of Dill piDD Id DJilnM^ Ibii piDbkm. in 'JjJU5 ibE CfSC pukliibid Ibe
H^Bilkml: Ibi ^□□uHk liirini^ !^Ie CGB^iiaei FicducU imderionng Giir meimm
Ibal alEly m\iil bi d<-i|jn^ and buiLl liiIg iGB^iiaei pnidiHii m (DnGnm^iiEE vilb
utziv ivileBi pl^BDEd, EiUibLiikiil mill Imf Lomi^lcd m ikE dLiccoua il oieeuIivc
m an^)jeBEn I Tbe H^mlk'>jl: p ii:iEn li □ I'lmpn'kuji iim: ^>^U'^ll1lK □•piiuib Ig iiidb-
iiBHiiiniig lat piEdirli □□□ bai b-xn piibliihEd in M^Bd^iiiB dhI diiliikuhd id
ChinD.
In ^lK5 CFSC bcilluiled ikE linB^blvn dFiIie idEn IiIk^iih □□d iFDpE piDinna^
Ibal ^iiBm^rire <be lEquiieBEii li oTnE^Ky XiCI U5 m^ndanny □ml I'GliiDcaiy tim-
■umer pmdiHi wt'ly lUindaidi mlG IiTdhoiid Ig milil ChinEiE m^nulb: llI[E^^ in
imderiUiBiling •/-bat U.S pirduci ^aFEly -cjtndDrli nquLic »bt'n niiinutiEiiiiin^ vnr-
IDII1 piodiiEi^. CPPC d^h^rBikiMl nbi:]i -Ul^dl1^]^ wiiild 1^' liuB.blcd pnanrily by
□nnlyzln^ •/-bat impintcd Cklnei^ piLducii ^tii: nx^bd ib ikE bii^il numl^rs HH
ieIeciib^ <bE iGriEipmiilii^i US ■□ndaoty Gr idlunuii} lUiHbiil^ Fdt ImnibliDn
TkE imn^lDiKiD gE Ihe iih.^IiIi'dikib mill KDpe piGvi^uDi gF U.S piodui miely
lUmdaidi BifiIiUi4ei CbinEU maaiibciiiicri iiHlriLandiBg dE Wbai ii lEquiied Gf
IbeB ^hEn ikEy ■□niifiKliiir pndiirli Ibi Ibe U5 m^rle* Tbe UhdiIeiikib^ Dflbe
tdeBlifimiiKiD □ml ii^GpEi piDvi^iDni dF ibE Xiw^ lOmdnidi oie avnilablc al
lUindaid ifGiral Dig. a 'vckiiu DpEinied □ml BEiincainEd ky ANSI
Tbe CFSC bni ai^i EDndnEii^l iiidii^li>- ipLTilii 'qFeIv -eminuM mid lElail nEid
mdor UniBiDjr lEimn^r^ in Cbuin SL^Ii kj- (Dndii£l<d □ BiimbEi iJnilboi "ihty
Imlaing ofIiviIiei id Cklns dmilimj w/iiW iDy lulEly, elEcliK^l picdiiE* ui&i>, Elic-
■toIi^ iati> hhI □ ^iipplkr ^iiE:i, hmm^r Fdi weat\ieTi
F\ma\iy, •/*: aie iind<rUil.i[i^ CHiBi/TumB^ w/ilb ipeiilk indiiiiiy i(iDiip i 4d Emmir-
atp (Eilingmid (EililrnmB piGgianii. Fdt Eiomple, AtJSl □nd Dikur luiHbid^ im-
duili} □nd lEiail gnyupi ^ic iGB^HEno^ Ibe dnT:lDf mEnl dE leiilngand ccrUEIailiDn
pmranBi We kavE nlio diked thIIi Ike iDy indmliy ^jhub ii pkmiiing id mGJE Ibi-
■niD w/ilb itb □ pn^fmin
INriE.'^ED ^UIV EILCAriTE .' Nb EMDIC E^ EXI
The Ibiid piDnj^HhTGur pluD Gf □c<kib brChinEiE lapDiii li iBciE^ied ^iirvEilbiHe
□nd oaEniTEmeB* -icIimikm AlLbHKi|^b Ib^ Com ■ i-.-.ion vat ^iiboiil □ qiiDiinn ll>r
DVET ^11 BDnlbi ibE ^FEKy kak bEEn □c<i\e ib jddn.--.-.ing ibE Ehnllenn" wTimfGrled
SiDdui^ H>l Dnl> dliEElK ivilb Ibe Cbino-e gihi/Tn menl, bill nlio Iioie id ike ITailed
lale^. In liiml yiii VlllMi, Ibe CI'SC □nnniincEd qd □ll-liae iroid niimkei dF ic-
Enll^ of [IeIeeIive piodui^ Tbeie ieehII^ npiEiEnlel □ •/-ute mnge of EDniumer pi«l-
irli hhI piodiiEi knr^idi Dirr luiD-lliiidi dF Ibeie lEiiall^ i."eic uT im^Grled piod-
irli, primiuily EiDm CIihd.
so
CP5C 1 CriTnpliani'c ^l□^' ■rntri? ■□ (onjimcUoa t/ilh L'S. Cmloni^ iiTid BdhSct
PnUcoua fCBri iiiidcKiih.'d hoik niuiini: und Lai|^h.il -.urMillnnio jUid iiiniliii|j
oE prxLiKli HI U3. fwii oE L^liy CPSC ic[i.*ll> Hzjrnii uriHip Jiinq in iho AuLo-
nrnlol ComBcnLil clDviniDiiiETi I |ACB>. ^CB ii Ibr nev US CBF piDtn^ing lyi-
!?■ iknl □Llll'v^ CFST <u ^fiuiK lb? EHkieiil (ilIIhikid hhI aiial>M^ oFiEoidi of
mcoBiBg (nn-umLr picdiirii lo ii3i.*li^ likely 'hipBeDi' of jntilii? picdiirli fc^Eiir
lli«> 4DTi k" iBlKiduc^ IB<D ib< Kiuiin ul CHhiD mL^iK OiiT mrly ^ipciKiKe ivLlb
uiiBg lb? AC El kyiiL^iD ihiIkdiei •bat ii ^ill piDvxIe ui vilb bclierdnin Hi □■ 4'iirl>?r
pDiBl in Ih? piDi?^i w ikm our pniT mipHiKiB □cUviu"^ cud te piErlv Ly Cu^ml
□ad ikm mDic clb ILH.
CP5C obLLDLiily □IH'iiipli 4d ictp dnagEiDiii pnxLii'li Iiiib cnl^niig luId ikciGiiB-
Iiy m Ihe linl ibiihh? Ib^Evcr. ■□ lEc i'^edi ^ dcbiljE przFlirl doci cnler Ihf
iIiEDB oE CDiD mEn? CFSC km bsm uiking ilniogEi BE^iiinM <d f DKUJEly lEinoir
iiirh bihfIlkIi fnm Ihe ni ni kElpliKE Fdi ciomplE, □fii?^ pndiKl but ierm icdIIoI,
CPSC km ilcppcd up Ihe numkr uT ifiall. vciificiiiKiD ibihmiudi dF 4hE nMnlliiig
linn^ lo CB^im] Ihe pndirl li bui>^ icninvaL fium Ihe ■□rkeiplne. CP?C bai dIvi
□dof led II nfv piiHirE dT v>Ii^bj( nmyir lElDiln i of nil CPSC rkdILi, ai •/•cil ai
icailLnely CDnduuiig idil^tbl^ KDirhei tir wkk oEieinltd pndiKli
CPSC iIdIT II dI^a •//uiiinfi »ilh idikhii donii:iUi hhI inlernDlnniiil n^nKiniKiD^
□nd ^miubiidi finnip^ <o D^^iur ikm n iinmg me^aig? li bEiag delivcisd Id Cbrieie
in on lib c 1111? n amd eipmUn
The fDuiIli pionir nToiir pkin dF arlmi] br CliiiiEic impon^ ii ike Bi^lniiizaii^D
oEoiir ^pLemuig ^Lalulei Ig bEller al\••B^ \ii lo odditis ihe biigc InFliL' rS imporli
Coamc' ^11- Fur-i^hiid ^hEn ii [mfud ibE Coniumcr Pnidiici Sati/f Ac*, Ihe
CPSC'' [jiv'oiii iBi^ .<iiiu<E LI' hen Ihe b.^*^ rail w/iil^tn in I9TI, Cangmi w^agnnrd
Ibal iku n^ncy 4'iuU noi mHiH' \I3 \n-/- m fDicgn [minlnui i^uiiil EiicigD niaa-
uEh linen, iq our lUilule^ boU EiT-iycne m Ihe pmduf i iIicdb orcHtBrnitce m Ihe
L'mud SCile* leiponuklE amii fi'i:nl\nPy \iabie. Id ki}?l] Ihe Adicjeeib lEiipaiTcr ai
■vlL [1^ ikE doBeilir ■einLlcn und dLilnkuion, die hEld leipDniikle ivkEn rve (□■□El
lEDib □□ ovenrai [□□□iiEirliiiEr.
Hg^civt. •/-bai. Congmi loiiU h>I bieiec '14 yraii age -/-ai Ibe Elotd of eifair^
Ibal ■will tE eBUnop Ihe L'mud SUiUi in Ibe 'iin CeB<iir> Tkni ii one iui^d
Ibal 1 keliEve ii m \m Ibe bEil inleieii dF (Dmumcr pndiKl latly id moderDue
CPSC'i ilniiilei □nd Ig lUcaglbea Ibe ogEncyi h^nd :■ pnUrliBg ikE Amencna
piihlf .
Ai ycoi Ijiiiv, Ur. ChniiiD^i], ikE CFSC •/-at bil imiilbDiired m l4W. Clearly,
Ike dfnamKi oFihe [□□rl.eip bwe banibsngi'd dma^uinlly ^incE Ih^l lime. In Ibal
lEBiid, I ^Diild I1I.E 10 mbniii Inr ibE iiTDid a copy hhTii ^[<rkiiD papei IbnL dc-
uribEi piGHivEl [Eviiioni IG CFSC^i iialiiii:i Ihal I Idicn ivill kro lln w^wiy le-
ipond IG Ibe ^lil CEnliuy cbnllciig?^ dF fpoMng impmr^. eniEigiBg ksDnd^ □■d
moitni ieOuI IshnGlii^ Fdi c^mplE, i< ^oiild oddie^i GbviDiii gipj in dui iIdi-
ule^ by makiBg i< iiati^liiL Id ieII □ iBinrEd pndiirl id CDinBEiiie.
Mr CbniiiD^i], ibe CF9^ 1^ de4Ei]Dii]Ed m maki? lenam ikai lapDiUd CDniumer
nindui^ mcEl Ihe tame biirh ilDadnid^ ikal or: nK|iiiii: if pmdui^ m on iibciuml
IB ^■eiiin While ibE CFSC klilGncally kni been □ [ebiiivEl> im^lL o^ncy I l<-
lirvr ibni iviib Ihe pnper Ucl^ it caa dibIibiie 10 □ccompliik Giir mi'.^iDi] of m^k-
1^ fciUiiD ibni Ihe picdu^i Amenoin IbBiliei brmg inm Iheir kDinei and pby-
gnmadi war mlbiind ^himd.
I tnk bi^Did Id DBi^cnB^ yiiir gbeiUmii nnd ^Diking •/-ith Ihe CDiDBiilee db
lEieH] LmpGrCml \ii\iei.
ScnaHor Duibifj. CmniTi i^iduce Moorr.
STATEMENT OF TECDUAA EC UaOIF
Mf Muoie Mr Chairman, ranking mrmbcr, and incmbrrB of
the Buhcomtnitlrc
Scnanor Di'puin ^'auld yan pull the microphonr clincr b> you
there, pIcaHC^
Ml MoDHE Thcicitifl
I ii'snt [a thank you far providing mc with [his opportunil^ to
pieacnC Eesnimon) [a3a> on die iiriparlant iB&ura Eucraunding the
itnpro^ cmcnt of conaumci ptcduct saiclij in out counay. Aa Fvc
said beloic, I'm ^adfied by the vciy cirar EignalE given bj halJi die
House Bnd the Senate aulhoiizccE and appi DpiialDrs, that they un-
dcEEland die very diniciilt poGition that [he ConaiiincE E^cducC
Safely Cmnni LESLDri lindE iiacll in
For die fii&t tune &inee I came to die ComniiBaion over 15 years
a^a. I haiT the Benae that [here's a tealizanari of die need for both
a autsianda] and auEtained incceaEe in our funding level, bb well
BE the need foi impprlant chan ^ee in nui slatute.
The k^ to an CTecdiT re^ulalnrj and enfotcemenC )>ady la auffi-
cient Leaouicet Ed cany out iia reaponBibilitiea and miEEion The
CPSC IS 3 a Isfl- intensive oi ganizadon. I've always expreaaed
thab — at the heart of CPSC'b operation la ila acafi, without quea-
□on, OLEF ^eateat and imxt imparEant aaaet. Oi'er the laaC lew
years, because we have achieved nui bud e"-i ^m "^ ataff leduc-
dona ihruugh non-tai^Hed meana.auch aa anniniDn, early oula and
bu^oucfl, we ve Icat aome vcvj key acafierB The experience we have
IcaC will cake yeare [oiecai'er
Ttie reault is thaC the CkHnmiaaion is at a CEcaBraads Anj addi-
tional reducniDna in alafl or reaourcea will uldmatelj place the
Cbmm laa [an m a position where iC will no longer he an effective
Farce in consumer prolecniDn
The licBt aEep thaCmuaDbe taken la la rcjcccdic adnnniaUaEnm^
alaffin^ and budget pcopcaal for Tiacal year ^4)08 FarHunatelj, Con-
Ereaa — bolii die Houae and the fcnate, have done just thaC I aup-
poit an incremenEal appicach to incrcaamg our budget and slalF
Since we lequite a jeatly incrcaae of about 3 to 4 percent to keep
cui'rent with increaaca m aalaij and other operating ccels, jearly
iDcr^ueB in die range af lU to 15 percen t would — in mj minji — pio-
vide die CommiaEion with a gccd growth patcem.
Thia giawth pattern wauld alsa alloii' the CommiEEion to do a
yearly aaacaament of wheie die ai eas of neeiis meat exiat
Thia flummet has been die aummet af Qjy lecalla There have
been aeveial, highl> publicized recalls of childien^ producla made
in China foi impartaHian and sale, by wel l-ea labha ned , and lang-
□ uBted domeaHc Dd> manufactureta Thua iar, in 2007, CPSC haa
iei?alled a lecard numbei of hazardouE unpolled prcducia From
China, including ed^e and children's jeu'elry. The salely uoiic haao
ciated widi ihia incEcaae in imporlE has cieated new challenge for
our Commiasion. We would like Co hai'e additional leBoutceB Dj in-
creaae sui veillance and enforcement activities at the potis, and in
the mat ke [place And we are working with iniereated can greaaianal
membeia Dj mcdetnize our gaiTming alatuCea, to give ua moie le-
verage through the regulaCorj proceaa, and our enforcement activi-
LEAn in CEIILDIE» A PIDDIKim
Aa lar aa the lead in childien^ produclE issue — I wish that the
Cammissian had the authoritj to find it unacceptable for an> —
anj — amounc of lead, oi anj olhec comc substance, to be in a
child's, oi he in childten's prciductB. However, our slaCute tequires
us to aasess die acceasibil ity of the lead, and this is a kej measure
undei the Federal Hazardous Subatancet Ace
The Commiaaion did lasue a guideline dc<:umen[, back in Janu-
arj l99fl, which went so fet as to urge manuiacHurers to eliminate
lead in consumec products In ceaponse Eo diat guidance, in AugusC
l^9S, [he Td) UsnufBrtuicja of America pledged Id ckiminalc lead
from ihcii pinduclB
Yd, here wc arc, ncaily lO yeats later, facmE the Eamc ptoh-
lentB. ¥.vcn beToEC Ecvcral leiKnD highly publicized recalls nhiE aum-
TTier, McmbcEB of bouli the House and the ScnaEe had indicated an
intci'eEt in rcinvi goianin g die irommiaaion thiough the reaunhoi iza-
tion picceBB
I have BtiDngly supparled increasing our Bisff, and facilities ic-
Eource&,and vaiious changes Id our ElatuEes qvce the >eais I have
Eubniined m bonh [he HouEcand nhc Senate propceala fQC conEidci-
ation duting duB pinceBS of looking at reaiilhorizaCion of the Com-
missian Acmng Chairman Nocd has also put locth hci propoGals,
manj oi which I agiec with Some of ii'hich — m one form or an-
other — I have advccaCed for yeara Thus, for the first time in a long
time, thctc'fl bipartiEan Euppoit for the CommiaBion to make major
changes to the Ckimm iss lan'a siatutes.
Again, [ am gratified by the attention that CongieaE iE pa>mg to
the CommiftEion, and Tm hapclii] that we sec significanC leaults
from aU of our cfforlB I know that the American public will be
[hanhrul. Thank yDU, and 111 be happ> ta li> ta rcEpond to qiie&-
tionB
SenaEor Di'rniN Thanh >ou, CammiBBioner HDOie
Mi Modbb Thank )ou.
rnie alatcmcnl fnlkiWE:!
PP EP.' HUI ST?T1 J>?.T OF TKPII ■ ^ H HCOHE
Hr CliDlrniDTi, Pniikiiip McBbET. and McmbET' af the Subomni IIke, Ibiml. >iili
Hm phivkIltih me •/-■••b iKIi op poi-liin ily 4d piEiEnl Ki4iBony l(di]> im Ihe Lmfardnl
ii^DH lUJiEiLiiidLiip 4he Lin p [E<iTMD?Di dF CDn iiini?r pndiir^ vkiy beic ib Ihe UdIIoI
Siam. All kii\E wkL bcloiE, I □■ ffralilKd by Ihe vei} (loir ii|jDali ijifB by bolli
Ib^ Hduk iind ibc SiL'shk AulbGmiM i hhI AppiopiEilon iknl Ihey undei iIdbiI Ihe
ITMY dilTLriill poiilvi] ikm ibe CGB^iiaei Pinluci Salsly CGBniLiiKiB fCPSCl DhI^
ilielf IB. Fdi ibe ilni lime tiwic i trnnc In Ihe ComBi^iiDn, imr Iiit:]ve >Eiir^ 114:1,
I liDiT Ibc ieaie Ibnl Ibeie 11 □ loilbDliDn uT ibe kced bi kiib n mbiuniki] amii
imUiiiu'd IBCIBI1E ■□ Din fundiiiR lui/'l at 'veil m ibe kEEd bi loil ^md LmpurCinl
chnBgei Ig gut iOiIuh'^ ^hub (ouli] J^ve m wi-/- aiilbuniiei ^md ileDitr diieiiuD
m nrli leLmg our m li twia.
In M^icb qF <bii yeni , id □ ^jtlIkii imleaenl Ig Ibc Seaule CGmmillee db Cuni-
niene StKiKe and Tran iportiKKiB. I ipoke ^bmil Ibc problem 1 □iKHiiKEd ivilh Diiy
pEirepiHD oE Dui mcdETB, wpbliliraKd markclpliKe dF odny elhliLely ngutiliiiB
ilielrbi pnxLiKl iDti> Sib ply ^inKd. coBpcliliDii amd \oi\imviwy ofIidii 1 4n oduyi
builne'iEiii.^ Ai wii. alnnyi iidTiiK id ihIehuiiiI ibe publK idUmciI ConifeilinD
dui wii. Dad ivdl nn* meviCibly laic ibe ie<ib if a ni^iy lo pnxLire ibc ut^i
pmdui. Tbc i6\c af ibe CP?C m mday'i (DDiuniEr pndiKl ■□rkeiphme icmniD^
compelling, lubimniDl Dud lElevnni."
Vfc wyn III bei? Icii ibuD m' moDibi lnicr bfizEiu}? if Ihe dui^ib^ [iliinii aboul
pDiiibl> unwl" (GDkUEiicr pndiirli, i[<nie picdiiri'd ri veiIii4kib HhTdniciil, long-
lUmdlas [EgiikiliDn 1, ibeapK [□□■iiEu'liiiEd m Fdiei?" EicIIiU?^ awl mut/ Ikodmg
Gur [ii[irl.eip liHe and pniVKliB)^ a nil: dF Iihtb iu ib/i}? CHhniiimen WbD pinrbnic
IbeB We w/aaA. <d iJlu*^ WbD \i m blnniE amd vbni ^icp^ •/rtun no^ mbe m oddm^
Ibii piciblem
The ^bml ^md eniy hd^^ei Ig Ibe linl qii?^iKiB 1^ Ihnl •/-■e aie nil Ig bbme — Ihe
□dBialilnKHHi, <be CoiigiE^i, Ihe icgulniDi 1. ibe ■□■nfirliiiEi 1. irn^Grten and ic-
□ibri, awl anyone elK WbD may bnvE beea dciIve Gr lurliLe pnrticlpDBli in ciia-
bling Ihe pi>lir> d^iiiKiB^ awl pnoiiii?! Ibnl h^ir Ird 111 Ig Ihii pDml Tbe only
bkiTnetii Gkci awe Ihe im 1111 pec 1 log (Dniumeri •/-hi imnLlirigly plocE ibeir 4gd-
lidcEue m □ ^yi4Eni deiigned 10 piDieii <bcni Ei[<ni ibe imicnKiuible mk of bziim
ln>m Ihe pmdui^ ibnl llie> lind ib ibeir m^i telplDCE
The lEEDiid qiiEiiuD di.« iidI hnir at ibnwi GrEDi> an □murr
S3
BIJOUh E^.BEEIILKE? lEEOtBCE^
Thr Iwy m □■ eDkiIje lEgublni} and ^BEmEineBl bcdy ii tiiHwiient iruiLurEi !□
nany oui 111 lEipmiiibilLliEi and niLiiKiB. Tb? CF5C ii n ilnIT mlf diiit gidudlii}-
lion I ka\diL'Kiy^ f ipi?^ie] IHdI □< IbE hrart of C E'?C i of^mliDn ii ill iVifV, wilK-
Dui qiKilion GiirDmin"ki ^mil bdiI iBportnBl micl
Di?r III? lull IeV ^T'nn, bccnuK nc ban ^ikK'Vfi] hhiit biidRV i r^mnd lulE ic-
diicuHi IhiDLffk noD-Laiu^hd niEiini Mrh di mlniKiD £arl/-u4jli amii bu>-ULll^, ni]
liDiT bil nmE iviy Ie^ -.ciiTEi i IVc did xil Tvnni ••• hoLC id do □ iratiJilLDn ui Fro*?
fEIF) m □nuBpliui ibE lulE iuIlxLlod: lihI bjivin^ □ BimibEi il older ompb^tEi,
■V IeII lI -/-ai likely t/c idull bnw: enGUfb CBphhE?^ ^nlLiag <d uiln] oIliidcii^ gE
iBCCBlivEi l£i be able o nmd □ RIF "hub vni ib mc* ibE lau
Dirr liiDf DC bof? m bf ntlE <d liniii i?pln?BEnli bill lb? ?ipEneiK< Ibnl ni]
liDiT IdiI 'vlII mkE }Qii 1 m rKd-tr. MoitHhiir, ibe bcl: oE iidrLr>?B< icKiim^i hn^
lEiTM^Iy llmlH'd Dill □tillly \i dih MKCi-i-iion pbiBBinir 3iid lEividy limlH'd dui □til-
iiy IG liDi? dEplh HhT pEi ^DiinoL kbind HKjr koy po-Kniii^ In jddi<»iB. d^ikdliu iv-
iDLHixi hhI lUiiE [FdiirlHhiii bni/' kud -ube hi^Iivd impiu* ia dlh n^ii^^i ^EiLily
IG niUnrl bigb bjEl qLEillficd landHblGi bi our EiilLmL ytkuhlti at nrLI m gut
□billi} <D icIniD iDincGlGLir dkb h>p Ieit.'I f mpLoyEEi
Thr lEiidl li lliDl III? Cgbidliikid ii ni □ [iGinctHii Ad> iHlliuihiiiiL icduina^
IB ilnlEm miHinfi ^U ulliniDl^Ly pbH? ike CEin miiiiDii ib n pGMUUB »b?[E lI Kill
iiD Imigrr be an eltclLir: bux in [OBiunifr piDieiiKiD. Tb? lint iiep ikm muii k<
mkEn M <D icp:L ike ndni In liIiqiud i lUilHiig and biidgEl piDpoiaL Inr dual >FDr
^LUa. FGrluDiilGly. Cdhriui, bolli lb? Hguh] mid <bE ?«n3l£ Iiiiit: Aimc JliiI Ibal
Tkii Conmci' bai leiil eIeqi i^uLi Ibnl i< HBdcjiinndi Ibnl lb? Cgdiidliidd ii?ed^
mot? luiidLiig <D iBcimiE iii imlE Dnd id bE nklc Ig di »Dik on iiilciDDkiii^i niid
Giker piGinli <biil baiv been ikElvEd ur iki^sl Aiw/n ke:DiiK gI brk oE icKiimfi
ll LI innnl ibm "e hnvr □ pcnod gE lUikillly, Ig niGvr n-/-ay Tigb nbal bai been
a pDll?m dF ir>nBg Id tee bli*^ w/c tun iddiiii^ ivilb lei' Dnd m leaiD □ pncEii Gf
dEl?rniriLiig ^IidI miwi »? ii?ed id boL? in GidEi Id ?d^liie ikm »c do Giirpb iddi?
eEHt lively
Hg^cht. I miiil pDinl duI IIidI Ii ■will bdI ^ervE <bE Coniniliumi Gr Ih? piikbi
DvIL ID juil ridiH na iBQiely ikiG^ nz^LinEi al Ihe CDin miiiiDn in mfGD>? Ig lb?
Eublic nbiB iLniDimdiiig umE biRlily publicimL [b:iiILi. II bui lakED ya< i br lb?
GniBi^^LDD m g?l Id lIi picKnl pG^iinhii limI iI •/-iP lake ^cnn Id (dhccI I ^iippGrl
□□ LiiEicB?Dial appmrh lo LnEicaiiiig dui biiiR?! and idlT. Siu? rvi lEqiJir n
^vnrly iBciraiE dFuddlii iki?e id Ibui f?n?ni ihh l«p iiuiEnl ^ik ri(ii'ii>?^ m ta\n-
<-iei lEiili and olb?r GKroliBciG^i^. wiily iikied^« ib lb? laa^ nl lO <d lij gei-
EEnI ^Dubl, in ay iDLiid, piDJKlr lb? CnnnnliMOB ^ik □ Rord giGWIb paliera. Ibi^
giGWIb pnlleii] nnul] uLid hFdiv ikc Cnm m I'Mihii ii' dii u ^iirlv Div?-.'iiiEi]L oE^b?!?
lb? anni uTBEedi iddiI eiMi hi Ibo C'ibdilmkib iboiElliai: ulh'mnH ibo Coiiiidmidd
Ig □ddmi ii^ ii??dk ib ikE ligbi ul Lbe (uiitnl [HtBiimier pr^liKl ^□l?i> piableiDk
rupumpniKTi M>-En
Agnri IB Jilnirb gI ibi^ y^ai. I mbniiEd Ibe 5?djiI? CDiniiiille? "n CGiiiiD?[rE,
Science iiBd TinD'porUilHhi] nkGii^ my oncera^ "i<b Ib? ^Diving BiimbEi i hhT piH-
ukly bnnnliil ImfGiTLd CHhiiiiiiD?r prxliuli (Dmmg iniG Dur (DUDiiy Ib Ib? FuIuie,
Ib? pmkleiTi^ niiiHiaL?!! ivilb irKiLiiiinD nLimk?ri Gf pn^iibly dnB^iDui inifGrl?!!
pmdui^ vill pi?>?Bi ike Cgbitiiiikib viik mnt? DBd niHit? di a 4ball?B^ Ibiifdi-
iBg DLiBben gI us. EDiDpDi]>?^ HIE eilh?r impDiliBg ElBi'b?d picduli or iGBpmiEii I
pnrl^ mod? m DLb?r (Duninci di cimkliibing ibeir g^h puiduii^D pInDli oulud"
dE ibE UbIIgiI E^ehI?^ Ib mDil 431E1, dDBo:lL£ (ompiiniei ait UH^mg Id bnvE Ibe
tamt degiE? gEchhuIidI gvei ibEK pridiKl^ ni ikey ■Diikl bnvE ifikeir pndiKli on?
beiBi; ID J3c In lbii4GiiBU> Tbi- iBubiiily 10 knjEiGB^UiDi bnndi-ni] ^iif?rv]iiDn con
lEiiui In pmdLHii ?Dienng ikii cuimliy Lbnl dD hdI ni?el U.S mleiy iLandnidi '
Tbi^ ^LiBiD?r bai brcn Ib? ^LiBiD?r gE ike iDy leialli TbciE hnir ke?B ^evEmi
bigbly pLiblLrir?d ieeqII^ gE Ebiblicnl pmdui^ mol? m Ckiaa fur impGrlaliDn iiBd
Bit by ■ivil ciUiklikb?d DBd iDng iniii?d dDirmU: iDy mnButirlLiiEi'^. Tbui br id
^Ml?, CFSZ hai [(''□lied a icDiid Dimibei of boinidoLik iDiporiEd picdiicli Eidid
ChiDn lucIlfIiiil^ Lgj i and ibildron 1 f^w/ciwy. Tb? vt'iL 1-.-IF'. DiKHLnud "lib ibi^
iBciEaiE in imp'irl- ki\E (hiiiimI no" [builEiin'-, Hht i'ui romBii-iLOD Tkc Cgdiidm
UDD LI (um^llv kxiliD^ ^1 Fbayi lo nlliEii ike do\Eliif ing liiimm 'uinhiuidin^ rn-
pDiUd picdiiEi -olely. \\e dh: iDi'GliT.'d ib lODie oiiimik'^ luk ni dLtlrfliu' .uid idi-
linUvEi »ilb tmi^ i^vETBiDEDi-. and ibe pmal? Kclor, iBciiiliBjr dihiD?-ii' jnd Inr-
?igD ■□□iifiK luioi I We nniil] lilc Id ka\t □ddLliDnni nminEi Ig idiiedk ihtveiI-
Iudo? QDd eiithnoDiED I kIillIiei at ikE bDiden nDd Id ib? ■□rlnipln? iiBd iv? hie
■roliLiig •/-ith ii]l?[Eil?d CGBgiEiiHBal iD?Bberi m iDGitmiiE Gur ^>iT'mii]g ^mi-
S4
iil?L IG giJE Hi nunc ImmgE ikmiigh Ih? lEgiiblfiiy pi«:?]i amd •d\ii curDK^BEnl
ElG»nT:r. I Ibial: Ibnl ii ii \dy impoiUiBl •bai. in nbnKvci »c dih (o lira lively —
IbiDua}! clBhiTi ^1 Ib^z ^dm in iiIiiii»d Icit:] CoaijiEii and lb? Cgbidiiikib — l£i aii-
dicii unporl pindiHi miely »e mu'i hzhI □ ilenr iiBEgiJvixaL BfiH]^ Ig iiiiidliEic-
lun^ri, unpornri amii icinilur-. »ho biinj; □■!) oltr br tale ■□ ikii (ouDiiy piDdiHii
vkKh pitKnl n mbiuiDiial pndirl h^unid ai Ibal dc iiu4 izHhinply ^ik nVS picd-
irl ukiy ^l□Jlda[ll Tkni mcnaiqv ^kould be Ibal, 'idu ^if k? bcU ni'DLin mbl"."
TkE ri'mBi-.-11'n mu-.< hnvc lb? -.uIUcicdi icmmci, ike D]«K|Li]le □ulhGniy □nil the
mlf iudI villLngkcii iud«LivEr Ihnl m? ki
iT'TviDU irnomui uonuro tun
D? qE lb? hylily pubLniial icidILi knvc lavcKed cbllili?D^i prxLiKli that tim-
aum le^ GrlcDl imiUiiDing piiiBl T"yi DTGibEi nilnL^i idUhiIi'iI nr uic by ibildirD
Ibal kail "Idd imiUiiDing pmnl' Die bnaiml knr^idiHJi pndLHli ii n a pnibLblml
□CI IG iBlicduce ai itliirr br ■□indii: lL£in lam inlGnLale CHtamme □ bnniiGd hnz-
□idnLii mbiUiiu? faf pcma "ho viDlam ikli Inivcoubl k? mb^l Ig bolli cnminD]
□ml (ivil miicuHi. Fnor io^DT, ^e hud been □v?ni^B)j Ibm ici^lli □ yrar Ibi ibil-
diciil prxLiKli »]<h 'kud (on [.iiiiinir pDiD4 " Tbli jrar rti hnve nlniidy hod iS
Tkii icgiibliDii bnDDLnR ibildicn ^ pinduili ikni bniv 'IediI (oduliiiv pmnT bai
bEcn Dii <bE kouti For ^U ^^Min und <hcic Ii nbiLJuuK iid ekuie br n vdIduh Gf
lbL^ ic^lniKiD. VkjIdidi i ibGiill be kekL '□nGiiBinklc Ig ike ■□iuduiii eilGBl br
lb?r BDii-OB plkmce.
Ai br^i ibildiea i pndiKli tub ai jenrli} Gr vinyl bnk^k bibi oaUnDLUR □rci'^
ukle lEDd ] •/-lib thai. Ibc Com mii^iDii lod In? nuikurily Ig lind il uimrc^piiiblc thr
any □idolidihiI lend loi nay nlher Idik iiibiian(e| <d be in □ (hildien i pndirl Hg^-
?jcr. our iialuie miLiim ui Ig atitii Ibe □rc?iiLbrii> dF •b\: lead lihI Ibii li IHg
\,ey niEDiiii? imder Ine Federal HinDidGUi SukiUmcei Ad IFIB^ ^THg Comm i i'i^d
did iiibc □ guHtLiBC diitiiBEni bnh m Jnnuai^ gE IWIJ ^liick ^rai kj tir m Ic
Lugf mnBiilJrlLiici'i 'lo ^LiBiame kind ib iGD^UBei pr^liKli ' In leipoiiic lo Ibnl
DUKliiBiie. ID Au^il dF l^fta, ikeTGy M on ubciunTi oi Am^rx^ pI'KUH'd ihh elim mill?
lend liDB lh?Lr picdiiKi. Ve< keic •/-c awe nearly len ^van blei , £r:i>|j Ih? tame
piDblemi
We knG^ iknl eifGiuir (c tud cud eleinlr bL«d kiid Icivli and ikm iiick ripo-
luiE CDuld bring aboul de^rlopm^BinL picbkmi \m childitn I ani iib-'>lLiiel> (eiUila
Ibnl pDi?B<i iKjukl imiEe Ibnl \! •/-■e (Guld i?qLiLic lh< ?liiDinii<K]B hhT kud id ihd-
dicnl priKLii'li, ^e inDuld I undci iUihI ibnl i[<in? memb^n GlCHtagicii awi laier-
filGd ID •b\i Liiiie and I bnfi ikai iknifrh lh?Li elbrli ivciim iKldiiMi iki- piiikb:m
□nd pel Ll rrnLiT'd ib bvui oE ihriiDiigbly piHiTliBij mir ckildna IJihin hbditci lary
^iMmin] iHh Lmd (ODiainiu pndiKli
leilmg HhTpriFlLKli gd id? omrkcl id delGrmlD? iGBplinH? ULlh olely iinDihidi
\i dIki □□ iDipofuini nan if dui r?ipGDiibLllii?i I (□■! lelL ia\i hiw 4nHjbLiBR Ih?
pHlur? Gf Gur lG> Ifiling Eirlli^y m In? Nr^ Vork Tibci nnirl? -/-ai m m? We liDvr
DEen IryiBg in GkOiiB FDndi Ig iDGd:miic nur tib iih? beRm' I uniM'd ^1 '. fSC id
ly^Q, ^d ^e ban newtyr irtcwwd amy iigDilKDiil EuDdinc br ilim Di^iL 'i\-: hni'?
bEEn w/DiUnj! ivilb CiSA gb □ ■cdeiBirslLJon pInD 'mcE at ifan iV^it Tb? I jb Mnid-
EmcQikD FcaiibLlliy Sliily (omf L'-U'd jiinily iviik CiSA in !3JU.1, Fr<iB(d ilie kmii
Ibi □ capiinL pi[;p4i iiikDiiKEd Ig OM \i by G5' as pan uF lb?ir liv:^! yi^ni dJuT
hiiH—r HG^EL?r Diber aainDal prbnlici pi?4LiidEd lb? pmtm lic<in beiDjr Eundtd
Tkeic [enauily hm been □ kvel dF Iru^iisliDn □i^mmU'd 'vlId ikc pi«?ii We Hdv?
bEEn lbi<?d lo a(cep< a baBd-iud □panxick <d liiiDg Ih? bik »hen ^ai •/-c lenlLy
n??d \i n mapi iD(^mi'Lii>iD (iLinBiUD?Dl
I liDve ■«]?■ Dlb?r ii^iiBir l□b^ -lkIi m IIidw al ITadf rwrilf n LabDiDiofiei, ^hxb
airi mub niGi? voplii-.iKDiL'd , ^pmniii Dad up-l^dnie ikaa our bb. Ciiven IHdI •/-c
□I? ibc lederal a^^D, deu^DiLiI lo piDltcl i'4niiiiiD?n Tigb pndiKl bsinrdi dhI
Ibal DUI bikomuii} Ifilmg pkiyi □ icy icJc in Dialing liDjard ibierBiaaibDi I
Ibinl. <be iiaie gEoht lab ibGiiLI 40D4?m eivrjone Hon^vcr, 'vli?Deicr I 00 (c gut
lab I lUD (DniOmlLy □iddiqI □■ lb? inra'Btiiiy oF dui tib 'laEF id GvemumLiig ipn?
□nd r?mirre IIdiIhiIloiiii We olien Cill iiboul lb? ngcncy mskio^ do ivilb ^hai li
hui und DG»h?rc 4311 <Iili< be -len mi'it -inliD|rl> 'bam at ibe bb. I ^[oild lik? la
ie? a luiL lavc-lDicji I Dijdo in upinnding HKjr Ink -> ikai ^e naa do Diiiat l<^lLI]g
IB Dili •yrm btilli, rjiber ikjD b-iiin^ <d ciiiiIiihI ike rvilk dui niid w Ihul l?ili
dDii'l ilDcb up bEcauk? iln tirl. iiT jdEqiuiie ipucc 11 Hhlhrr iimdiik?^ ^hiik prrjEnI
ui liGDi 4bing iim ulCincaui l?iiiD^Hhii VDnoui pndLi:li
We awi lunenlLy botlDg □< diltienl leal ?iiaie~ uLuliDni ^ik QS^ lliul ^Duld
gin \ii a bell?r pkyixnl plaai. Hg^civt. ikeie Kiluikai may di Diay dW nlki^ u
Ig EimdiDii al Ibe lODie capakilily •/-c Diui?Dlly kaje OBd Ibey ■null nol itipIivI- uny
95
m ad? m LID 4 ma uT «K|LiipBEn i ll tai ctVmaIni lacl: m ^1X12, ikni cbc tail Ig iniLy
moitniLi? Dill lnt, il iv ^Eit h> -lny od Ih? cujitdi iilf, ■mjkL be lomi'^h^ir
□miiBil UU ■illiH Thi^ ^culil i-^ |iDi]ii mir ispntililici plui giw ui □?» rqiupmcii I
□nil n pk>iii^l pliiDl ibnl ll tHb cnrigy cITrKB^ imd □■ cln(lii« ui? gE ipiKe A
maitni biillly ^culil aim pui u^ m n bclL?r pihili»D Lg dciil ^iik CBfiging Kck-
nokok'L iirli n' BLiniiiiTliJiolruy li n dilUciJL rm u' lo cm lODh^iD plan wi-/- m
omil] iiMcii pnlcnml pr>]ii£l-i?bilfd n^mola buHtbuy knr^uds whin w/c ilmglc Id
piovuSc <hc biiui lub i^pubililici <d iDf«i gut ciuirB* kEEdj.
QjEn tcEii? ifmnl lEc^ni b4jbly publiriral iecqU^ niEiDbfi i Gf bolli the HGUie
□nil Ihr ScniiU HdiI liidiciilal ^n luIgi?!! in iniiviBDralLiig ibE Cgiiiid iiii^D IbiDiigb
lb« nnulliGnjiiiKiD piixci^. I hnjE lUongly luppDiUd ridm^ing Gur lUilTDBd b-
ciLiUh nzKiimri ana inrnLi^ (hungry id Gur iCilLiKi OLcr ibc ya\ i. I knjE mb-
nillKil lo hoik Ih? Hduie □nil lb?^«niilf pnipDH]!^ bi (on ^idrniliDn dunBc 'bn
piDt?^' gI LoLlnagal mnilbGnjnIkiB oTOie Cdiiiid i i^eid Acuog ChDlmmn Moid km
□liQ puL ll'iili S\i-\ f [opovl-, tRaafTWhub I saire w/iA, tumc oEivkKli I In on^ lorni
or □■iih'Ti I h.tiL ibdMOhd (ir ^iin Thui, wi IbG fii i< Iiidg in ii liii]|j umi:, Lbi'n'
1^ ki-psiumn ^iipiuin Hhii Ih? CG■lDl^^Kl■ <d make m^jor (Hdhiji'-. ehi Ino Commii-
aon'i ^mluUi ^b? gE iku ^lll^^^l(d clinajp:' (I'ulil kelp ikc Com ■ i-.-.iDn i Enllin.-
mcBl EDnn^ w/iib i?^f«:l m ibc lyp? ul picbkmi »c Hdi? bccD Kcing »i<h IHe ^ab-
ly of UD porlfd pndiv li
Amiln I ^UD amLllird ky Ih? qIhmiIidi] Ibnl Congidi i^ paying Id ikE Cdiiibii^iod
□□D] nm kopniJ Ibnl nr hc ifrnili'iiBl lEiiilli friiB dIL DlGiir«lbrli I knoai ihal
lb« AmEJKHB publi] »ilL l« ikuabEul
ur^iTEn STArcFi-i: >i irj A agieemeht
Senator DuiPi^. And if jou do ha^c Co leave caily fot >ou[ den-
ial appointment, it's undcraKiod. I thank jou very much far jour
bcinE here mdav
Chaiiman Noid, I ii'ani m rellcct, for a momciiC, on the asicc-
ment > caleidaj ii'ilh the Chinese When I met with MimaCer Wci,
he mid me diat China had a zero- Pile ran cc policy noii', *hcn it
came lo lead painC We, in the United ScaCefl have banned all but
the ti meat amounla of lead paint lor over 3(J jcaiB — bo, what'& new?
Thia ajiccment thac jou saj haa been i cached leaTfiimE ii'hat has
been the law in die Un [led Slatca foi 50 >earfl, and what la alieadj
the policy in China. Are jou Baying diat die Chinese have now
adopted a new and di (ferent alandard ivhen it cornea Dn lead pain I?
Ma NuHU. I think, eii , that thac'a a queamon jou would really
need Co put pj die Chinese, 1
SenaHor DuBsir But you enteied into die agreement with diem.
Mb Noid. Yea. And die Chinese ha^e committed to lake imme-
diate acdon to eliminate all lead paint used in Edjb exporHed lo the
UniEed Slates ^'hy it la there la a vcr^ legilnmale quealnon lo puC
to the Chinese, and Ho put Ho die loy induBti) that ib going to be
following diis panel And I ii'ould hope thaC you would put it to
them, and I would be very, veij interested m knowing their anawer
to iC
Senator Dupuin You don't know whether thia a^cemenC icp-
leaenia a change in the lead slandaids for prcducia exported liom
China?
Ms Noid. What I know, air, i& that we ha^e banned lead paint
in diia counU'y foi 30 jeaiB. And as I hai'e laid jou before, and as
I told Senator Klobuchar vcrj recendy — we will not tolerate it, and
we will enforce the law. And why it la showing up in Qjya manulac-
tured in China is a veij, itfj serious and lejidmate question, and
I hope JOU put it to the manufacnirers And I'd like to know iheir
answer Ed it.
C H ll.DP I!r4 ^i JEWELHV
ScnaHor Duvhin I think wcsll would
When it iznm^B Id children's jcwclrj, i^c know that iic ha^c a hc-
lioua problem here, and die Conaumci PrcducD Safe^ CommiEaion
has acknowledge that, mill Eigmlicant cccalla at 150 milliDri
piccca archildtcTi'flicwelr. in £004.
Ms No 11^ VeE.
Senaoir Di'ihiv Recent a [ones indicate that wc arc still iccciv-
ing lead jcii' city from China. WhacBlcpB has die Con&umer FrcducC
Safely Cominission Isken n> slop thcEC BhipmcnlB, to inspect these
shipmcnia, and la pioEect AmcFican familiea from cxpiniuc Eo iJiia
lead-based childten 'a jewelrj coming from China?
Ms Noii> [autlined anumbec af steps diat [he Commission haa
laken in a teccnt leHcr to jou.
The Commission scatted ila acnviCj m 5004, of course, well be-
fore I ii'as there, and — aic>ou leaving^
Mi Modhe Yea Tve got to go.
Ms Noin Can I come wilh you''
SenaHor Durnir^ Ydu'ic lacing yauc own dentist heic
Ms No 11^ It'a a sad day when jou'dcadiec go U> [hcdentisC
Senanor Di'rniN Is it safc^
Ms NoHEi The CommisEion inidated acdvil^ in 2004 dealing
widi lead jewcliy, and again, I detailed [his m a teccnc letter to
you The Cammiasian was vcij concerned about thi&. The> did a
lathci non-Ecicnti fic survey ol what was out there, and as I re-
potted m m> Ictlet tnjou, they found significant numbcia of piec^
ofjewcliy iJiat had lead m iC When I say Eignificant, sii, Fm mean-
ing moGt of It. Un foitunacely, because thac survey was done m a
lalhci unscicntilic wa>, Fm not goin^ to — in [his senjng — get into
the nitmbci's, but baEically meet ol it was lead ieu'cliy. Because af
tha[, the a^enc^ ini[ia[ed an enforcement policy which we put ouC
there that said that if iic sec lead at above the 06 par[fl per mil-
lion SEandacd, we will consider that a dc ^to substantial pccducD
hazaid, warranting a recall. And that has been [he policj in place
since 2005
In OcQjbci £006, wc did anolhec nonscicnti fic Burvcj of the mat-
kelplacc Fianklj, we were pIcaEcd that wc onl> saw £0 perccn[,
buC obviously 20 percent is a whole loC higher number than it
should be
Sena[or Di^ihiH Ic wa& '20
Mb. Ndbd IcondnuingI It had gone fiom victuall) all, la 20 pei'-
cent
Senator Duisin. Dcca ^0 pcicent icpre&cnt millions ol piece?
of
Ms. Noin Yea.
Scnalor Dupijin jconnnuingj Ch ildrcn's jcii'elry, sull coming into
thcUni[ed Sta[ea wi[h lead?
Ms Noiu AbsoluEely, absolutel)
Sena[or Dupi^in So, what ac[ions arc you taking now to slop
thcHC prcduclH from Teaching theahcKca of American a[orea''
Ms Noii> We have ini[iated tulcmaking which would basically
juBt ban [he impoi ladon of jeweir) wilJi lead m it.
S7
In nrdcr lo lake action, wc nroi a legal basis on t^hicli Iq do lE
The cnfotccmcnl policj waa a saod [ool But if wc arc EDina U> be
able to lake effective eniotccment paliciea, iic need lo hai'e uie un-
derlying tegulanan in place, and liiat'E whac iicVe dam 5
SenaOir Di^irih When did jou initiate the rulemaking^
Ma Nop 11 I b?i:amc acting Chairman in July ^U06, and thia naa
one of [he very firat diinga 1 initialed.
SenaOir Di'irih Andao
Ma Nop 11 And we got the ANFR laBued — juat before wc Icot our
quotum in January yiJu7
SenaHor Dubbiii And so, aa a irault of that rulemaking, how
manj of dirac dangcroua lead jewelij products has the CPSC ic-
called and removed from the &helvea^
Ma NoH[> Sii, [ would have to get back with you — 1 juat
don't
Senator Duibih. Any? Havc>ou lecalledanj?
Ma Nop 11 Tm &uic wc have, but Tm going to Kavc Id come back
to you with dicse dclaila
SenaHor Di ini^ If >ou would, please.
Ma No 11^ I ]ua c don'c have them off the [op of my head.
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SenaHor DuiPin. You've seen thi& phoEO, ilfa piobabl) ^miliac to
you
Ma Noii> ltBU[el> is, sir.
SenaHor DupniN And, could you explain to me, when mott Amer-
icana feel diaC dieiE Government la [here la help them out, protect
them from dangerous prcduclB — could you explain m me what
we're Icoking at here, and what this rellecia in terms of die loy
aale^ inapection capacii^ of the ConEumcr Prcduct Safely Commia-
Bion'
Ma NoBD. Yea, but I diink acnually that phoO lepieEcnla a big-
ger question
The Consumer Prcduct Safe^ CommiaBion's lahoralorj in Gai-
thcraburg, Maryland ib a l950E-era Nike misaile lesting site It la
an incicdibly incfiicicnl facililj. We've pit a nuinbei of diffcicnt
buildiTi j^ Bomc of ilicin — I hate to admit — da not even meet cede
The CPSC^ IflboiaOHj must be mcdeinized. And iic've been
tslking to tbe CongresB foi anumbec of jeaiB about tbat
ThiB siniatjon cannot conlnnue, eii And, we 3ie — as 1 diacnaaed
widi our au[lioiizei& in Maich — we are Hying vctj haid tj work
through siHne issues witb die CienersI Secviizes Admi niEti anon
IGSAJ, in ordcF to mcdemize our ^ilitica, and I am Frankly, noD
happy with die pro^eaE [hat is being made 1 was I'er^, ^ei)
pl^scd that die staff of both the Ap pcopi iatioua Comminee and
the Commerce CbmmiOec ii'eie able to 50 out Co oui lahotaDJi'j
about ^ weeks ago, tjsee fii'suhand, die situation there.
However, having Eaid all that, generally — with respecc Dj toy
testing, that la a piece of oui toy teatins lacilit^ We do a number
of teEla out thecc Thecc has been quiEe a bit of picas plav about
our lonely toy [ester, single tc^ teatci — I think you showed a pic-
ture of him
He basically spends his nmc doin^ small paila [esnng, dcop tcat-
ing Jf there are odici issues dealing with cojs, iot example — lead
testing o[ elccuical testing — diere are ohvioirsly other people m the
laboi atorj that do all that But, Bob's our small parts guj
SenaHor Di'ihiN Thanh >du
Senator Btownback
EB^II I'.-IJT
SenaHor Blown back Thank jdu. Mi. Chairman
Chairman Nord, 1 want to make suic I understand — you're sav-
ing serious aclnons will lake place if the Chinese do not compi}
with the lead paint rule that you'ic puHting in place, is that col-
lect?
Ms NoiD. No, what I said was that we reached agi'ecment that
the ChincBe would lake immediate steps la eliminate the use of
lead paint, and at our summiD over these last '2 days, the Chinese
went throurh and listed a number of acnons that diey intend to
lake, and I'd be happ) to
SenaHor Bi on n ii.ii' k. What I want to undeistand fiom you is
that if lead continues to show up m [oj picducls, what will jour
Commission do'
Ms NuPD. Well I think that we have to address not cinl> thia
issue, but the whole question of unsafe impoilE with res pee [ to toys
in — as I said earlier — in an organic waj ¥011 can'c look ac one kind
of activilj and Ba>, "That's going la soli'e die problem/' heeause
this IS a problem that needs Ho be solved on a number of different
levels. Tve oudined
Senator Biow^e.^i k Chairman, I want Eo hear >ou sa), ^hese
product are not going to enter oui stores." If that's whac>oii con-
tinue la find.
Ms NoHO Well, I'm happj to say that That, sir, almcst gees
wi thout sayin g. We ha^e been tiving to enforce diis lead paint ban,
and that's whj you have seen these leoalls EfQweiTr, m order to
more cfieccii'ely address the question of unsafe impoils, what we
want [Q do is make suic that the prcduct is manulactured safel)
in die fiiBt place And that requires, first of all, the Chinese CJov-
cmment getting togethei widi us, and backing diis And Tm hope-
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ful that our activitirs ovci' ihc Isat S days requital in that, ai at
Icaat pushed it fotii'ard We've e'*^ I" maJic buic that Chinese man-
ufacHurera and cxporEccB undccBland their ]cga\ obligations, we
need Dn make buic [hat die tc^ induBtrj is warkiiiE on diis, and
then wcha^c lo enforce die lat^
SenaOir Bpo^rB^rc But iBn't it best to Baj, Ijoak, if there is
anj lead in anj of these ptcduclH, [he produces don't entci Amer-
ica, peticd "
Ms Noii^ ^Vcll, that IS die law an lead paint
Senanor Btai^uBJiCH And that thal^s what you're gojug a> en-
farce
Ms Noin That's absolutel) conrizt, Bii.
SenaHor Bioanbai'k. Okay, and including juBt idcndlyin^ ^-
tori^ that flic prcducinE priiduclB like [hiB, and Baying, "No more
pioducis coming fiom here undl jou clean this problem up "
Ms No I II That'E part of w hat waB agreed Eo o^ci these paBt cou-
ple of days
SenaHor Bidanback. Well, here's whcic Fvc got a htdc problem
Mb Noid Okay
SaQhiT BiowNBArft. I worked in [he trade Held in I99U, l99l
And tlicn we were puBhing the Chinese la protect qui intellei:tual
piapcity nghia Saying, jou know, we put a movie ouL and before
id's Bhown here, ib being said on thcsnceCs in Beijing I'lcactuallj
been in Beijing, and been oflered a movie foi Bale by a countei-
Iciter, hefoic the movie came out here So, Tvc actually expciicnced
thiB.
And we Blarted [hiB back m diccarlj iSftlB, and dicy said, Tes,
yes, we'll enforce your intcllecnial properly lighlE," and here we
arc in ^U07, and they adll don't honoi' our intellei:tual piopcity
lighlH
But now wc'ic on Bomcthing that has a consumer safety iBEue
with it This IB about the Balel^ of die ehildicn, the safely of the
consumers, the safely of pels in [hie country And we Bhould have
zero tolerance, and I think we need to Blart pulling die club out
And Baj, '^'c'rc going la Blart shutdn g all of [heac down " Jf these
pioduclE aic coming in and we can't be sure diat thconea that arc
imported aic gcod. I think, jou have Id just really pull the heavy
cluh out, and saj, "^hal^B the way it's going la be And Fm going
to UBeciTrj cool Fvc got to make buic diat happens. "
Ms Nopii Well, sir, I think J gave you a vciy long-winded an-
Bwer la get to diat point. That's cxacdy what we're crying la do
Senator Bhowmjai k And it's what you will do.
Ms Norn You haiT my commitment, sir
SenaHor BrohNBACK. And if you ncoi any additional legislative
audiority from us to do it, let ub know
Ms NoHii Sii, I gieady apprcciaEc that 1 sent up to tltc Hill a
piopceal, and I hope that we will see foni'ard acUon on IcgisladouL
SenaHor BtohNBAOK. And, Ictus know of any personnel that you
may need
Ms Norn DfcDumc.
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ScnaCor BunwriPACK Arc yan having any trouble gcIIinE into
Chinese TTianu^tuiiJi 5 iBizLlHnes Id rc^ici^ praduclB? Or da you
even have iha I author ity and capaciCj'^
Ma NoHD We don't have chat authanty, we don't have diat ca-
pacilj, sir — iic dan'c have people
SenaOir Bhowxhai k Would you like to hai'e thai?
Ma Noii^ Wedon't have people in China
SenaOir BiofcHBAi'&. Would you like Co have people in China —
do >ou diinh diat ifl impoilant, because you've said iic need to get
at die baae of the manuffletuiins — da^ou need Co be able Co inapecC
the plan ra there?
Ma NuHD. Well, we wouldn't have the authonij to inEpeci the
plants diei'e, but ceilainly I Kave been lalking, actually, inEernalLj
far some Ume, about what we could do to get aoine pieaence in
China
SenaOir Bid^hback. Do you want that? Do jou believe jou need
theaudiority P^enforee these Elandarda that >ou've articulaled^
Ma Noii^ Le^ll), I'm noCEure how we would bcable pjdo nhaE.
Our BlatuCe allows ua to enforce our law agamat impoilers — ei'erj-
one in [he sHeam of commetcc within [he United Sla[es. But, I
don't think [hat we would legally be able to go in and enforce a
man ufactui m g slondacd in China lEself
Sena[or BiohNSArK. Well that's what Fm asking, whether
that's Eomediing we should Icok at.
Ms Noir Well, wedon't have thatauthoiiij now sir
Senator Bio^nback. Mi Chairman, I'd like another lound if we
could?
Sena[or Duinir^. Senatoc Klobuchai.
CK/ifatS TO TEC B CD^BUMEI PVD D UC T aAFETV CdH H US ID>4 ^
STArUTEH
Sena[or Kij>ijli'ii^i. Thank you. Senator Dutbm
Thank you, as a fieshman Senator, [hank you for allowing me to
seii'c on the ApproptiationE Committee lot ? hours
And I appreciate. Chairman Notd, you being here, and [he work
you're doing to try Dn Vmj [his ptoblcm.
You and I have talked about the need to remove lead from chil-
dicn's prcducia, and make euic we don't have chcBe kindB o( co'ic
tojB m oui country. And 1 think >ou've erpteBEed youi FtusCiation,
both m committee hearingE and to me, about the prcce&s, and the
rulcE, and how they work, and how it'a difficult for you, and how
you would piefcr — and I don't want to puC woidE into > our mouth —
but some kind of legislative ban that'E clearer than having to go
through vanouE stages that)ou do, thatdelays things
And could jou talk a hnile bit about what would help you, Etani-
toril), la make iCeasiec la make Euie that we can immeaia[ely ban
these picduclH^
Ms Nori> Yea, I'd he happy [o. Earlier this summer, I EenC up
to the Hill a legisla[ii'e piopcsal that laid out things that I though c
that [he Commission should have — [ools the Commission should
have m ocdei to do our job better Included in that was theauthoi-
il^ la lequire a cer[ificat]on to our safely s[andardB, acioss all of
our sla[uteB.
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Ri ah C now , wc enforce five di ^rcnt sCaCiiIra Only ihc ConBumcr
PiinaiicI Safely Act ha& a pro^iaicin that allaiiB iot ccrnlicaticin Sa,
thaC means when BDmcbDd) is manufacninng, selling a pccdircC
that IB subject ta a cci ti Heat tan — or, a mandaEny aafclj Blandard,
th^ have lo — as a part oi the law — certify that they arc mcctinE
IE And thac'fl a vctj useful [oal ioi ua la hai'e.
BuC that authciiii^ ikcan't exist acrcsa die alJier alBOit^, and
the ETaiardnuB Subacancca Ace la the act where we regulate loya
Sd, wc dan'c have that audiotils now, and E woirld vcrj much like
to have that authori^
The other [hin^ thac la ^eiy [nteicatins, and thi& maj be getting
down in [he weeds a hit, bo I apologize — qui lead pain C nan la
undei die ConBumer Ptcduct Safcij Act, not [indct the Hazatdoua
SuhElancea Act I juat told you, [here's a cernii cation pioviEion
there?
Senator Kij>ijih'ii-i. Yea
Ma Ni>iin. Phe way che Elalute la wciHten and paEt Commia-
Bioneia have incerpieEed it, ia it onl> gcca to Etandarda, it doean't
go to bana So, we don'c have an cxiating lequiremenc nghc now
thaC iin portcca cei □& diat diereia no lead tiaint in nheic coja
1 have aaked die Geneial Counacl U> adviae on, whedici under
arane odicc proviaiona of che alaHute, we mighc be able to lequiic
that, and if ao, la put lagethct a briefing package for the Commia-
aion, ao that wc can put in place that icquitemenC Why it haa
never been acted on prior to this dme I don't know. ComniiBBiDner
Hcote might hai'e been able Co expand on that, but I do not know
SenaHor Kiobrji^kab Okay, [hank you and again I hope you
look at oui legiElation wheic we've baa mail v puC thac ban in place
with aome trace IcitIe, which are actually lower than the lead
paint levela diat ace allowed, and then Icohed ac a lower le^el for
jewelij, which I know jou'i'e been working on Becauae ita mj un-
deiBlanding the tulemaking proceaa can Cake them over '2 >eara,
and we'i e ] UEt ttyin g to give you the toola toact quicklj
I ONauMBB PBODUCT aAFE7~t CDMMiaaio»'a lEC^LL piof nia
The recall proc^ — could jou lalk about what >ou do now to
make aure [hat ih^ie recalled picducla aren't for aale^ Becauae
there hai'e been [epoilH about thiE. We've worked ^eiy well with
TWgec, Toya '^" Ua, and aome ol the big tetaileia who've worked
with ua to talk about how the> make aure that theae prcducia
aren't Eold, and we appreciate the work thej'ie doing But rm talk-
ing about when ihinga are in [he Btream of commerce or they're
up on the web, or thej'ieon eBay. WhaCcan you do, and whaC mob
could help >ou wi[h tha[^
Ma NoHBi Well, again, one of the nhinga [hat [ aaked for in mj
eailier legialati^e propceal waa making i[ illegal to aell a recalled
pioduci, and I think Oiat would be a verj helpful DkJ foi [he Com-
miaaion to have. Ri ght now , what we do ia,oncea recall la initiated
and announced, we undcrlake a number of aurveillance activitiea,
including going inia lhea[Qrea, going on the web, doing aecietahop-
ping kinda at [hinga. Hying la purchaae recalled itema We ha^e a
lelatiQitEhip with the major online auction houae&, and have agree-
ment with them that thej will noCsell recalled prcductH But again,
you know
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ScnaCor KiiHirrH^i ^Vauld it help to ha^c [he batch numbcia
on ihcpacka^inE ™ o" thcIc^B^
Ma noii^ Anything ihsE pro^idca trsccabilii:) i& vcrj helpful.
Senaoir Kij>ijli'ii-i. Okay, thank >ou
And can I juEt aak, a^^cc I'm nat on [he Appcopciation Com-
mmec, and it Icoks like you need cnarniDiiH more rcaourcca, and
you calked about rc^ampin^ diingB — has die adm [niatradon been
comi n E in , eveiy > eai , askinE foi more leaoutceB a> fix dieac thing?
Ma NoiD. Well, cveij jeai our budget requeEt has been a littJe
bit higher dian die la^t year, but
SenaHor Kloblth^i naE iC been of the exIcnC diat you would
need Eo I'cvamp a lab like thia''
Ma NoiD Vou know, again, the lab mcdecnLzaHiDn lEEue IB aomc-
thing diat we hai'c been Islking eo nhe Congreaa and to the adniin-
latration about lor aomc time I think everyone underelandB [hac
the lab neola U>be mcdecnized
What die piablem la, la that we've got thi& facililj out there
What CiSA was loakin* ac initially was, either demoliahing die
whole thing and lebuilding — which would have been enoimoiialy
expenaive What we've been doing in the past la juat Band- Aid- Wpe
acdvitiea to cty to keep it aomewhat current, but you know, Uiat
lan't very ccat elJecnve, either 3q, wc are now talking with GSA
about Bome ceal e&latc aolutiona that [ hope will get ii& into a facil-
il^ that IE modern, and that dees the job that we need to have
done
Senator Kloeiwhai. Thank you
iirjiTEn aTArBB-c>iir4A ^gieemeht
Senator Di^rnih Thank >ou, Scnatoi.
Chairman Nord, going back to m> earlier qucationB When I
aaked >du if the new agreement meant that theic would be a new
lead standard foi products exported Irom China, you aaid I ahould
ask the Chineae
Ma Noii> Tm aoirj — I didn't understand that to be >our ques-
tion, air
Senator DfHPiv. Well, go ahead, then — can jou tell me, dccE
your neii' agreement with China, mean that theic is a new &land-
ard, in terma of lead and lead paint lor products exported to the
United States From China^
Ma Noun Sii, theic la both a statu On) and a regulator) ban on
lead paint coming inPD die United Slates — Fm not buic how we
would make that tougher
Senator Di'hpi>. No, >ou — pleaae Tm asking >ou about the Chi-
nese alandaid Haic the Chinese agreed to a new alandaid when
It comes to lead and lead paint iat exporia to the United Slates^
Ma Ndbd. Sii , what [ am concerned about aie products that are
being exported to the United Slates. 1 do not want to see aii> lead
paint in thiHC pi cducm
Senator Di'iilin I undcialand
Ma NoHO What the Chinese do internally is up to the Chinese
Senator DunniN Now, wait a minute. If thia ia a memorandum
of understanding, an agreement widi the Chinese what they do in-
ternall) is not up to the Chinese, if it comes la the United States
ThBl^ what this is about I'm asking you if theie'a a new lead
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BtandBrd, agic^ to, in thiB sgiremcriC with Cluns Far Irad oi lead
paiTil? I'vcaaid that [hrcc timra la liicic, or isn't thctc^
Ma NoHii Sir, die Clunrac have a^ieed na eliminaEc any lead
painluacd in layB expoHcd Co the United Scacea
SenaHor Duvhifj la thia a new Elandard?
Ma NoBD. Sii.a^ain, >ou will ha^e to aak the Chinese what die
Bistc of die Chinese laii' l&.
Senator Di'hpi>. Let me aak joii about youi quote in this mam-
ing^ Wall Strict Jaucnsl Thia relates to die toy industry
1 might Eaj that this sidclc Eaid diat die meat concictc aspect
of the a^iccment — diat iicSe [cfcrroi ta here — ib the prnhihiiion
on using lead paint m tc^B And, Tm ttying ta ^et down to whether
the Chinese hai'e agreed to 3 ncii' Elandard, in tcims of what thej
arc goin^ U> export But, I will aak the Chinese.
But lei mc aak ynu ii'hat you meant ii'hen jou referred to the toj
induBtT) and Eaid, 'THo longer i:a[i the mduEtrj tolciate an 'aak no
queanona' mcrHalHj," aaid Nanc> Nord, die CFSC's Acting Chair-
man. "TTie Blakea arc] List Ico high " Arc jou saying that diat has
been the practice m the past? That jour CommiBsion did not aak
qu^ tiona^
Ma NoHEi Well, ccilainlj, air, aince f^c been a CommiBEioncr
we've been asking IoIb of questions
Ab I indicated in my opening Blalcment, die very First group I
leached out to ii'hen I became a Commissioner ii'aE the Poj InduB-
tiy AESociation And, I think I hai'ca vcrj strong recoid indicating
a concern here, and a deaiic to work widi >ou with the induaOy,
with izonaumcr groups, Ib make aure that loya mat ai'c aold in iJus
CDunOy ai c aaic
CHILniEN'l JSWELBY
Senator DupniN All right, let mc aak you this — [ return to the
issue oFchildicn's jciiclry. 1 want to give you a chance to cleai up
thciemrd iF there's any uncerlHinly
Ma Noii> Oka> , thank )ou.
Senator DurniN I believe that )oil had acknoii'led^ed that your
Commission found that there ii'eic dangcious lead m childicn^
jewdij that led to a siibsiandal i eiall in 1^004 I believe that jour
eailier tcEHmony was that you initiated a lulemahing m July 200^.
iclativc to Lead chi Ldren's jew cli y Which, I think, gees wi thout sa> -
ing, IS a hazard, il tiny parts can bieak ofFand children iTan Ewal-
Idw them or be eiipceed to them
So I want to know, as a result of that lulemahmg, what ardon
has been laken by the Consumer Frcdiict Safety CommiEEion to
slop the export, or to even examine the exports oF dangerous chil-
dicn's iciiclry to the United Siates
Ma Noii> Oka) What the Commission did in January in 2UU7
was isEue a nodizcoF propcsed rulemaking This ie not a Final lule.
And what the CommiEEion didoi'cr the pci icd oF time where we did
not ha^e our quorum, was analyze the comments iJiat came back
and aa I have told >our stafF, wc intend Dj go to the next Ela^ or
lulemakmg in the fall
Senator Duinin. Thia is
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Ma NoHi> I am not goinE to ptcaurnc Id ptcdLcC [he wny that
rulemaking ii'ill come out, that "•aoM niH be aiiininiBtialiii'cly piap-
ci.
ScnaHor Duibi>4. Sd, fa- over I year, your CnininisaiDn has been
BufEcicnt]> concerned about dangcioua lead content in childien^
jcwdrj, and ham ii'hal you haiT cold me, no direi:C acdon haa been
Ishcn [□ stop iinpDrca of chis dangerous jcwclij into the United
Sons?
Ma Noii^ Sii , we've done I'ecallB.
Senacor Di'iilin Well, I'm aaking yan tell me about dial?
Ma Noii> Theic i& natulc in place, Uial^a what Fm trjin^ la tell
you, but we've gat an enfoicemenC policj that we aic cnforcinE I
would hke to have a rule, becauae that la a much anonget rcgu-
latoty mol — until we get a tulc in place, we will enfoice out en-
fareemcnt ppliey.
SenaOir Dun p in Well, 1 can juac cell you that what you've juat
Eaid \a no conEolation Eo ^miliea aeima America, [hat yau aie
somehow caughc up in a [ulemaJ[in» prc<:e&E, when jou know that
one out of live pieizea of childien'a jeiiclty has danEcrauH lead con-
tent
We expect — Am^'icsna e\pect out Goveinment to ace co pro[ecC
^miliea andchildicn
Ma Noii> ThaC'fl wh> we havean enfotccment policj,a[r
SenacarDiiiiiN Well
Ma Noii> IcnntinuinEl And that's whj we'ic in
Senacor Dlpuin Icondnuing] That's why Vvc asked ynu BciTral
tinieB, to tell me what jou have done [o slap thia jewelij iiam com-
inE inia the Uni[ed Slatee And Tve wiitten jou letteta, asking you
to do a riak analysis oi [heae impotiB of children's jeiiclty, yauaaid,
■^Vc don't have the authnrHj vie don't do thac" And if diat la the
then I think eidiei the law or the Commiasion, need to
change
Ma Nop II The law la what i[ la sii And I think I outlined in
the lettei where the hnlea are So, I look ioni'ard la working with
yau and the Commerce Commi[tec to addreaa ihia ailuaUon
Senacor Di^ini^ Thank >ou
Senacor Bcownback.
DJTEin^Tia^AL TBADE
Sena[ar BiowM^Af n Thanka
Chairman, >Du're hearing from ua a great deal of fiuslja[iDn, ic'a
juat reflective of how much friia[ranQn dicre la around the counH y
icgardmg ihia masaive waiT of prcductH coming in from China, and
thcaenEe that we'ie Icsing a lot of the manu^tuiing baae as a le-
sult oi that We hai'e cwd y-jear-old childien, and my daughcer
asked me, ^'h> la evcrjthing made in China''" And I said '^V ell,
ic'a kind of a long atnij " but [heic la thia senae that iherea been
this huge wai'e of prcductH flawing inia the United Siacea, and
there la When yau Icok at major relaileiB thac get 70, dU percent
of cheir prcdncia from China, and then >ou sec theae defecla thaC
are lakmg place and China's a clneed syatem, bd it doesn't have
a free press lhat& Inoking around at [he lac[orie& and holding man-
ufac[urerB accounlable The result of thia is that we are recipienla
of delcc[ive picducta And, dieted thia huge fruBCTation that, we've
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IcaC jobs, we're IcainE rconDrny, ihcj manipulate iJicir currency
and now [he picduclH aicn'c ei'en aafc, and we're allowinE all of
this CO cake place Wliacare>ou doiiiE about il^ I hope jou'ic aenB-
lUE the real fruBliation that iictc cxpreaaitiE CQ >ou, which ie di-
iccdy From the counOjEidc
We've got n> aclnially do something, we can't jiut talk about il,
thac's why 1 talk abouC bim^ne the club out Majbc Lt'& putting
lariffft o[ mayhc ic'a &hutdng whole factotiea down, we juaC say,
■TVe'renat going to accept pi cducis from [hi& factoty."
Now, foi inElsncc, in nthcc counti ira , and this is a bit ola Icctucc
here, but 1 want to get iCnff my chest Wc\c had qui food cx par la
banned ftoni aeiTral countiica foi some pericd of time And, Fvc
healed JapaneEe inEpecnon leamE mla b?cf-paching plants in my
Slate We aay, Ijook, here it is Look at our ayalem It's an open
EyaEem " And ihcyll keep thi owing up anathct batiici andanoljier
bamct and anochci barrier, and iC gela itfj frusliating
Now, we're looking at China's selling ub defective, unsafe prod-
uclB, and iic don'c know wtiac's going on in the lacloj>, and iic'cc
not c^ en Eutc fiom what >ou're sajing if they have an j level of con-
cern on lead Wc [ell chcm what jou can send inla here, but iic
don't know that they have anj concern at all, there's not a free
piess there, id's a diclaloiBhip government, and we're impoi ting bil-
lions of dollaiE of picducm and inan> ol ihcm are bad. And it seems
like BDinebodj, somewhcic along [he line, ought to Ba>, '^ell, wait
a minute' Thia isn't [he way iic'ic going to operate anjmore" The
only waj you can get their attention is by shutting the matkct off.
And that^ what happened to us on our beef CHpoils, the markets
wctc shut off , and iicsaid okay — now wait a minute, now let's talk
you want Dj bring mspectots in, iinc And the Chinese, I would
hope, would welcome inspecDJis into chesc plan la That they would
ash you pj send an inspection team. And I don't know if you would
discover that much, but at least thcic could be Eomc openness to
iC
And, tight now, 1 think we should do everything wc can. Even
if It's banning whole bcIb of pioducls, undl we are suic that there
IB no lead m anj of them, period And li thej saj, Tf'ell, you can't
do thac undci >our tiade agreements,' cell them, "Take ub to the
tiade couria, then " Because chat's what olhcc counmea do to us
We should get vcij stein and cleat, and hit them where it hiulSL
Hit them m the maikclH
I think this icflects a biggci problem that wc have, whcic we've
had all this cash, foreign ini'estincnt that's Howing into China, and
It's not a Dansparcnt sjstcm, whalBcevci, and now jou're seeing
defective pi cducla come out the other end.
That's why I would hope that you would lake c^ciy bit of aggiea-
Bivc action jou can If you need more statutorj authoiity — and
you've Baid>ou1l ash ue for thaC You should use it like a club, and
wc could mo^c ioiward bj putting lariila on until they let then cui-
icncy llcat, ptcvcnnng dieii ability to arniiciallj hold then cur-
icncy down.
Work with UB on this, because we've got to deal with it, the coun-
try's fed up with It, we're fed up with ic Fm sure >ou aic, too But,
we've got to start using the club on this.
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COhFiirpiEH PHOnurT lAFEn COHMlFiFllO "^ ACTIONS
Ma Norn Sii, may I rfspnnd U> thaH^
SenaOir Biownuai k Ycb, Td bcdHighCcd if you would.
Ma Noii> I BO appi?i:iatc hearing yanz acntuncnlE And what I
have been nyiuE to convey ta you la the ^t [hat our vcty Dnj
aEcncj haa been u'oikin^ a^'icBBiiTly within our alatuloty con-
BtiaLnlB and within ouc rraauicc conanainla to addr^BS thi& I can'c
cmphaaizc to you cnouEh how impotlarit it i& fot our committcca
to iinjik ccopcraDvcly O^cthci here to inaJ[c ihia happen
Juat as an exam pic, air, laat jcai, in the Pott Secun^ Act, thctc
was an amendment that, un ioi tunacely, ii'a& deleted, that would
have diiected Cuatoma and Border Frotecdon ICBF) la ii'oik with
ua Ho put in place a Haining progiani eo thac [he CBP people, and
the CFSG people muld ii'oik logelhci in a better way I think ic'a
verj, very unlottunate chat thac was diopped, hecauae that would
have been a veij ationg signal Tot thia Con'ieBB loaend, that thej
eMpect the Federal asencieB to work acioaa agency linca, Dn addreaa
the ay&tcm holiatically and aystemicallj We've £Cit m do that. I
juat, appreciate hcai'ing your remarka
Senator BflOA'^ii^rK Well, if I could, Mr. Chairman, aa we do
the mark cm om billa moving forwacd, I hope in iJie appiopnadDna
pioceea we can [naert acme of thia language, &o that we not only
inncaae the fundin» for the agency, but we gii'e it the authori^
neceaaarj Dj Im the problem Thia necda to move, it needa to jo iot-
waid, and putting icon appropriaHiona would ceitainly expedite the
matter
SenaHor Duinir^. Thanh you, Senabn.
SenaHor Klobuchar.
a>4FDBOEI1ENT
Senator Ki^>i!iir h ^ i . Thank you
Chaitman Noid, aa Tm liatening to thia, Fm thinking of mj daya
aE a piceecuDDi where we alwaja knew the legi&latora would come
and put in thcae toujh lawa, and unlcaa they were eniotced, ic real-
ly didn't mattei iot Uie people in the nei »h Dorhoods. So, Fm Dyins
to figure out how we got from nice little packaging, and tha
manufactiued aomeii'here in China, and it ended up in — TWnE
Fucile, who wcuka inlh me — hei kid'a Qjy box And thia la one of
the 1 eialled toya
So, when we go back to the Rrat rnalance you're tslhing alnuE
with [he Chineae, and now you're reaching diia a^iecment — how
are you going to enforce thcae'' How are iic going la make aure
that they are enioicmg that these [eaCa are dcrne^ BoHuae, from
whac Fve learned, it'a not necsBaai ily the quality of the ceaia thac'a
a problem for ua, it'a the frequency ol the teaCing. So, youll have
huge halrheB — I 5 million — of [oja that come in and Bomehow no
one caught them Not ua, not the relaileia, not [he man ufactui era,
and noC the Chineae laboiatoriet.
So, alaidng at thac pome of entij, wheic theae laya weic firat
painted — hoii' are we going to make auie that thoee laiis are beiuE
enforced^ Or that that agreement la being enforced^
Ma Nopii I think thac thia rcquirea acdvity and acdon on the
part of a number of different enti dea Firat oi all , we've got to make
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vcrj clear that [he manulkcluicrfl, the cxporKiB . die imparCcia, all
ha^e a leBponaibilily here U> make aiirc Oiat iJicy comply with die
law. TKat thfj underBland what the law is, and thc> eompl) with
It
Now, I am wvy pleased by snmc of the leadciship chat has been
shown in the toy indnany U> Etep up U> this pcoblcm, and I undcc-
sland vou'ie goiiiE co have a chance Co talk to them, and I would
hope [nat >du would e^plDre a litde biC more fully with them, cx-
ardy what they're goin^ Eo do, radiei dian me discusa it widi youL
Fve talked iiilli you about the need far cerniieation We arc
woikinE inteinall> U> see [f we can stretch our statute to piamul-
gatea requirement Id requiic a acaCemen c from importers chat they
do noc have lead paint on [hen ptcducls Bun, ftanklj , clear loEisla-
ti^c language would be mocc helpful.
CLaTDMi Ari'n popiifi rHaTEcnon
Senator Ki.onui >np Well that's what Fm nying [a get acis how
do ii'e ^i>c you eodIs instead at aOcEehing youc statute so you can
continue. So, ate you woiking ri^ht now with the bordct people, for
when [his stuff comes in? la cheic any woik done between the
CPSC and CuammE at [hat point^
Ma Nopii We ha>e a gcol relationship with Customs, generally.
We all undecElBnd ttiaC CuaEomE' firaC reaporiEibili^ le homeland
secui ity and thej are pi esEed foi [esources — as are all of ua Under
our Elatute, il^a CuaHoms' rea ponEibil in m Etop [he preduct at the
port of enny if it doesn't comply. But, we do work with Cus-
toms
Senator Ki o nut' h.- b Bud theie's not any teatins soifil on there?
Ma NoHD. Theic la no teatin^ being done at a pott What would
happen la that it would have to be aent bach to WaEhin^Eon, so
that we would have to teat it.
Now, we are Ujing to intcErate into our SOUS budget the acquiai-
□on of Bome neii' technology that would allow CBF and CPSC peo-
ple to do more spot checkin g , there la aome new
Senanor Klobuchai Do >ou know what perccnta^ of the toya
get ceaced now'
Ma. No 11^ Get teated for lead painl?
Senator Ki.aiJix'ii^i. Yea, or for
Ma Noii> No, I don't
Senator K [ o p 1 1' hcm Or locse parla' An>th[ng? Can jou get
those numbeiE for ua^ I'm just nying to figure out — aince Fve
learned in the laat lew months Icoking at this, that the freqi»ency
of tesdng is impoclsnE, how jou da that fiom the ai'ea where it^
fiiaC manulaetuted, how you do that on the retail level, and how
iou — aa an agency — are ceanng it. And, I'm crying to increase the
requency of ceadng, and ic'a hard to do chat iiTien you don't know
the baseline
Ma Ndhd. Let me ny la put thia in conteMC I think in Commis-
Bionei Hcote'a ElaEement — and it's been widelj reported — that the
Fcod and Dms AdminianaUon iFDAl h^ aome 1,501), 1,400 inapec-
tots, and [hey inspect 1 percent of what is btouiht m J know aC
our June heating. Senator Dutbin aaked what did we do? Did the
CPSC have the abilil^ to do thai? And I reaponded to him, sajing
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that if wc did that, thia agency would be a vcrj dilTcicnC a^cnuy,
and a much laiEcr aEcncy than it la Of courac wc don't do ihaC
When youi alafi waa out at our lab, that qucsUon waB put to
Bab, the small pans ^uj And hia rcatjon&c, I think, "•aa really,
icall> intcicBting BoauBC what he aaid i^aa, '^ou ically ou^ht to
gD out to Long Beach, and jou ou^ht la ace the aci'eE and acrea of
waichouBtB out there loaded inch picduclB And [hen Icok beyond
Long Beach and bcc the ahipa nhat are lined up. Full of canlsincra
of prcducia, waiting to be imported inPD the United StaCea." And,
BO the notion of having one inapcctoi in Long Beach, or three in-
BpecPaa in Long Beach la really not t^hat we ahauld be talking
abauc We need Dj be lalking about a moic a> Btem ic way oi dealing
with [hiB
The CP3C la nying to da that, we have lelaCionshipa with CBF,
we are a part of theii ACE Syacem, which ib helping ua immenaely
We now ha^e 14 people trained to do AGE, but Uieie aie many
oEher thinga nhat ii'e ahauld be dom; It requiiet ii'oiking acrcoa
agencj lin^ to Icok ac ha<\ we get a handle on ihia bigger picture
SenaOir Ki o p i.i' K.m Thank sou. But, lemember [hat heart got
ID thai little bay'a alamacK, and it killed him I appreciate the bu-
leaucracy and Uie reaourcc laaueE, but aa <\c look at ihia, therc'a
gat [Q be a waj Ha atop that from happening And, I ttiink a piece
of it may he the enforcement, and making clcai iheie are pcnaltica
when [heae nhingt are told, penalties m our law that juat aien't
there right now. Becauae people luat ai en't lakmg [hia aeiioialy if
th^Ve Ictnng praducls come m like [hia
SenaHor Duiilin Thanh >ou, Senaloi Klobuchar
Chairman Nord, thank you foi yout [eaUmonj
Ma Noii> Ttiank >ou.
Senator Duinin The child panel, which we will now invite Dn the
Isble, includea Jerry Stotch, Chairman and Ch lef E recudve Olficer
of Tl^ Tt" Ua, Bob Eckeit, Chairman and Chief Eiiceunve OfUcer
of Mattel In c , Sall> Greenbei'g, Senior PtcduclH Safe^ Council,
widi the bonaumeia Union, Carter Keithley, E^tcaident of the Toj
InduBtrj A&aocianon, and Joe Bhatia — I hope I didn't butcher that
tco badly, Joe — E^rcaident and CEO of the American National
Slandartt Institute
Thank jou all lor joining ub todaj, you hai'e all aubmitted iiTit-
ten Blatemenla, which will be made a pai t of the official record In
the intercut of moving to queBtiona and exchangea, we hope thac
toull keep >our opening lemaiks 5 minulea or Icbb. I know that^
ardly enough to do justice to an laaue of ihia complexil^, buD we
hope our questions will also lead m that aame direction
The llrac person on my list la Jerr, Slnrch, die CEO of Toya ^^'^
Ua
Ib the green lighton jour microphone?
STATEMENT OF JERRY STOIfrH, CH.-^IEEMAH .iNO CHIEF EiECUTIVE
OFEECERiTOld -R- US, 1 HtOEIl'OELir E U, WAYNE, WEl^ JERSEY
Mr Stop I n Third time la a charm.
Gocd moining, Mr Chairman, and members of the sub-
committee Thank you loi the opporluni^ Ib provide a lelsiler^
pcrapecdve on this important subject
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Firat and for cm co [, however , T apeak Qjjon bb b parent My wife,
JacquLC and 1 have Iiit children, and ihej arc die mcaC imporlanc
pari of Dur lii'ea On a ^cij pcraonal level iic iinderBland die pas-
Bion we parenlH ha^eahoiil [oj aafcly.
Toja" S" Ufl la [he lai E^aC dedicaHed toy and haby prcducla ic-
lailcr in die United Slatca Children arc in our DNA and helping
parcnm keep dieir kids &afc is pait of am brand miBBion. Sat^
la core to who we are — and dial waa &d lon^ bclbre liiia ycara
evcnla
Gii'cn the ciirrcnC iocuB on toy aafelj. our pcaidon i& unique We
arc [he Djueh point (or the cuBlamer and the conduit between dicm
and the man uiaclurcra We rccoEnize diat die laaiic of toy aafc^
Enea i^cll beyond buEinesa and directlj Id die wcll-bcinE of the fam-
ilies we aervc We ha^e reiterated diat aimple — thia aingic ^t —
to our emplc^eea, Bupplicra, and buaineBB partners We will not ac-
quiesce, we will not lalerate produclB dial do nol meet our n^oroua
aalei^ alsndardE.
Aa die icislU diia jear unfolded, ^t bei:amc clear to na all thac
change waa needed It la qui belief dial a combination of aljon^
saieij pracncea when tc^B arc man ufactui ed, and reinforcing Fed-
eral legiBlalion, can help aasurc eonaumera diac K^b arc aafe
We also beliciT a aHong, wcll-finaneed CFSG la needed, rather
than B paEchwork quill of polcnUally conH adicloi^ Slate Icgiala-
□an
Aa die only iclsiler here lodav, I thought it might be helpful to
ahaic what nappcna at Toya 'Tt Ua when a lecall la announced,
and our thoughls, and hoii' we can gee at ihe laaue oi reducing —
or eliminating — die very need for iccall& at all.
When a reisll lakea place, we act immediatelj , rapidly, and deci-
aivcly, [Q ensure die aafclj of our conaumcra We hai'c aHicl, and
non- negotiable prccedurea in place which include immediately ic-
moving ilcma ftom our aya[efnB,and inatiniting a a> Btcma-cnforced
■^top Bale" ao that the item maj not he BoldaC the icgialcr, oi lea^c
our warehouaea (or aCorea
We've implemented a ayslcm m help cualomerB return recalled
pioducis immediately and eificicntlv Thia is re»ardlesB of whether
the recalled Dsy was even p urchased al Tc^ b '^ Ua When ilcomea
to producla recall leCurna, wc ha^ea '^o quibble" policy
Thia week, wc aic announcing fiuther enhanccmcn la diat will
enaurc our cualamers leiKivc the meet lapid and delailed mforma-
tiQn regarding loy salel^ laauea These include launching a dedi-
cated tQ> aafcly micio-ailc, intrcducing an email notificanon a>atcm
for recalla, and adding bilingual lecall nodcea lo our communica-
tiona proCocola Howcvci', we believe die recall proceaa could bdII be
improved in tiio waja
Firat, we support die proposed ahoilcn in g of dmeframcs between
identification of a problem, and the evenlual iccaLI of dial prcduct,
ao that Kija arc adil not being aold when aomeonc clae knowa thej
may ha^ca problem
And aecond, pioducUon cede atamping oi producla and packaging
would aignifican [ly help in Uscing potential aafel^ ifiaues, would
make it eaaicr for us — as iclailers and for parcnCa — Dj identify re-
called producl.
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Ulnmalcly, chough, the objccti^ c should he la rrduccand pitBcnt
I'ccallB iTi die future As you know, nicac of this ycar^ tccallB were
far lead violaHiDria, and dtia is EDinediing die uisii uractucci's ahnuld
be able to climiTiste.
Thcic aic direc pzon^ to effeeUve prevendon of these pcob-
lentB — Blandard-Hcttin E. loinprchenaive t^nnE to enaure eompLi-
ancc ii'ith dioGC slandatdH, and delcnence — thtou^h ical mn-
B^uemzes if Btsudards are violated
On alaiidaid&, these have been eleat — from die CFSC, and Fcom
icIailerB In tci'niB of dcteiicncc, wc haiT lanE held our vcndo[& ac-
countable far mceHinE BtricC &afcl^ Bisndards If a I'endoi dc^ not
meet Dui sCandatdB, wc lake immediate actum, including — when
wairanCed — tetminadon nl our tclatianBhip with dicm We have
tetminaled two vendors diiB jear alone
To ancn'thcn dctetrcncc ci'cn furdicr, we support the conccpla
in proposed IcEiBlBOcm nf mcr^isin^ penaluca far non-compliance
Sd, l1 the BlBodanb have been clear, and thece has been dcEec-
icncc, what went wions^ To our knowledEe, baBcd on the recalls
thiE jeac, the problem was noC that tc&Im^ wasn'c happcninE, or
thac tcaCinE wasn't being done piapcily, oi [hat cesCinE was not
done frequcndy cnouEh
Thciclore, while we have Ion E-icquiicd tcBtioE froni nui vendors,
we are movinE now m icquiie that qui ^cndnra submiCPj ub cettifi-
cadon of CesCinE for each batch cominE 1° Toys '^" IJb, and we've
been laid b> manj vendors diat thej ate already mo^m^ Co this
piactice To reinforce this diiccdon, we BUQnEJy Buppott sCTenEdi-
ening third-party tcatms icquiiemenlH Specifically, wc adi'ocate
for IcEi&lation rcquiim^ acctcdiCed cernlicaUon of testing facilities
Earlier thi& year, Toja Tt" Us asked an independent lesting lab
to re-teat prcducia nghc ofi our bDjic sheli'es, and, in teccnC
months, we haiT subalantiall^ increaBcd these cffotis We have
told man ufactuTcifl that this largcted rc-tesdng cuirendy under-
way at Toya 11" Ua will become a pcimanenl part of our safclj
piolacols
Ul nmatcly , more change is needed And the Federal Government
is a welcome and crucial parmci in diia ellbrC Mr Chairman, we
bcl iciT propoeed legislation such as [he Children 'b Froducls Safe^
AcDand die Gonsumci Product Salei^ Ucdemizadon Act can play
an im potlan c role in enabling us to make America's toys safci.
I would like to cicsc widi the iol I owi n e chough c aaielj is, and
has always been, the higheat priotiij at Toys Tf" Ub. It ib not a
cauBC of the day As you do >ouc work we'd like la be a resource
to you and help in any way we can With man u fee tut ci a, icgu-
latotB, and tdailcis being cvcr-mote vigilant about dicir piocesses
and [esnn g procedures, we believe diaC together we will make this
the safes D of holiday Bcasons foi Ameiican consumcia
Thank you again for >out leadetahip, and I Icok foiward la an-
Bwermganj questionB you may hai'c
Senator Ditiiih Thank >du, Mr Storch.
[The Blatcment follow b: I
Fii>f ip>j> Si^ TSdi NT OP JBPrt Siiori
□col iDGniLiip ^r CbairmiiD ^nd mf mtrn dF Ihr CgbidlIKc Fni J?[r> Smnli,
CliDirniiin and Cbif F QiKiiuvr DUtei dF Toyi 'E~ Ui TIuitiI. yuu. bi Ibi: opjor-
iLuilly Id frjjyte a wrViiiefi peri|i«IiLT dd diii imprnmai lubjoi.
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F\Til □nil b[Eni4uL hoiT^rr, I igehI: Ig fuu. ai a pawrmi. My t/itC J^Hnuie niid I
hniT fiiT ibrdiTD hhI ikey hie lb? boiI inifarCiTiL pun dF dlh lim. Ob □ vci}
pEi wiiiil le^rL »r undrnUiBil ibc p^iina ^e pniEnli hnv? □k]u4 4i:n/ mlEiy
Tayi B" U^ ■■ cbe Inin^i dedKDiEd lay □nd Itiby picdu^i idnilci \m the UdIIoI
Sia^ci. fiA ]H'i Toyi S^ \li and BnbK]^ 'P~ Ui iIiliei iialiDnvKlf , hhI »e employ
□ppmlmnh.'ly 4k1 .UOIh ATnenriiDi Qlobiilly, iv knjE icUir ^Uoti In iilQ (ounirid hhI
employ up pnh' iiDDlely |IAI,ULH> people dLii'[<l> Childicn □!? in our DNA amii bclpiB)^
pniEDU Ijz^p ibcir kill ale li pair oFoiir bmiiil mliuiB Salf i> ii laic id ^hD •/-c
□I? — hhI Ibnl ivni id bog l«(iir Ibli >fdi'i ?itm]Ii
CrivEn Ibe lunEnI Iecui on Vy cdbly. dui pa^Llien i^ LiBK|iir V^e hie Ih?
loubpoLnl Ibr Ihr lu^HUDf r □nd IK (onduil b£i^E<D Iheiii □nil la/i m^n urn iiii?n
We iDiig^nc Ibnl Ibe ii^iic ol loy alcly acei »eI1 bc^oail buimei^ amii iliiB:lLy
lo Ibe ■T'll- lazing of ibr bailici ■? 'ervE We hnvE ieiUiiikiI ibnl ilmpt single
EhI Io our EinplD^Tei. ^iippl>?n, □nil buukei^ pnirken We ^jiLl no* UJnnle pi«l-
irli IHdIiId iuH b?^! our ngoicaii palely ^umdnidi
And ikm II "by I □■ ?4^r h> tc bciE Ibii moniLTig <d ipEnI: »ilh 3011 ib mpfoir
nEckniijrc, iind id luppoi'l oFniiiiiy of Ibe IdlIlhuvei ] undei iUibiI vdu ic 40B'i]ci]ii|r
A* Ih^ ll.Tal]^ lb 1 1 yEnr imlblded lI fceiDiD^ [I'm lu \ii Ih^l cbnn^ ^n-. neului
Lllb' ■□■y ol >DLi t/c »E[? El'u^ll□lell by lome oF Ibe i^w ^'4□]L^ osrlici Ibi^ yi'ar,
ripETDlly by ivkjl oppomed ihi bL^ an iiiiUKop Lably li'ng lim^lniBO l^'i'vu.* dii-
CDLeiy Hhi n pmbLom and Ihe siiiiiiil CDnMimer nfnf And nh, ai yt\i kno^ Mr Ckair-
mun DT! imckcd dui le yuu. and Sennlor KlubiMbor nliEi oke of Ihe iccalli EnKier
Ibii yrsi.
We knD^ CDniuTnen hie ^ikiog bo» ikey 4^11 be i\iwr Ihe Vyi ibfy bu> (ir ibeir
biBiliEi awe tai ]l li our kebei IHdI □ cdid b ibqii^d oT iUmi)j inlely pmrlnei ^hea
lo>i HIE mim uHh lurd uhI lEiallmiiiij Fi'dcrjL iL^^bioiiB 41111 kMp pnhLide <bc □■-
nrr We ^-'i I^'Iil^it' 11 -.iiiiB|r, »'olI-ilBLiru<d C'ib-.ubl^i J'ioIlkl Sit:i> Coma 1 i-.lod
ICFSCr LI keedi'd, mlbet Ibun □ p^liibidrb qiiiLl oF pi4:nlu]ILy iiDn Imdrloiy kLale
lEgiibilLDn
Ai Ibr only irCiibr ken: lyjjiy I Ihougbl ll mqjbi be belpfu] lo ibniE Wbat hap-
pETii Hi Ti\i 'B~ \li ivbeB □ iecuLI 11 □niiDLincfd , niid dui lbau;bi^ Dn kDH it cud
pi HI ike iiiur oF ledii: iii|{ or elim riDliBp; Ibe VEr> mtd ll>r lErnll^ ^1 aP
IV^rn lUea/tr Decur
Wkeii n iccnl] ClIJ^^ f\in-: ni: set mpdlL Lo tn'LiiE Ih? iDti> DFour iraiiiiiDen
We Hdit ilnci iind ■ii^-iiL'oiiiijblL' p iii^L'diiJL . lq pbcL. ^hLrk Lncluk' Lm mLiluloLy
lEiDOMBg Llem^ liDiii iho -cL"-. Ib«r, 'lur -ihk bnoiii 1. 1'Lir or.'k-.ilf^, ^nd OLir di-inbii-
liDTi izEiilen &D[k uf ike pLilled Ileal idliiI be pn^erly □KOLiDiEd br \m mir lyiumi
□□d □ iiDp-^nlE II iB^Uiu4Ed OD ibe pndurl Thii EniuiEi Ibnl ibc Llem may iiol ke
iDid HI Ihe leiri'icr. Dud Ih^l ndillrd iicm' Ai iidI bsiv Ihe ^Diekmiiei Ibi ilDiei
Dm ^mn: ■□■.ificn lui: .iLid deeply Koim Cibt Ibi emurina ibe malbd pmdui^
□le BCLeroB mir ^kelvEi fium Ibe III 11 dny lur^Did Dud uLid Idi Dn-lh^gniuHi 40111-
muBKDUuai w/iA ( uiLomci'^. SIdie ■□mmEi 1 me lEquind lo diiplny ncnlL f-i.ien
aa DILI S^lEly B«iidk and qikLiI ikcm daily bi ^miini[> We al w poll nil iiTiil] im-
lbi]DDlK>ii uii ibE 'Puidui ReiDlLi lerlNhii HhTikcToyi 'B.~ L'l ^Ebille.
Fiuill>, ^E bnvE impleBEDied n lyLea Id help cu^iemen icluin leinlbd pmd-
11I1 im mi'dEilELy niid elftckaily Thii 1^ lemiidleii oF ^bElber Ibe ncnrEd lo> w/ai
puicbaied HI TDyi "R' \lt 01 nnoikEr lEiaiLer Wkeii ll izDme^ lo picduil ibidIL le-
lumi, ■« kajE n "no quibble" pDlKv
Thi^ iTek ^E DIE ^nnouHmg lunbEi eabarKEmeBli ikai fpi etiiiiie out rui-
loBEi I icceivE ike m«l mpid HH dcUifEd iBlnimn^KiB ie)$iidLTiH iDy ut'lv iMuei
Ai Ihe lo> nudiDii^y, ^e lelien •/-e naa piny □□ imporCml iDle ■□ ri'miaiiii nuLuiij
diiB:lLy »ilh (lI^lD□lE^-. nboui impmraDi iiiIei> liiiici. TbeiE e■kulK<lllelll^ miilLile
lnunibuiD n djliinLed ii'y ^uFcLy mirnj-iLLe iBimduiagBa eHDil noiifniiLiDn ly^Um
Ibi hkdIIi and D]diB|j biliajpii] lEcall ll'llH<^ lo our inBmiiavDUH 1 piDLaoLi
CivEn ike pmriiei ■« bnvE m pkirc, ^e beliciv dui icibobh: lo CPPC iecqU^
or ■□■uloFliiiEi blLuiei li immedkile, mpid. and dniiljE Our obici'livE 11 pcrfe'l
riKuUmi Ho^iEiTT, nr keliEir Ihr iBiult pinteii Llicif could be impiDird ■□ Inn
»oyi:
rinl •/-e Mipporl bgi^lnUm ^kmteiiiBg Ibe ilmelnime^ duiiBp '''^ prnod bel^Eea
idcBlifiruiKiD dTd pnklEm and ikE evEnlisil lecnl] oTlhal picduil We awe liDubbd
by ibe potukdily Ibsl •/-r 4011I] bE (oniiniiiiiH lo -?ll lo>i Ibsl maeoiie kaoiv^ muy
huiv n piDbbm, ivkiLe ^e lemma umi^Dn' ualil ^e lEceivE arod ikai n [?:iilL 1^
CDming — Hillary luii 11 day ur I^d hi didiI l^jfiie Ibe rKulL
SccHiad. Dv leliciv Ihul puiduiKiD lod" Clamping dF pndiKli ^md pukii^iig
■mill urn ificuDily kelp \m imriiiir ptHenlml iati> i^iii?^ ll idull mukc ii oiuer
Ibi lECiitn and p^ienli <d Henn^ iccall^d pndiKl und ^idil ike /pieiiimg ^mr
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vbei] n moiD or dad li liying la icBf iiik?r ^liriber Ihry bDiigb* lb? pndLHl l«E]ir
iLmEnr lb? htuLI dsle
Wlrf ^eail* ntrur anil nnL lo ■rdutc an'i p^nr/ll I'll?/! m llrr ^Juir
ULliBDif ly uTiouiie. Ib« ob^liLC iboiil] be h> icdun? niid pirivnl lErnri id Ibe
Fuluir, m leL me liun Ig Ibnl niw
Ai fuu. \nia*: min oTlbn frari icmlli inc br IhiiI viokiliDni, ^mil Ihii ii Km\t-
Ibing ■□■iifiKluiEi 1 ^kmld be □tie Lg cIlidliidU Th^i: □■? ibnc pinui l£i cltrliir
piciTDUiB oF ibcK piobkm^: uiuiijr 'Cindiiidi, luapn'bcii live h:i<iBg h> GDiuir
KnaDplcncE ivLlb IboK ^umdnid', □iiii iticmH? ikiiiif(b icdI con icqiicniiEi IE lb?
lUmiLiiili mt MDlal?d
On iinHbid^ ikEU knjE b"*.^ ilHir — fniiii ibE CFSC ^nd Ir^m. ■cchlIit'
In l?rni^ of tttEJicH? iv? knjE Vnig bekL gut vetiiIdi i ekcduti Cibk br □n'clLiig
■liHi iiiti> ^umdnidi Tbo? i^ iig ryim 6ii 4GiiipiiiBi>?. And IE ^ vendor dixi iieI
ni?d Dui ^umdaidk, wn! Inh: irnBoluil? □rlnni, ihIuIib^, vkEii •Kumnlal ktbi-
nDlHhii gE gut lElnoHiklp ^iik lb?iii We hnvr lEiBiBUKd Idt* L?Hl]n ikli ^EDr
□kike, Dad belyzvE me, IIili li □ icmag niG^Eqj? nboiil Ibe due CGB^eqiirH?^ Gf uimi!-
CEplnklc pEiEirni HIKE
To iliEHRihEn delontnce civd moic, n? luppoil Ibe concepl id ikc BiopoiEd legii-
IniKiD of mi'n'.iMBLj pEnnliK' bi nonconi p Imncr — b^jber f^Dalliei •/-Al Iilive □ lig
nilrnBl Imp^iEl, □□d w/c nctd <bn\
So, if lb? icnndDidi hnvc b-xn cl^r, and lli?[r Iidi b??D d?l?ncnfr, "ikni dietiI
Ana iknfi vbcic (eilmg (omei ■□ To gut Imo^led^, kaied oa Ihe [etuLI^ <1ii^
yrai, Ibe pnklEiD rait wii. ikni Ifiiing vnin'l knppEniiig or ibnl Haling w/aia I
DEiag dmiE piGp?rly, bill luiker ikni KiUiig •/-at luHdiBE Inqiien ily ?v>iiRb
Pinr <o [e:Eiii eitmiIi, loy iddI.ei i ■mill Uil <bE riilLiiL bnick oE n pridiirl, lb?D
pEixHli[all> ic-l?^! bntibei Ig m^ki? ^inr lb? BvlGiy w/ai luf (ompLymg. Wkai ap-
pEDn <o biin liDpf?ked ib lb? i?4?bI naiei it •bai. lonieoiiE [?pliKal ike com p linn t
pnrii ^ik iun-4GiiiplLiiB< pma* ni ^m iiiiIjiokb fGril beL^^Eii leili
TbfiElbiE, ivbile w/c bitiv b'n^ [Eqinird Uilmij fnm gut i^Hlin, dv dk: moving
IG i?qLiiic Ibal our iviidjn ^ubniil m \ii (EilifLrniKiD of l?iirig lor Enb kilrh (om-
mg mTayi B" Ui, and it knvE Iceii lold niDiiy jcndoi i hie □l[FDd> moving m ibi^
pmrlice. Tg iriiilbn? Ibli drETlmii, or: iiiGiipl> lupfGn 'Inn^liEDing ikiid-p^ily
l?^ilii^ m]iiiiEm?B<i Sf«:ili'iiry •/-c ndiiHDl? 6ii Icgiibiii^D nK|iiiniig D:i'i«lll?d
CEiUficiiiEiD of le^Un^ BkiIiIiei Ii ii a KB^Ibk »□> Ibi nil of ui — ludiidlnj leUiiler]
□□d comiim?!! — m biiG» •bai. Ibe m aDii&iciiiicri Imve or uie qisillly kiub^ bib-
lei
Blnilin ibi^ y^'- Toyi 'B' Ui mljil Bincnii VeiiUii □ ^i^ild Icixlfr ■□ lade-
pcndcnl Uilmg lo ^poc^bsl. ^md ie-(eiI picdiirii ii^l gIEgiit ^Hut iheliei — and,
ID leieDi Bonlb^ ^e have Mib^UiDicilly ■ncn.ii'o] lb?'? ?noi'li W? bnwi nlerud hkit
m iiiiLi&iciiii?n Dud ndviu'd Ibom <Iid< ibi^ iiiipil(d n.-<E'liii|j (iii]?bi1> undeiiKiy
□I Tift E~ L'l •/-Al kKomc j pctbdbejiL purl oEi'ui -.afEly ^ioLgigLi
We imdci'^iiiiid ikm BDiiy mnDutiriiiicr^ and oiken ^ie ir-^Eilmg koik kEic hhI
ojET^EQi ^ad V, I n^Ef w/iib lb? CFSC Ibnl I idiillii'l bE lurpriitd ifiv? '?e Fui-
lb?r icriiLI^ in lb? lominj; i^ljcIii hi a mull oF aP •b\i [E-I?iiin^ hhT pndnrli W?
ihould ivnUb \e\y iniL^ulLy lo diiliBguiih bEl^cEn lelnuvely limilcd iecdILi cnuvd
by lb? mlEDiily gI Lbe [E-L?iiln^r — ?^i?niDlLy (liiining up lb? [ii[irl.el — iiEid mall^
■^Kb indicaie lnigci , idgie iy^i?BD4H pioklem' nt^ing -pcrial nruon
[JLIibdI?Il boie iiliLiBgE II ntfSrd AhI ike FEdejul ifn'oiiim?^* i' n ••/•thinic dhI
ETtriuil pDiTBLr in ikii ?lbrl Mr CknirBDB, ■« ti'lu.^ l piiii'i-''d L^Ri-liiikJD -.mb
□ I lb? •i bildicn \ I'ukLikIi S^FEly Ac< amd ikc CoDiuEnir riidiir* S-ilbly AI'tdrTiiiii-
iDii A(l (□■ piny an iBportnBl lol" in ?uibling ui <o maki? AntAymai Ig>i latr
r "culd lili? IG cl]}? ^Ib Ibe Iblki^nag Ibouahl S^ilcly ii. and kai nLiviiyi been,
lb? bigbe^i pmnly dI Toyi "IT Ui li ii nGi ihe (duk gE Ihe day. ^i ^oii do ynur
■nrk m'd like lo be □ lEioinre Ig >ii<i dhI help id amy »□> ^e (un lleieal ejEnli
bniv (□lnlyiL'd IrKii'D-i'd -(r<ilia> in mnn uBh lunng lipbl?r (onLioLi nod lubilnB-
ImlLy DiGic Had miw: pindmL L?^iln^ Tbii ii 31>>i keivi br m und gut cuiUimen
Again il ikis kacldiop, jod »ii]i ikc (omkinnUia oF ikeic eEFoili by ituiren, lEgii-
lnion Dad m^in uHh iimri, »e bclicL? IIidI Ugelbci ■« ^U didI.e <kii <b? eiIeiI of
boLnby kmioni brAm?n[aD conium?!!
TliDak ]oii □Dam bi ya\ii Imdenbip, and I kok br^Did <o aniimng any q\iei-
iDn 1 yiu. may ka je
SenaOir D lip ben Bob EckcrC la the Chaitman and Chief Exccu-
□vc Ofllccr of Hand Mi Eckcrt
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STATEWENT OF EEhJBERT A. ECKEHT, CHAIRMAN APJD CHIEF EIECU-
T[\'E OFFICER, M.-nTEL, I rJCOHPOHATE D, EL SEaUHDO, CALI-
FORNIA
Ml EiKEiT Thank you, Mr Chairman far invinnE mc here
laiay to appear bciotc joii
I'm here today as the CEO of Mattel, but bIbo aa a dad 1 have
faiu kida, m> three dau^hlcja grcii' up plajin» with Barbica and
Amciican Girl, irri aon lai'ed his Hot Wheels. Sd, when I iirst heard
ahaut dieae pcoblemB, 1 Eoak ardon like a CEO, buD 1 [haught like
a paicnC '^hata in the [qj hoxf What do parcnla need Id know?
Are kida aafc'"
One, I had two faba — one to lind out what happened and haii' to
pici'cnt It from ever happening again Two la [ell conBumera what
they needed n> know about the raslls, and how to keep their ehil-
dicn aafc
ThiB IB a eompany built on triiat. Paicnia ha^c UuBted our
branifa for gcnerationa. Out leapanae to the lead paint recall muac
not only fix [he pcoblem, but eain baek eiTrj paten Ca' oinlldcnce
On behali of Mattel, I want to again, apologize ainccrely la eaeh
and everj paient I can't ehan»e the paac, but I am ehangin» how
we do ihingB
We inll not leat undl we know that you aie mnridenc Mattcl'a
tc^& are BaTe Wc'^c moved aggieaaiiTly la enButc [hat we got our
arniE aiound [he problem We held all producls in ABia We inid-
ated tea[ing on a maBEii'e scale. We conducted aample lead painc
testing on even the smallea c part of each tc^
While we iei:alled foi lead paini, lesB nhan one-half of I percent
of the loya we produced ovci the last 12 mojitha, that number
Bhould be zeio
We've alao launched a ii'oildwide campaign la communicate the
deiaila of the leislls [o conaumeiE, including paid national advec-
tiaing, par[icipai:ion m telei'iaion and media intcrvicwa worldwide
PcoteiB in atotea, launch of an dOU number, and cxtcnaive Internet
reach.
I know ihiB a ubcommittee and the American people want la know
how lead got onto our picducia, and what Btcpa we'tc lakin» [o en-
Bute that thia dcean't happen again Simply put — our Bjatema were
cii cumi'ented, and qui a[andaiaB were viola[ed. We weic letdown,
and wclet >ou down.
Bu[, how did lead painl gel in[o Bome of oiu [oja^ Our own in-
ve6tiga[iDn, which ie ongoing, haa uncoiTred a few vendors who
viola[ed our rules Some were caicleaa, others dclibetately bioke
lulea We've [erminated relaUonEhipB with aome, and we'ie con-
□nuing la investi gale o[lici'a.
Bu[, 1 felt we needed to do more la ensure our tulea wcie fol-
lowed So, let me tell >ou theatepa we're laking
First, every batch of paint must not only be pui chaaed fFom a
ccrdfied auppher, but also re-tested before it's used, [o enautc com-
pliance wiEit Lead Blandarda
Second, paint on aamples of Finiahed ptcducls From e^eij pioduc-
luin Eun must be tested foi lead before the> reach a tore shelves
Thud, we've mci eased the frequency of unannounced inspecdona
of vendors and Bub con tractors
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T on'c Bay cnou^Ti, hoii' pcraonally diaappoinlrd I ani by wha^
happened 1 ii'am to iciCcratc jn> pciaonal apology an behalf of
Hand, and icncw qui commi nncnl to paicnca The aHpa we've
laJ[en mil sHcriEthen the Baiel> of our ptcducca, enEuiin^ that
Ealei^ IE crucial to die Ion gsEandin g truEt diiE campany haE builc
widi pacenla foi marc dian &} jcara There la Eimplj nodiin' more
imparlanl Co Mattel than [hcaalcly of ehildrcii M> ^oal la Dj inaJ[e
Bute diia holidaj aeaaon'E Ic^b arc [he aaTeac ever.
Thank jou
Senaoir Di^ihiH Thank >ou I'Cfj much. Mi EckerC
[The ElaremenlfallQWE:!
PtEP.'REM SU. n.'J>.VT (W nOErtI /i . EThEHT
QixkL mDTBiiig Ml CkniTBUB amii mcmti'iT ol Ihr igbidlIKc My tidid? ii HoI^fe
BckETt, Hud ] □■ ibc Chmimiii] and CBD dF M^inzl Thnal: 3011 Eir iDviUog me l£i
□pfoii k"!]!? ^■>ii l(diik lo diriii:i Ih? vicnL i:iie if llu] olcly of Gur chiUicnl myi
W^ huvE ■ml? □ prDn<y dT c did mm] h Hi 111)4 r^<i]]> ^nd EiEqiiEnlLy nbDiii Dur ieteiiI
lEcnll^ and ] nctDin? ibopparliiBlik lo dii -'i hrhiii icdny
Lilc m^ny uTyi'i. I niii □ pniEni. f liko .011 c^ii: d?<|il> □bmil ibe latziy of ibil-
dicn And ] lile y<i\i. am. dri^ly diMurtiii and di-cppalnhd by [b:eiiI ?vcni^ ".i
In Irad KiiB< Dn dui ^iefIikIi, Gur ^y'^h'■1 'vgi? cmuni vcn l?d and dui lUiHbid^
■VI? violnicd. Vfc Dit? Ill d£<WB, mid u »? bi yiu doiVB. Ob bchDiEGf MqIk] niid
111 iiHirly SlflWt em^hycci, I ofAigii-: »w:eic\y I nam'i tbungc the fatt, bul I cud
chnB^ ibc w/af dv do ikinsi. ^iid I □][nid> boiv V^c □■? dmiig rvEi^lbri^ it cud
IG piELGB* ibi^ FKhiD bnpf^Bin^ '■H"'"
^Vkni bm iDiuSi: l]io-c om.^1' purliciibily upHziliag 1^ ikm bl^lH!! hat bng bad
m f\iKe ivkni <•/•: kr\n:-i aw: umi: nf lb? iiii>i4 rq^niGii' intiL pmirtn]- <m ibe <Dy
mdViiU^ Tb^ i/jiulnn WbD mnBiitii'iLiic luw p^>]LIl^ an: ci:^ Inii iiuU, 'iklubiLiI Ig
CDiDiily w/iA Ibo 4iiD^ idlbly ^umdaids ikji apply lo ibu pnnlu:!-. ikjl M^lhl iiilid-
uBHiiiir^ IB Giir DVB pInDli, ri^lulrig, br Einniplf , IboK gT<iTniLiig lend Ici^li ■□
pnrii.
Foi yran, MukeI hm nK|Liiiul i/ZHlnn <d pLiirknv puml rnm n Li'< GE4?rlLl>?d
mpplici 1 or (Ell lb? p^iBl Ibm Ibis \i-cd Ig i^iui? I'lapluiHG •/-\'b lb? i:iiiikli-b?d
ilQndaidi: □ulll?d iIfe cenirKMl fsimi mpplicr^ ihh ciimiii: CHtaplDimi: »ilb IeihI Iciv]
lUmdaidi: pEiKKlically nuliUd vtndiiT' u' cnmiE Ibsl IbAf dk: tim^ifian ^Ib
pnrii [EG III [Em EH 1 1 con dur led I'lnd kvi:l alEly icili on =ini plei draivn Fmni lb? mi-
iLnl pr^iiirlmii iiiii gI CLG[y pndiKl hhI bin prolGtoli Gn Furllir[ [ETEiuficaii^D
l?^ilii^ brlcDl on liDiihed pr^lirl
U abrlLiiislGly. dcipil? ikEiE m^my ^iH'giiaiil^ inrnt MdIIgI loyi »illi iiniinGpi-
□blf Iei^I^ oE lend pDiDi made 11 Idiu lb? iiiii[l.el|ila:E I kno^ Ibn ^ulroni bkI^:
□□d Ibc Anmi'iiD pEopIc ^udI iu Imo^ km Ibn liapf?Bi.'d and ^hm -l?p: •/-<? hi?
QkiB^ Id bEilcmioc ibik dui iidI bDpf?B ^uam
Fir-I Id BE iiddi?^! ibE [E(dIIi fi y>\i kbdiv ■« CDiidiicii'd Ibn^z lead pmai-i?-
IhiimI iusIIs ty-rri ikE pnii iei^ioI rve-ili. Enck dF lbe»: vai n jDliiaUiiy iecuU eei-
i'iil?d Ibmink ibE CTSC'i Btil-iiait. pi«Ki^ tV'c knjE 'Ki[l.e] ckii?ly Htfcaly, hhI
SLiKkl> •/--[•m <kE CPPC <D nciompiiin •bcm Dud I □■ pe[iDiiD]ly g[ii(EFul Ig Ih?
omBMiioD Ibi 111 piGBpl nod pnifei^ioiiiil bandllnRGl lb?^i: mmUi 1.
Wi: nlio m'nf'd 3mrn:i-.iiv]y Ig i.*iui? ibn* dv bud gut aim* □nHmd lb? 11111E
W? bob) nil pindu:!- in Am.1 ^bElb?r niiuSi: 3I □ FIdiIoI tiEili<y di VEndoi ticriiy,
□□d ^t iiBddiHH'k jddiiKiBal ieiIiblj I'n 11 muiMvc hiiIc ^i<b ir'ped Id lb? pmd-
irli IB AiLD til iiuBpl" »c EMimiBLiI -3ID p lui uT iku l(yi iHhcmun: ibn* •/-■e idi.*li-
lird any pioliKli wilh piiiBl Ibal vubliid □ppbiDbl? \cad icaDdnidi Tbii Uilmg
fai □pplied 10 cm ikE imalb^i purl of bicL loy 10 id?BU^ Diiy iiDn-coiD plyiBg
pnini. mo ■□ll?[ kon mlaorlb? ui?
Oul DFnn nbundDH? dE oiLilLDn IiTdIIcI d'Midcd Ig bE HhL?[-iH luuv? id lb? pind-
irli me iDiaPed V!e did noi Juil iccall ikoic if?4LfK loyi ikm iciUd poiliiiv br
IeihI pnIni Inilmd n? [Cdilb.'d jddiitiBul <ry-. wkEit iiir Lniv^ihB^*'" "^ '^ ^"^
Diim 'LincEi iiiunL^KL'd <bLi< ^ibo oF ibo 1 \:\,\ Biiibi bo nltidu] b, iion-cimi plymg
pnlni. cvED ikuii|jb ibo <Eil£d -mmplE^ oE iko^E ihi,i ^1:11: EIbe Lvon »ilb ikii mai-
uvc Iciiing piraisiD amii (□uiHhiii nppinDcb Id HbDii^D^ Bon-DiB plinBl prxLiKli,
■V ba\c laiaPfa diM: lo Imd BaiDl Ieii than onf- bnlE gI gbc pekedi oTlbe myi iknl
■v'jc pndLi:?d Dv?r lb? bi^i 12 monlbi I'd inikET ikni DLiml?r vni jeid
Dd? icnuD ivk> I iKii ^/i upiEl by ■?4?d< ?vcni^ 1^ Ibal m bdIoI abDiv, Malii:!
M •/-cM liDG^n Hm LclliDg ^md iDDiDinLniDg mDi? dT lb? higb?^i qmllly hhI mlEly
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lamdanl 1 □nil pinmlLiiri ■□ Ihr mduiiiy. Thry I131T bcEii in pbcc □nil ■rolKd e^
IetIivi^Lv Fdi ■□■> yio] 1. Anil ^^1 hri? m mc Udny WhyT
Dm o^n eileaiiiT lavnligaliDn , •vbirh li cdh Im umg hn^ uni'DiTml •bai. (eiUiId
iTMidun Gr lli?ii ml^DDimcU'i'^ VK^blel Dur ar.'ltiMiiitli-lu'd nilui ]□ nmE cnifi,
lli?> nppmr m knjE trcn chieIci^. In Dlbeti, ibcv □pfi''ui <d hnv? ilElib?iiiU]> mDid-
fd dDiBg ivkm Ibfy kkEn ibsy ^Eit irquLiEd id do In Kirml ■niOuu'Ei, iTadini
brEd m idEnlify iiil<iLDini[U<i 1 Gr brilily lixniuDi ?jEn INdu^ II fni iDDiidahd
Ibal lh?y d] ID Sgiiie ^dldo^^ ^hd ••• piDvxL? d^niilcd paiai ehh ibuir lul^oDimc-
iGn, •//b\le onGikET vendor did ikj< pi^rfinn ibE mniidDled H"! hhii pmnL L\'e hsi?
□][Eid> Kmiliisnd [clniDD^bLpi »ilh wmi: Lciubn Dad lulrDn InH h>r^ niid ^t □■?
CDH Im umij Ig ihlc^iI^k olhf n
DbvKmily, ^e kno^ Ibal pnmli □■? kntloa Ig u^ id -ci •/-hat w/r-'wi Aiing Id im-
pimv Gur lylGB Id inal.e pEDplc III? up Ig iWir oblLRiilLon t hhI mcEl Dur lUiad-
□idi Wr hnvc Klfd quirrly ^md ^i^]«^Li^y by ibid^liiil^]> im plemcnliag □
ilicnqibEn«] 'l-pmai iiiti> ^hsk lyiicB 10 EnlDicc [om plkmiK ^Ib nil ir^lmnB^
□nd ■Cindiiidi npplrntlE Id iead paml
Finl, Einy bnldi gI pniDl muii h>I oaLy k" puirhn^ai liDTn n (?rlilKd pnlai iiib-
plrr till ^Ik] bE ii!-Kili'd fc^bir il 11 uwd. id cniiiic (DmpliiiiK? ^Ib lEnd lUmd-
□idi The amplE \riii ■ml bE ncilurmai eilher by LIiiIkIi dwb labDiiih>iu'i Gr by
InbGinlDii"! leirllird by MdIkI ^Ib ivHim ■□kiaa mi lEpDili ^vnitibl? Id
rilmlEL
Scnnd. pnini on wapln DTIiDLihEd pmdui^ Iidiii Ei^ty piDduii^D run miiil Ic
le^Kd br I'lod GLibGr l<y ^FliiIeI'i •yrm btnralGnEi or by citnmlGnEi CEiufied by
MmleL Id eh luiiMip plirnblc ^cniidiiidi awi mcl I«(iie Ig>i loirh ^idic ^bdjci
Third, MiiIk] kni mcr^iiKd IbG TrEqiEiKy hhT i^ndom . unDniiDiin^al ibi^^iieidi of
iTMidihT- dhI ^lIbcl■lJ.r:lor^ (ir chhiti plimiK ^ilb niir qimlily Dnd mleiy pmiediim,
ihcIikLibi^ ikL ufplvnbk b^d psiai ^LaI]d□rd Wc ba\t (omBEncEd □■!] naiKip^lr
CDm plEiiji|j ^Hioi UB jn ii'iiiBC^ iD-p«liDni oEcLGry ithIif and lulrDn Im hh* ndrld-
kiJe, mid ihi- punniiB ~ill niBiiBiiE
^iill^l 11 id^ iBpbmEnlLnR ihHiImhiiiL piDHKlioni VEndor^ niid ^ulron ln]Ch>r]
miiii iLflrvjiuiE idl prEdirlnH] 6i\ ^DlleL ^nd bair dcdKDlEd iloniR? br paml iisrd
aa riiilh.'l pr^liirli No ^ubcDi] Im or may Euilher lubonliiKl mil any fa.<T. afn jab
IG olber kmiliDni BEbic uiiop □ luttGDimrloi'i omponGDli \m ^DlleL prEdirli, n
iTMidor muil Igii amplEi di mcb 40111 ponEn I1 Fdi L:ud pninl Fmnry ai noKd
□lov?, ibu vondoi and iiitioiiir3£iii Jii: luih -.ukjEci id unDBBDiini'Ed nidiii and nrc
held nccHniiiUiblo Hit Guriiili' . 3iid r^uiKBon 1-.
fi I ^nid HI Ihe guiieI gE m, h-.imiDny lh?^G nxeai rvMidli huLe k?B j pErn'nn]
diEippoiDiBODi EHh BE niid I ^m luic, IG ^1 dF ibE Ihounmdi of mea. ^diiiei] niid
pnrEDl^ »ho h^LG ^l^nyi CikEn qroil piile m nnrking ^1 ^fnilel Ai □□ Induili}
IcDitr, ^ilb wme of iLe unrldi bcil knDva and miui limiEd bnind^. nc EicquEn lly
help lEl met/ ilnHbiiil^ Ibr Ibe rnduili} We nr? ky no Boiiii pEilni. Bui dt' huvr
mrklE] dliliiull iii\iei bEbic and itaon ilmlEd qd ubilli^ Id m^ikE ibnnK tir Ibe
bEller uH Di]l> ivilbin dui utm (omp^ny bul Foi ibE broodEi liiduilry. In Ibii rc-
qniil. 'v?^^ irr^Ud □ iie» CDijHhmLG ReipoD:ibllii> oi|jaii cniuD rrpDiliag dirEdly
Lg me Tbi: noiv Di|jaiidiiioD jddi □■ ei?b Rr^^l^r Icit.'I hhT KCDun Ciblliiy 611 ndbEi-
?IKE Id Ibi: (omp^ny 1 ^□l«'i> uhI compliani'E pmiHitHili
Kluliu (oiTTURk H>r ikc VQlunlai^ icchIIi dt: knvE □□Hmaci'd bm b?«] kElpEul ■□
ipi?lldlBlj ibo BEIVl ID 4GD^UBEI 1. U n bllUOSlEly. m ikE (DUriE Hlf Ih^l 4GMMIUE,
UMnc npiDioni iE)^iilln^ Ibe \n-/- uad ibE ComBi^^ion ^eic □iiribuUd Ig be Ibin
Fn kEivr bEld lei uhkE e'pmHzd 'I'^c ^eic gved dkuioI oT bEia^ ' uoapDloiji'ik"
m □ ^e*^ifa|ler ib 'vbirb ii'd run ndi □pihki^ri'liis I bfilievE Ibnl niu* iKliDni, ■□
ckiH] dUfemlnH] ivilb Ibe CE'?C, m qiwiiiy kIgdii^ii^ and □■■DunciB^ lhe'«' rETEnl
IcDii re'ulli dETnGBilmIe Ibul m air lOBmllii'd Id ikE CommmnD and ill piix-
eiiei
Vfc kno^ ■« nam onlmiie Id udiiidit boiv m pime^i and report ^nFely ii^iiei Id
Ibe CP5^ In ibui re^rd, w/c baa laiibled □ diulii^E ivLlh Ibe Cgbidliikib pimr
IG ikli miDTncri iri^lli Id dELebp □ iie» kI oFreporluig piDlaoli.
Miillel kelicLe^ id Ihe Coniumer FrEdiirl Sati> fil uiid li^ gnli- and w/c ^Duld
libe lo »Drk vilh meabET^ oECon^im^ ig ^irtii^llieB IkE Com miiiiro] We Eull> lup-
poil Ihe ConiBii^LOD uiid ibi^ ilUi] dihtI: ikui lI dL<i, und ^i: n.Tiiirni'E Ihul more
lEiDuini'i uie needed tii Ibi' 'ii(rtn u:iii>jb hi (urry oui ll^ imf-irl^nl duliEi Malic]
□14 ^uppl>nl piDpoinl^ ihui A'luiJ l^^ioi: bbirslonui u-^zd Fdi ieiIibq loyi hie fiJIy
qiiiilifi>] uiid ure ^mrcdiiL'd ky indEpEndEnl orpunnuiua^.
I »ould ]lI.e Id (onclul'' by iciioniiiBir my pnvinnl apoli:g> on bcbulF of blnlii:]
□nd m eapkuinE niu* (omBiimeal m pmcnli Tkc iiefi ive bate ial.eD will
iliEnoibEn ikc ialei> oEour puidui' F^icnli eipcci Ihul □ •iyta\rfimg Ibe Malii:]
bjBnii 11 mb. Bmuiiiig iati> i^ ^lucb] lo ibE knig- lOmdiiig liiiil Ihii tim^aaf bai
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biiiLl •/-\'b nDi?B<i Fdi niGi? •bam Itf >^r^ Tbeic i^ iimfly nDlhing iddit irnfarOiTil
IG ^□IH'L than ibE uilfi> DTdiildirn
Thnak yyu b\ ibc op pDiliin ily lo nddicii Iheu impmraai \ii\iei villi yiu liili|y
I ^[oild be knppy u ^ninrrDBy qiiEilnnii •bai yD\i may Imiv.
SenaOir DuiniN Sally Gtccnbcrg, Scnioi Pioducls Safclj- Coun-
cil of die ConBumcra [Iniari
STATEMENT OF SAL LV GHEEHBERG, SENI OH FRODUCT SAFETY COUN-
CIL, CDNSUMESS UNIOtJ, WASHItJOTOr'', DC
Ma Gicc^PEn: Ttiank jou
Glued jnomirig Chairman Durbin, and Rankin; Member
Brownback, and ScnaHar KlobiLchar M> name is Sail) r]!rccribci g
I &C1VC aE Senior PicduclB Safccj Council far Consunicra Unioii, iic
publieh [he magazine Consumer Reports
Wc appreciate ihe oppoitunilj m be hcic thia momirig.and Sen-
aDa Durnin.and Sfnalor Klobiichar, cctlain ly iic wish la commend
you both foi >our leaderehip in demandinE 3 vaadj improved prod-
uctaafcly Byalem, for American conBumera — especially children
I think the recen t aOenlion on loy aafe^ will ulumacely he gccd
for conaumeiB good for the regulalaij agency dial overaees mya
and gcod foi the loy induBtij, becauae the increaaed Bcrunny will
lesulcin aafcr [ojb, I'm quite a lire of that, and we'iT already heard
Bome evidence ol [hat hece Eodaj from both a relailei and a mafor
man ufectui ei .
rdlike IB touch biiell> on ae^eial poinla that I — in in> oral Blale-
ment which ii'eie ;one into m more delail in the wn Hen aCaCemenC
Firat, the B^'aiem in place foi ptotecCing conBumcra from unEale
pioduclB — eapcciallj childten — haB bcoken down The recent ava-
lanche of recalls ol impoited [ojb from China with erceaflii'e levels
of lead paint haB exposed millions of childcen Eo a highly Edmc Bub-
Blance, and created a crisis of confidence amon; parenlB, who fcel
thej can neither trust the coj indusOy, nor our Goi'emment, to
keqf then children aafe.
ThiB hieakdown cccurred for aevetal reaBona Fiisc, the CPSC,
the Federal a»encj in charge, haa been starved ioi reaourcea When
the agencj opened ila dcois in 1974, iC had a Blaff of 756, and a
budget ol lfc4 7 million — the equivalent of about ltl?5 million
tcday. The agency'a projected budgeC foi this jeai ib 363 million
The CPSC la a ahadow of iIh foimer aeli Acting Chairman Nord'a
official bud^D documenC foi 2U0d reada like a aad lament on the
man J funcUons CPSC ii'ould like m perform, but cannot because of
lesources.
The CPSC haa many Blaff dedicated m the miaaion of keeping
dangeioua producia out of the marketplace, hue in recenc years, the
Icadcnhip of the CPSC haa ^iled Eo cair> fbrwaid that mifisiouL
Chairman Nord claimed recendy the agencj la doing more Co pio-
tectconannicn diHnithHB in anj time in hiBlory — lie diaa^ree We
belieiT die agency^ leadership haB failed to use the regulatory au-
thorila it haa to impcse seriouB fines on companiea thaC violate lEs
lules, haa lefused to requeat more funding and reaourcea ii'hile ad-
mitting It cannoccairj out coie functiona and has oppceed efforts
by consumer groups and others to provide the agency ii'illi fund-
ing — the funding and regulatory toola iC neeiis to keep conaumers
aafe
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ComiranirB that manu^tuEC pi cducls abccod, as wclL and im-
port dicm inQj die Unilai ScaCca, rtom China ot mJict dciTlopin^
counliLCB, haiT also fallcri down on the jab of cojiducdng rcEirlar
and [liDrough inapectionB af the ^Bdtar'n^ that make [hcii products
InapfcinDris fannot be left U> nhc Chinese r^clar) Dii'iierB China suf-
fers liDin die abEcnce of a rigorouE icgiL]alQ]y tjEtem, an endemic
piablem of conupnan, and the lack of a free preHS making it cru-
cial that American companies doing husineaB in China, undeclshe
third-parl^, independent inspazdons, and set up cectificadon sys-
tems, and make EhnGC syElcms EcanEparent
Yeatcidaj, die Chinese Government signed an a^iccment widi
the U.S Govetnmcnt ta eliminate lead m tc™& cxporlcd to the
UniEed Stales This ia lung o^cidue Lead pamCtiaB been pcohibited
on childicn's [ojb since l97fl Enforcement of this agreement will
be Ixy Id ensutin^ ihe problem with lead U>ys ate addtesEcd
Here are out iei:DmniendatiQn& far addresBins theae problems.
Fiiat, iJie CPSC badl> needs an infusion af fundB, and I undcr-
Blsnd uicic'e a consciouBnesB about that amang members af this
subcommittee, and ccitainlj amon^ members oi the Commerce
Cbmmittec, as well Senator Dutbin we suppnrc >dui schedule of
incEeascB, and would like Id see CFSC's budgec leach the equiva-
lent of what it ii'as when it opened foi business m 1^74 — around
31^5 million when adiii&led foi inHamon
Second, il we ealablish a cermlicaliion pro^cam, iJie CPSC should
adminiBtci that progcam, setting sisndaids b> ii'hich laboratoii^
operate to certify [ojb It's impotlant Id hai'esomc independent en-
□l3 — like a CPSC — oveiaee the process of qiialifjing the labs to
piovidc cettificaHon
Thud, we leiTommend lifting [he cap on lines — I knoii' jou undei-
Bland what chat's about — but li joii lead the record at CPSC, you
sec company aiter company floiitms the agency's rules, because iC^
more expensive to comply iiilli the rules, than icis to pay the fines
So, we need Co ha^e — this a^enc^ has Id stop being a paper dger,
and start ^Unng some bark, and some bite The limits on the a^en-
cy^ ability Eo find, I know, were addressed in your kcfulaliDn, we
appreciate that, and we support that
Finally, CPSC's activities sufler fiom a lack of tians paiency.
When a picduct is undei invcsti jation , unlike other saieij agencies
like the NaUonal Hishway Traffic Safety Administiadon (NHTSAl,
for example , the CPSC, bj statute, isn't perm itled to share that in-
formation publicly, and yet it can be verj cndcal infoimation iiom
consumers And second, when pioduclB are lecalled, CPSC won't
publish what the i ei?all lates are NHTSA is required — once again,
comparing anothei safclj agency, the National Highway TiafFic
Safely Administration, to die CPSC— NHTSA haE to publish that
information foi six quai ters, about the iate& of lecall This is crit-
ical inlormation for consumers, and lor consumei ^loups We think
the CPSC should be lequired to do the same
Weappieciate jour m terest and jour leadership, youi concern on
all of these issues, we thank you foi jour dme, and we Icok foc-
waid to your questions
Senator Di'FRiN Thank >ou, Ms Greenberg.
[The slatement follows:]
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Fll>J'IB>J> ST.^TI dl NT OF S lilt a tEl^B EfC
□hhI Tnoraing, CIminiiaD Dm bin ^mil PDakiiig ^lEnibcr BiciivbIdcI:. CDninTncn
UnnH],' fCL'l tutli^ber dFCgd^ubei Pcporl', nppiccDl?' diL^ ipporLunLL] ti le^illi
bEbic Ihr SuKom ■ illf? ibii mDramj; on ih: mbpl oE ]•; Miti'v -Ulndiiidi hhI
Ib/i CDTiiiinicr Fndirl Sairif Ciiiiidli^dd |CF5C| CDngi?ikiL^Dl uiirifrhL lucb n^
lb? kmil Ibc 5ukL<ni BKlcc i' ilroajr <rdii> »ilL b? □ cnlicnL bcUr m CBiurLnR Ibnl
lb? CFSC II1E1 ll^ icu'Lun.-. nppioprmult m Fulfill ill miiiiDi] lo pmUrl ibc public
InuD [uiTEDi unci ciDoiRin^ ficaiici. ^nlEly knrnidi
Wc ^iib lo CHtBTniAil 3*m, SctidIcii Duitu], br yoiii iLui^umdiiiR kznd^ ihip id
ipEnklnq duI ua bcknLF dF AniencaD igd^uiiiim i — hhI p^iumlnKy 4bLld[?D — -/-hi
bni? bi'^D ?ipDKil <u hnznidDiii levc\i Gfli'iHi m Ibcir •uyi □ml ihh iddriu'ii ikm 4311,
□ml kuM: vi>:iii-.Ly k.irni?d 'irkilkil ckililn.* ^bu ko'v ■hbUhi'eiI <liom Vi'iii in'«'<-
lllg^ ivilb IHIL ijiiliii<r> lL1ldoc^, lb? CFSC ami <he lirld ksuingyiii 'iiR'jniiL'd id IIIi-
TIDI1 knvi: holpid iHi -.I4MM •h\: dubal? in lb? Iirbl iliirrlBiB FibdLI,, ikjnh yiiu br
your clBbiT^ Id 'hodily iBcicmc iku CPSC'i kixluki, »il]i 311 im'i?jK •\- iSTU mill»D
fui iln3l yrar ^IJQ Thii badly mwdfil IdIIil^ nV luDd-. lo lid □)j?D4y ikiti bsi b(CD
lUirvsl of irmiiirEi 40DIE1 ai □ inui^l iirnc Honrvci , t/r iiiRk yD\i lo pnhLnlc qd
?VEii tii]r?r appiDpnnUiB bi •b\i tatty a^wiy (oni beti inmic •/-■••b qdv cip^Bdid
lEipmi iiD ililiEi <liDi Diipbl com? ^iik ikE pniui^ oFkEivLy piopoKil Icpiiliiii^D
CminT/iir Frodiier Safrli Comrr'juvi
The CPPC II ibai^d wiik <1ie niiind^U lo ibIlte or eIidudqI? iiBi?aioD3bl? nik^
□I mjiny □ml iIe^<1i 10 con lurneri liciDi niHit? Ili^ii 1&J>IHJ ly]«i oE picducli Tbe
CPSC'i vmbilily ii oEcrilLTDl lapoiUiH? 4d lb? inlsly oFcklldicB, becauiE ikE Com-
niliiHn liDi juriulK luLTi [<v?r w DiQDy (bikLiEn 1 lo>i, ilolbrig □ml piodui^ llkr
baby ^nlkci 1. ki^ cbam □nd ink*
UDbrlLiDal?ly ikE lyilcm m pbH? lo piHETl iob^libei i — eipETEilly (IiiIIieti —
InuD ub'qFo pndl^'l^ b^i bmhMi dowB ThE rmod^ □LulaiKhc oTlDy icrall^ mi'olv-
mg Cbin?'?-mjd? iHhyi mudo ^iik e[4?;-iic kml h.'^di ib lb? p^iDl, bm E[>u-.?d
mrlLon- oE (billicn lo a b^l] Ioik 'iibiinH? QDd (niiieil □ 411^11 dF izHhnlnEDCE
□iDODg CDninTneri •/-ha bd ibry cud U<ii4 n?ilb?r IIie loy ridiiiliy nor ourgovETB-
nicBl <D IcEp ibEir ckildicB eiie-' Imlei'd, caacerDi □koiil nicducl dlbly ?il?Dd lo
any counliy ^hEicqLEilli> <obUdI □ml olEly lOiTidiiidi ai? lorkiD^
DL?nill, ikE BiimbEi of pndurli ■□!!£ in Chui^ leinD mnrEd Id ikE UDlKd
SehI?^ b> ikE CP5C kni diHiblal in •b\: I]i4 Elvo l^sii i. diiviu IbE (oUil mimkf r of
lEcall^ m ibE oimli} lo -l&T Inil ytiti UDd iB^dLinR diiIIkib^ 01 piuiiKli
Cbln?*? prxLiKli do» hecoiibI bi i^'o-lbiidk of IbE pndirli Ibc CFSC iEDiibl?i
A I iku iJDii: iiBO CkiD?^ andurli nf iricDi 6(1 pEn?Di of all picduc* itidIIi, laat-
pawed'.ali'^a pEinAl ID I^LVJ
DL?r S'l'l billion ^Eiilh of icy^ aie Kib m ibli (oiiDiiy «i[k W'ar, »iib myi Diolr
IB Cbiaa Dialing up TU lo IKT pEn?D<, □KonliDg lo <bE Toy Imluiu^ Aii[?DliDn
YeI ilEiplic lb? EnamiLly oE ikE Lmluilr> and ikc iiii|j? dF impoili Eicon CbiDa, lb?
budpi br lb? ngemy ih^i^d ivilb eDiLina)^ Ibsl ivkai ?a4ci 1 ibi^ CDimuy bci^Ii
□Lir Hibly luind^idi bni brcn ilaibed by didie 14> peitedI m ikE pail •.ivi >EDr^
□ kiBE
Nejci IB Ki biiUiiy kai ikE CP?C bsea h> ckallEnrai ai □n □gEn[> filing Codi-
mliuiBET Nonl 4biini?d lETEnlly Ibal 'Tbc (odibi^^lod i^ (luicbIK dmDg iddit Id
pjDlfEl 40B^LiBEi I Iban II bni dI nay pimr lim? ib biiu<iy ~' tVc diiagi?c In farl,
t/c bEli?jE ikE □gcBcy'^ leodf ribip bai Biil?d Id uie Ihc lEgublmy aiilboriry lI bai
' Cdmiuiie rn Llaxm ih ^ oaMpm fii ^r^^ETpbjp Dinv n^iLD ncLflricicd an \SX\ Loiic r iln h vi ■
al ihc nialr *[ Zirvi ^nrk i* pmvidr CDMFunr: th whk laFi rmaiKi^ cd u^inM xod cd imp:] xtttui
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lb: r^Lr d r C^aaqi^BCT JlcfiiTiL uh Dibrr ^i^L^a i u nn Hiki tnin nbncninairrci] I ctDii^3i_iKMi
n naiH xod t< h In ■dduua m r^fiiTiF na ^^i n iiiti ■ LMoni Di^n ^raduci icHianj: C'DHrqintc r
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■ cb»nj llixb xFtcl DinKuntc r 'Ac][brr Cdmiuiietf L'muh ■ piJhl^inMi ^tf" ei» xiivc fllhev: ahI
r^^iTC ntcD^ntcrcH] iiippnn
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UcBcc in ih: .<]FEir*rxTDm.r*rpibJtELh pr«^tErd in dcvrkpn^ nxi»nL inc]uJin,^ DYfr-ih:-
coumrr inr^Kn 1 UTir- pfr-vripinM dri^i LttItiI rrnridrr xod MuqrnnBnl Fuppkntrmi unL
px^LapirJ Dl pr^ pxFf d b*^A hup- "a^w birriHiMirrkriT-rcD^'nc^inri^FLrLiriir FjLcAlibnr' Fi
HI "1U Hcxlikll It IbD a-l Tin lI mir -u Aixufi iTiillup IVJ iiiini nS pinnai dI
Amrr^iai ~<x.riBH iLfli iLc^ xrr mAyiofl Mm rfiiri id HrnxJ bu^n^ pradi^li ni>Jr im rhmi.
tJcarL" ik FK^r fnicc nD|[c — 04 lErrcni — lad ^ic t- u "AiDiBiiiKFh m px.- up id t/i kt ■ f ini^h
br ■ pmJiEri iMxiic an lb: UMiicd HlalryxK ihc" yni uU pa- br n iioliLai C^kinrir-inxiic ^rod uci.
hibpaVn-^ir.ZxDuH'iLDim'c+np: nb'Tc^ OlHrFZ
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IG Unr (Dm pun k:i IHdI veIii4e ki ml"' km [rFuu'il Id [?qiiril mDic liiiiilri^ hhI
lEiDuiiii'i i^/Ti ^hil" LKLmlLim^ i< cjniKj* cun> gu< chhi^ Tuhikid^ ~ ^nd Iidi oppa^rd
<ilbi<i ty 4nD-.UBCi j^roip^ <d puivid: ih: Com m iiuoii »ilh Ihc Eundiag dbd hidI^
il ntedi l£i l.n'p crm iimieiT wt]. In □ddiliC'ii , Eurlh^T f iiKfibalLnD IbE CPSC'i ^ml-
iwod ilDle, Ibc (Lural AdBiBlilmUmi kni id^h'oI iBpuicd ^uldlluLiml <liIi Dn l]ir
□][nid> noEfury imdeiJimdeil □ml iiBileriuiDeil ngncy
C Ut Hillary of Stipporl fcr CPSC i Wor*
CGB^iiBfn UniDi] luppoiUd 'be iieduh aE <br CF9^ hhI hn^ idhnd ilfiirly
^Ib Ib/i off^wiy iiu? !• opcnol ii^ dcci i m llfT-l Th^z CFSC bcqnii npi^mlLiip ^Ib
□ iiaP dT 70& □ml □ biidiKi hiI ^'.H T million ikE cqimnLEDi of □IhkiI il2b iiiiLIkid
m udny^ dfilbii. By IVn CF^ b^.1 n bui^i gE 3^ biILioi] and □ <^carr gI IJDU
Today <bE CPSC ii □ mcic ibath-/- dF ii^ brm^r wlf. Ii^ biidR?! li iSiab iiiIIIeid
Ibii yrai — □nd lb? Commliuonl ^caiThD^ pLimiB^lal <•• am ali lim? Lo^ dF44}I Em-
plo>Ki
By (Gnipaii'QD. ikE MnUDanL HLDk»D> TinlFn BalEiy AdBiBitlmlNhii, ^hiik gvct-
Mfi hiUd Hud hicb^ny ^nlsly, HH Drnti Ig lEdiirc ide bcaliiK" on Gur mndiviiy^
lnppic^ imnKly -ISJILU J, liDi □ biilBrllliii >mr HhTlli:':! million TheCPPC ?iiima»i
Ibiil 2T,UCD pEoplE diE oikIi y^iii Ei[<m puidui hoinidi hhIct ki jiiriidHlion Ff
CPSCl budrazi »eie Eqinjntai m [JtTESA i icIduve Ig ikE EiOillly wnlei e^ck ii uim-
Innilelivilh, ikECFST i kitlBd ""^lU l« 1^^ ■ilboa
CU (onlmond^ iku Appnipmlion- '"'lamilU'c For luno-iFiilly pj-MBi^ 3n incicohf
IG CPHt.' . but|El I'l -ibiiul lU pom^l Hir li-(iil ,t3i 'itWi IV e sI-'h iippndah: Ibnl
^niir bill, Bon^lor Durbm S 1011 pll1llE^ br budlTEl lllC■ul1E^ br IbG CPPC,
iLiHbinD SlUU mTliEiii by ^ni^ TIieie ^lo3dL mcnzuioi □■( 4'l□il^lo□l •/-ith iro-
omBondiilmii I ■□dE ^/CfSC Coam iMtiBEr Thorn ak ^Icoic, ^vib^ IbG □bi'B[> limr
IG nkuib IbG nlliliDiiiil ^iniF Hd'vgv^ , •/-c i?4GBm?iid IHdI CoagiEii vi □ goal of
Fimdinp lb? CfSC □! Iedii (d im'li TlXh-plui fmybyEfi, ckE ogcm'y bod nbra 111
dcoi I ofOBcd in IVT4
Ti>y l1dlltl^y f'rt^tMal
On Scplfiiil«r &. ^IHJT Ih? Toy liidiiiliy ^iiKinlion fTIAl □mioiiiKe] IHdI Ii^
Bizoid Gi Diiriior^ had □ppiDVEd □ lhiEE-pDiB4 pnqism Ibi loy Iriiing □nd rupEE-
Imi piGginim:
— ran, IbG mdmli} luppojli IbE izoniKpl oTn FOIeiiiL icgiiiiEmGBl Id mnlie mlEly
liiilinR Dud InipEElMM ■DHkiUiiy.
— ?«i'nd,TIA II nTirkiqwilk tlir A mcii'iiB [JdI^midI SlnHbiil^ In ilKul? lA NSL>
IG dcvcliht Hud ^mnAndnE piotediii?^ Ibnl vill k< iiml liidii'lrv^xLE Id iTMily
tliDl pnaiHli (ompLy w/i\b iliingEnl US lably lUmdnidi AF^I li □ pnislo
jiDn-pnifil DiniDcaliDn IIidI ndmlniiui i ^md (lUidiuim lb? US. ^umdnidmi-
liuii and conEhTBiiy amameni iyil?B
— Tbiid. TIA II □I'Q ^QikiB^ ^iik AMSI Id drjElop cnlfiiii lo conlinn hhI 4?rlily
lliDl If il bikomlDi}"^ ^in: mdGptiidGDily gisillilEd Id conduci ibE pn'HiikEd l?i[-
ing
CGB^iiB?ri Uaion comiiiEiidi ikE ir^ mduili^, mcliiliiiri icIniL riubii ^ikH ai Toyi
P Ui Ibi Embmiing lb? idea dT Ibiiil-pDrly Icilmg hhI iB^fo:ling. ^nd fat »eI-
CDming ibE IbdEmL icgubilDi^ iiiK]liT:m?Di ■□ mnliiiig iciliag Dud ■□kpti'liDii m^iidn-
iGiy.
On JiJy 10 Dfibi^ yEDr Coiiiimi?ri Ubhb piDVKlal □ ical?BEnl □! □ SeiidIc Com-
mene CGBmill?E m?euu' pioMiIng Eighi ^lep^ Ibnl ibould k? IiiIi?b Id b?lp tak-
guiid lb? h«ilib Hud miciy gi AmEnrnD (GDiuiiiEr^ Eicod ikE onibiigkl dF immt
Ch mEiE-pndiKe] [oiiiimi?r piodiHi^ Dud bod^ Thai llil mcliKlfd Ih? bllD\Miig
■lepi
— FidvkI? ■iKiED^?d icwiin?! Id gs'^ermmeai ubly ii^|Em'>"^ Ig pirvEnI imut'
prxLiK 11 llllB 4 nilUBg DUI kGldEI I.
' hi ip.'.— w- cpEHDvi: [■LClUH'TVB^IIirQIlIWauiifh iLfdl CIBCi am ILiJicb E^jlirK-
■ ncr DEKumcni fulci Da Muaimiui DC^F»ai ifcai ibr licL*r r^^uM^id ii cuillbit inm ihc HpirK-
[r I ibibl- 4i aiT- Dill III miiilir: "T^hlk iIe ■■rn^'- tac iHHhtn ndind, III cKklkiiiti
Iknnj: rmi mniiBii Id wt- in buih FDt *ni iimfkill- ' H iii ~ ikc IH-^ luM^ima k-il
^all <}nLA-Bifr ihr CVm^i^nun r xiiiliL.r id mamniD ilh <t irnn^ krcl dF iId n^Aid r AjT 'uiiynri hl
cnbrcrmrMi t^^iIe imFi rmm imim iiiij rnLrTiu^Kna] D^LisnrA ]^ vii ~ln dHHk Ti^ re i dh^likiui
\M r|fciH HTTM iLc riDpc«-J ini^ELUii IM HuiFl Wwi T FvrLhcr xaa^iLH ^vr ifcr 4VDunL4F»a Asd
IhiiiI ■□ ■elibI funliiit niniF Ha' Kivr u b-: DdjuFLtd IB iIk ^H-I l>f[i>iiii| Ptaa P LZL
In ■ddumD. in IIf: Nf VdtI: nm f liund im p- »rt~iiiT' I, a-H irkKk dh ClIC "■ tanc
cinpbrEr 3H cbaiifrJ ^3l h 4c nn^ HUhTCCicd dctciiTC id^j Fid^ acidii ik e^Ikib''
^ 111 Ip^Wwvi CD n^uDirrHUADiiD r^'piJv
.iiliiiii[[iEA>7]7i:^~FViiiTiinn ' , aiaV. aiDtamU- rOjFik.- 1/. a/r -nfimm ' - ar-
'^Vf biDCK'r aiPtlii.-L^ F
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— Hold ^iipiil>?n, impmUr^ ili^iribiiU<i t. at ■vlL m mnDuEic liners a'CDiin Labi:
br biio^iBp imole pndLfli m ibe iiiarl.El by leiiiiinng pir-ibipBEnI Lnipi'c-
liuiii and leilmp Ig ?b^iii? pinduci olely.
— Di''\clDp U5 ^VETBBf DciiiliD Lni^Kml, lliLid-pDrE> Hit'iy 4rrlLlKD4Hn pm-
— DrvElop □ piDdiKl 4niFEDtLllly piDgma bi boLb [GiiBli}-or-or^D btclLTiR br
Jbod anil 4GB^iiB<i pnxLirli ni nrr ni broil [mnpon^Di^ anil mgmlimi^
— Brqniir Ibal URftil'iT- fa-.i ii bond <d cniiin: ibi^ hnvE ^iiIUcedi lEiDium Ig
irtBll tbrn pmliM'li 'binll Lb«'> piovc dnn^iEKHii^ nr dclbruv?
— Qnv uG OKDCKi ^]<h cnFniri'BCDi nuikLnly lb? fo^fi Lg kw iiii'iiBlii,qAJ (ivnl
pi*iiLLu:i b\ m an uGiciiinT^ importers. ili-.iribuu<i i. □□!) idiiibM ^ "bii Hiil lo
CGBply nilb [?^pilali£in 1, and cnminn] fiizaallKM br ikoiE ivki knowingly nod
n'fi''an'dLy jEopaidizc publk laFfly
— Aulborcc ■□■dalGiy ikdIL aiiikDrii> brnlL gi jei]]id«d< obedcei
— EcqiJiE all ipvciBmcni jflL^cf- Lg publi'ly dlvh^r in IbiBDlnni pcnamiag Ig
la^ly ■□ jEiliRalii:^ ^ jnd itpnru. gE immmi: gvedi^
^LlbGiiirb Dv iifim: ivilb TIA □kiii< ibE n'rjd b\ ijiMMiiiDGa* mnndahd ikiid-paily
latziv Idling — and ^v: npplnDd IbE IiikIe n'^Hiamn tir piiifHh:.ln^ ibii ieiIibij — in
GidET Lg b" ^ITltiim:, ii mu'i bE iq]\m loil Lv*}! ^|4.Tiriiiilly. ikiid-paiiy citilfi-
rniKia ikDuld lulndi: pn-iiiiiilirLinp i^a, Bic<i:T> ikm ^lJll.E^ Lbi: pmduii bnimg la-
ipECU'i'^ Mill ibE GHiHhiy unniiiioiiiK^ d iei numbi'r gI nmEi ana ymi <u rhtrk br
KnonplDni'E of ikE pndiirl »iib <bf mtij ^modaid^ and applying a iiiti> CGnlli-
nniKia marl, ilmllnr la Ibc UL-liiUdor L'SDA ■□rk
Baimiij Irad in C•\\idrc^•t Prrftlisilw
^all?li Ibic? [EEnLI^ Hhivr Ibli pn^i ^iiam^r Gf iiiiLIkid^ uf U^i itmatmiap Isnd
pmni nbiniiEd paicni^ aod (□n'^icri CoaiiiBfn L'nmn bElirjEi Ibal ibildiED
^holIld noi be cipihKd Ig iari Eicim pndiKli ■□icnded for IhGii uv nod »? ^uppGrl
Icgiilulii? fibril lo baa lend aboLC miauU amDun li, m □□> prxLiKl laUndol br
UK ky iikildn* '?'c uig? nF meabEr^ rJCGngmi l£i bdh pmaplly Id (lan^ Ibnl
AeCFSZ^ "bai ikc auikihnly <d Ian kiod limii all (h illicnl picduli.
CiMiiiBm Uana'- ukiv blur ihcIikIei, 'Fil? Tbmiji rnnai^ Con Do Id A\oid
Leaf Pomalag° ' 'i'c nv:\iiA<: ^nlbin Ibnl dciinpUia Upi Ibr paicnli Ig piEival nal
GDly IcdI eipoiuiE fiDiii Ig>i bul hIid Iieiiii limnkloif i, bibi. beIoI )i.'^rli>, hhI
Giker kid^ pndii:!'
Vfc ^uppoil EEiEndiDir CFSC'i ir^lnma^ bi laid In iGyi Id fs\c\ kad in Diber
nhikliciil pndii:li, iHlndiojr '" >:°vliy ind la viayl pndiKli We BDle IIidI CP5C
CoiiiBii^iDDGr Tb«D' ^lUi? \\ai aln nurEd br givmg Ibc CE'?C Ibr Dulbonly Id
eabirc ikc luvil climinDlHhii Gf kind ur DibGr iDir lubiUiacG^ Srsm (bildiEn i piod-
irli
CuiTEnlly, CPSCl bat lEgnblnni i itiUKliiig IkE uie Gf 'Imd-Dialiiin m)^ pmnl
□□d DikET iimilDr ihtChk (imliagi on inyi and oa GikEr nhiUiciil pndiHl' "Liad-
KDii iDialag paml' ii dcfintd ai a 'pnlai or GikEr similar ihtEhk iGaling biki^jliI^
KDnOiialag tod di laid cnapDimdi nod m 'vbirh IIie Isnd (Dnieal kakulaiLiI iik lEod
mcmllii lao.'EiiurUJJS peiTEDl by °^^l . .' 1& C TR I JlH^lb >:4 > C FSZ: ng-
iilaina^ □!« bna iiinikii nmirtjnli of Imd m hDuwIiGld hubI Today, any iDy Ibnl
liDi n iin£iFE nniKiag IIidI cn««di lb«c lunili i^ ^DDiiDEmi a hozaidDiii prxliKl
□□d 11 ^iik)E[< ID niall
Wklk CL' uj^ CTiK. <D lEl iliHl -landnidi lark ■□ ibc I^TOi, ikcK limili—
mandaud by CGomiM^ m lyT-l — ^cn: bnid oa IIig ukaiiilc undEnUiadln^ al Ihr
Idsr of IbE nDJiiidi Dfkiud pmnl j-. dvII at »bal wak □cbkvnblc br paiai pndiHli
iTi^SU WEDn HBO Vfc Ibmk ikai !!l ycnn IdIei, iI Ii limc Ibr Ibe CFSC Id loodiKl
D ■'icBtilir tcwKW and nzviv dowB^Did lli« nuirai UCI& pEinea* limil br lead
SmnE Ibe lo^iliDD gE Isnd al any kzvEl i^ karanbu, it logE CDogiti^ id diie:!
Ibe CFSI^ lo n'V')E'v (uiral IcdI limii^ kaicd oa l£dii>'i kiedIiIk koDwIidHE nod
icdidK ikE allonabb llmli lo ibE ki^Eil pDiilbk: iliic-.ki>kl
In nddiiKia, CU bElimi ikE piEKOce dF bud in impthniMl io>i ta\iti uasif n^ia
lb« ii[HED[> dF KiL'?n mR nhillicn m bfi^^il nik fir k.iid EifU'im] In I^W ikE \SR
Qoirmmcnl AdZDunling DIFn^ fai'n c^lkd ilic LioiviBBcni An'iuamkilily UlUnt
i^^iird a lEporl edIiIIeii LcikI PDivjaio^, FimIetjI Ihiillb Caic FiEffiam^ oic XhhI BF
lEElivEly Beacklog .-i-niil. Cklldno [Q A^'HElHS-y V- lUj Tkm lEpDil Eiii>d cbal
Daly dI-iiiI ^ pEiTEDl dF ikE ibildiED Hi gmicil mk oic evEr KiEenol di iiBiled
Ibi fiiKiiin Ind IeieIi, dEipilo Ibe Eh I IIidI Ikii ii □ finvmi bEDElii under Med-
"Tkc lire iwza- iBclult H]| Tih iBrrBiDi- (Q Ckin U|l I:|I Bu.- ^iutI, HJ| Pind JUv-libun ■
|Ch Oil ItFbtd He fuJ jmr- am Ix lai^d ■! blHp.'.1ibi|iiH_iiHEn[^i-_ni|< Hpcb.-.'AKlH^llV
Irrr-ikiDii i-paT hiinl
Ill
lEsid WE tii^p CDnoi?^' IG dolxiilc Iioiiib^ U tiip pi pblcm of raiiuiBg IcdI i[i??b-
inBUBi] innlmciil fur UDin-uii.'d und Z^l rdnuABLJU r (hillici]
Fianlly, ■« ^DniBEnd •b\: '. 1'^ Fdi Liiing *■ BdjiiH? MdIiik of F[Ei|iiLicd Riilc-
nmkiBg DD JnBimiy V, ^LK>?, \m wnpaaie m n pcLLLicn \iltd by Ih? Skhh CLub, !□
baa Ihr lale of id«uiL [eirliy iB4EnilEil bi (hillicn •/-■••b \tnii iznnleDi dIov? HK
ppB CiLDiLiiiiEr^ L'tiidh li on iccHttd ^upfumnp iki- pinfi-^ bun nliboiuli ~?
Ln^d ibal i< b? Eip^mdi'd ^nil liidudi: uuil^i piidur*^ 'Vl^ liLh' Hipihj-^ icRubloi}
□ciKiD IG piccBpl ■inm/^i icnH' lEgublviii liidi'i'd, CuliEjniLii iviFl ^^ n 'imuLua
Ibi KlXJ ppm tv l?iid LTi [civliy i> Al^uL ffilB tVE ui^^ picoDpL Klion ty Ib/i
CPSC ■□ lEipmiic <D [HhiDTnciili ur □^ni'y hm irfrnrd
WkilE niLHb gE Ibc iGHcm djei Vy loiallt ■□ rbe pnil bv BDiirk^ bm Ibtiiml
OD I'D!] pnrii. iiTall^ uT iGyi wiLb mnpitii Iidvc uL^h imio] i<:[»iii aniixrB^ A ^D-
iiunLhiJd bey dii!!] and □I'tiiil ]^ ckildn* knvc bio-yn ^etiQusly iBjuird hEHt mg?^:-
iBflmngkcli ■□ Ig>i
BrihiHi dE H>>1 mode by sialic] DiaUiriLiig p'>\vcrFLil ^bhIL niiigkeli one malbd
m Aiigu^i ^nT In ApiiL af Ibii }viii , □ iccnll ol Mugiieii' Ig>i iviii cip^ndEd Id
CDirr nearly >l niLlliDn picdiicli. Lnil foii. 2 A ■ilboa loyi ivLlb dDngcuiLi^ bh^?!^
nvie mnrcd
\\i: (omBcnd y>\i SmnHH" Diirbia, far hDlding □ jdibI kiiiniig ivLlb Hduk B^m-
ben Hhn Ibii ii%\ie "n Jiibe III ^[17 m irmnii imii ll>r knuinR h.i'dcil ni^cnLuin
IG ikE dnngci 1 liQm Bn^ri^ m iGyi Ydu amii Scna'ui ^my KhhtiMb^i HhTriLnne'^cii
liDLT iG^lbif b ijrbLfrli l?d lb« CE'?C i il[<iv lEiponiE id Ibi? hnznnli mn^L^li cuiild
pDiE Id ckildicB ir ^^dIIlidtmI.
CU iliDicd yD\i\ illiniay ni ikc CPSC'i fiacdimajiiiB In ^IXH, DliEr ll dm ■e'ELLrd
□ icpniT nbGLii n ieTiD\ii mjiuy Id h chilil Iidb mra'^ilii^ □ mngii?! ThE ^igrHy Uit.
no immidblf ilepi Id rvaim ikE puklK hhI iethII ikE pndii'l iHted, il Imk •.•/-■u
ycaii Ht IbE CPSC Id InuHb ii full bh^n ^Idi vqIhhUij} iccnll ^ilh Edie AiV^e^
Bmiidi DFibEie byi w/iib ma/p\tii.
CPSC liDiilly ll DDK ^ppinpiinl^ly ^urauig panzBii ibnl
''3niiil] Bngnri^ (□□ Ijf [klldira lE i^q it nunc hie ^^nLlmval IF loo he niawr
nmgkuli it mnmiGlK iGBpunEnl: ur a mj/incl und niiGlbEi mcUi] Db^l f^iKli m n
uddII mcUi] bnllj hie -.^□Llii'vaL -cpamU'ly lb?y CUD iiliiail Dnr unDikcr ibuhiigb
mlf iLludI ^ufi. Tkl- imp^ <Iil^ muRBEl^ \m pbuE hhI tan cnui? koki I pcdbmiLGDiJ,
l^iiilna DBd^ bkHlmRi' iJ Lb^ l■<L^MlllL^^, in Eii'liiiai , kli»] poLiroiiBg l-Gpii^I hhI
dEDlb WkEii muliiplc ni3gkEli an: l■J^^L«'d -.uigkry ii icguLii'd lo nziiiDH Ibe
nmgkEli und iDniGuiiiEi ftiwiai DElbf ibIeiIlhei nEth] lo ts lEiiiDVGd"
In nlliiHn, or: knjE poilol on CVi mlEly king [ozDni BEiidiilnB^ Id pniEiiii
□loiil ^liDl Id do lF ikEy impHl ikEir ckibl bm ^^nllDird □ Bngnf i de ■□gii?li.^
CfSCa Abilrlf la Orlir Ccmpa/iit \l'^lal•^•s llrr Lof it Hiiitrri bj Cap an Jvirn
Mr CknuBUB, Inn •^■eet Ih? A'nLI SliEfi Jinmal |A?Jl- icpGEloi Ibnl Ih?
CliDirniaii of ^dIIgI ^Lal(d Ibsl ikc CHiiDpDB, d\1^••^c^ pinklEini ia In o^n iLine-
□bk bl'l'□LI^^ Ll buliEM^ koik 'hi- ].•••/ And ino (Dm nii--ii:a] i GBlimEniEiil pmrluG^
air UDioiiDnDble \\c IlI.l^ iDDiiy oik^r-. Eiuad LbL^di'iuEbing
CPSC 1 imiuK [Eqiiin"k DiBpnai?^ Id icfOEl il Ibty bElirjE IbEir pndLi:! [nia»]
□ ' mb^mn lb] pinduci bniDid F^iIuie Id lEpon 4^ti lead Id □ fmE dF up m IIJ^
TnTlLDTI
\fi DKOiillii^ lo Ihr QElicb MhUeI taH il iboull bE ^bb Id ?vd]leiIo bnzniil^ id-
lomiilly bfFoiE nLoiliiiij dbv ouiiLdEr'. icjnidlci^ of wkai Ibc kn myi
Tb< tamt dukIc liIid lEpiini'd ibn* S1.ii<l^I. 'm nl kznil ibror maffl latei uh?
Ibc bic IfKii — ihLliJib^ IqsI mroilb i lunl] of ii?iii]> ID nnUba I mi I pbiy-di ^md-
ded vilb pDl?Dually danDLUKj 1 BLi^fii — <iub ninalbi Id g'jiki'r in ll'imDlinii Lb md
af Ibe naiei ll CDltilod uiioti 'il CDm plain i^ Ibi Bonik^ bi^FniE dii£l:i-.Liig ikum lo
lb?™w/"
CU bElKJEi Ibnl Ibii iiDiEiDOB* b> Iho bend oFib? lendlna l(^ lomtniiy ii idliBg
UDii'DiT:r. ^FlkI?! imiFlLm wilb ibE CPPC j^ biHli □I'aEly ii oitikIo ZJhiieI nd pic-
vbuily Flkcd ?! I mirKiB lor bdri^ id piDnipily nzporl 3 fiiE bnrmil Lnmlviajr "^
Poivri Wb^clk liii« of mulorciMl miai'iirL, d?iigii?d lo k< iiilleD by (billicn n^
^oimgDi ^ yoii 1 ob TiM] ■ilbua of Ibccnn dvi? iPinllEd in iWli.
Adb Bidkb. IbE CFSC CbmnmiD □! ikE limE, mid ^Flf r on nouBCLiig ikc pmaliy
IB 'iWi Ibnl UqiIe] kiiEV □koul bimdiEdi dE piDbl^Bi ^Jiik lb? Id^^ Elecinrnl ift-
' kl Ip.'.lilHi ■£iDiiiHETi[|iiii innr ibPcO^'A'J' ^Kl'k lril-ln--i[ii hiinl
hH'iIL JIli^ei -Imrnil BcpLEnbr -L lA^T, □ ■ J. hbbp^ nbiK —i>i»IrLHlL'
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l?Bi, '^d ilil BDlliLiiR Ibi yaiTi' Tbrwe ■«!? irpDili of l&U Iiiei IdjdKibij Ih?
mlniciii 1 hhI boii: ikun |iJ Lim^s m niiiny icpmr^ uT eIccUi'iiL ^Dm fokenli a-tr-
he^lLHIj beIuu, ihorl-ciniiiur^i hht blliaj;
A yoai bin, LIqIk] d^id ruLlcil Ig <i\e miuiml lEponi Liiid«r ibe Com mliinnil
ihIh. In ibE bIL if 'iWli ^IdiIeL b<^D mxijiiig lEpiLrli rivcJviB^ Ibr ^nlsly gE
unz^i IB 111 Lilit FbigIc Animiil ^imdi Fnrni. ^kKD pichnled n chokiBc bniDid
IG chililicii if i^nllD^Ed ]□ ••"•: itpiirE a n\I*^ pimclini'il ibc Lung af a l-C-niGDik-
Dld bnky •/-ha IideI mliDk'd i<, uniliB^ ihe iihill ■□&> cniEipncy ^iiigci>
']i ^n^ [uH unlil blmcb fflUQ Ibal ibc4GBp[iD> icpojied Ibr witiy boiDid' <d Ihr
CDID mil^lDII , EVCDldLllH IG □■ DREEKy IBITII^IUD AcCHhlduilj l£l ibf W'?J ~. C P5C
leamol ikni MDlhl tiiui dllcrlea !r.LG.ii]L^r icprnii ••Tkiie x<fB^i bEfDiE □ppnticb-
IBB ■arulnnni U'bik' denying amy ^ni^iiglGLng. iLe compDiiy ^nnl □ lElitmEiil in
rifEinh, nijiEEiiig EHh fay Vf'^UV)
?□■?!□ a ilbEi-l, brniGr Bimiiliv? Diik iGr gE iLe CFSC , iGbl fhe ^SJ. 'Thr □»■-
ny kai n ibJ fioblrB m liHling duI aboiil d3ii|^iGiid priFlirli Tbry Ijiilk amr
{tompamy] kn^ciABBhl Iiigiv — Ib^l'^ aDcr □ dEDlb l<i injuiy '
Thi^ ualbrhi^lE kiilGiy hhT jml one CDinp^iiiy i laiciiKliDni ivilb Ibi: CfSC 119
pill h> 111 ikai (omp^niEi ^inipLy eId iidI iebiiiI ikE CFSC'i irgubiua^ pmrri □!
□ dEl?ncnl IG Hcuirig lb« In^ CGB^UBf n Unnni ^nd GikEr cdii iimi?r sicoip 1 bnir
CDii u^hMilly •lEivd £r Liluog ikE (np dii ikc Unci CPPC tan imwiie mr vidIhikib^
GElb? qjTHy^ lEpDiliBg ihIei — idgii [uHnkly Shiud l&lb InTikE CDiiiiini^r PndiH I
^IeIv A41 4{^E'SA I'" — 'vbirh irquiiiM <hD< ompnBki '■[□■fdinh.'ly labmi <bE Ccfln-
niliuH' ifn pi[dii[< bil^ o oapK ivilb a lah'y Mnndnid, lODcnuii □ dchl ^bxb
CDuld (icntE □ lub lUiBunl BiEFlirl limitFrl 01 4^□l?^ iib uan'.iioniibk ii'k oE iejkiiil
mjuiy Di dEiiib Seiidu<i DurbiB. Ibi: bill yi\i awl Scnnini It ill Ncl^iii 'lE Fliuilii id-
IndiTEd •b\i ]ii[iiiD?r, S. IIV-IIJ TbE CniiiimiGr I'ndu:! ^akly M idEiBD^Iiroi Act,
CEiLI^ bi lIFlmg IbE inp ii> >^IJ hiiLIkib. U'hib ^e Ibiak ^iHb □□ iekiedh: ^Quld Ie
□ ^EDi impiGVEineBl ditt mdn^i cup, ^e eiIio ngiEE ^ik CFSC Cgdiid 11 icnEr
TboBBi Home kK'i siyiKd For lifilna ibr cup Enliic]>, wkEii kE IgIeI sliiAdu:! al
DOMfaEHE in Fliuidib in '2tni Ibal 'fp|cih[ipi mmE cmnpnBfi ^cuIeI k" l:-^ liki'Ly
In by Id 1C1II our i||Kn(y ky pii4liB|j oEF icfHTlo^ IiEcaidihiii priFlirli il ^1: had pea-
□]lk^ Ibsl i/-:wi mim (omBcn-uniiE "lib Ibi' bsiB Ibty 4^111 i3iik~
Tbc cvKL<n(E ihIi£.iii.-' ikji .'IdiIcI is iioI nkiH: in milm^ <d n^Grl Ig Ibi: CP5C
upGn IcDming •bat ill priFlii'li vllIhie Ibe CE'SA '■ Vcnr \m awl yEnrGiU, IbG CFSZ^
llDpD1E^ Iih:! on ^om pmi iei br failing id lEpDil, km Ibe piiKliTE gF briojr '^ '"fm
CDii Im 11?^ The cup aa Unci CFSC li EiiilbDicEil 10 lnipii-i. — □■[) ikc linG-. ikni CP5C
dDei m BkI impnie — oie Im ekougb ibm Ibey hiiJE bLTiimc a i\-tt oFeIdih buiiiie^^
Ibi n cmnpEiB^ SevEinl ^cari ago CFSI^ aticiicd a 1TEU,UlK> lim: im 'A ol-Uiii'l br
brioc IG lEpGrl n wt'ly picblra ^Ib filne^i diekIiiiiei lelling id In ivan. For
W^^Drl, Ibe likE -/-ai «:|iiimlml Ic uti mag up ■□ Daly I mmiile □□[) '13 mGiidi
CU kizlicLG^ Ihe cap im Iih:! m juI Gne vny m ^hHh Ihe CFSC^i fG»?i in lieep
IbE DiEirkelp bHE lab 11 UHknul □□[) ime ihnl Cmigmi ^kould ■vHi Ig (hna)^
firbJic □ihJi^u't l^irl Pntduclt Hiporlid In IhrAgmty
Acmlhei »□> ID ivkKh Ihe CPSCl poxir lo lj:''p Ihe mmtElpku'E eiIe li imdET-
m inel 1^ S/x !»□ til k 1 dT ikE Cmi iimier FndiKi I^H'iy Ad
We Idiciv □ lideml ngeBcy \\ai qd Gkli4i<»iB 10 diHloiE Ig ihE public ^bea II
openi □□ iDVEilfplion dd pGiEBliall> hnznnlDui pndiKli Cun^nily. Xhl^' □iiilii'i
mub gE Ihii in EiiBDlimi puklK Ibe CE'?C, bG^Eivr. 411111101 diKloic ihi-. uiFrrBn-
Itm diK Id Iibki impoKd on ikE n^iKy ky Sslion tilb| FublK div:lDiiin: can kelp
vniii [GB^iiBeri ihT pGlGBunl knr^udi ivklle □□ iiii?ii£|[iiKiB 11 ihii-^mR
Wi: □pp[?:uile ^imr nlliciila^ Ibi: piobLem GFbfbl In S IIUS LVbiL? inu Die nGi
cnLllo^ br <hE npeiil oFblbl ai or: b^irj uigrd yitta bf] idull alki» IbE CF^C Id
inal.1: public in FnimDlHhii lE i< dEleim mei Ibnl □ mEiDiifarliiiEr li hdI ccopeiiKiEm mul
Ibal diicb'iiic ■^ [iirics^iy Ig pn'VEni □□ ' UDnsiDnnkb: t\iV Id kiiiLlb and ^iiTcly."
Tkni p[DV]-.iDn Diiuld be □ vdk iBpnvEEiiEiil gvci •bt CF?C 1 Innbrii} iGikiy lu piu-
vile criliail alEly in IbimDlnni Id Ihe public uiiilrr &b'
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' In JAJl III IIJI rnnKumcr Pindmi liPii- Cuma
Inc *rC^HnuiL P^ k«cIluk liih iDnlDFt] "^7 TniTitn
ilnL iLcT bikd ID nfuri pfbJuzi drfecu ihai ^qipzd
In aUE llr: ' iniiijiEi l^lnlui Si k i.- CimHiHiiin ICP^CI Unci lb ami FSkcirK Ci ^lil^ II
milliaa id .cibk xl^^inad lIiki {SB yn*^3nf t ^itj 1d rrp*ri u C EfiC im ■ bimrt mojET x
d^Kci whk lETiiin mdcLi dI JifL-x ihe fk UBdcj ikc rnBiiiiiET l^nlui DiKi- All ll'EO-l
mAMufacLun-FA inip*FLCTF- d irii^L>*FK xod r^ u itiH ^u.41 louiEd HP: L" irpGH infiTmAqitn x^Fi ui
luicDiBill' kaikidnuF fnlini. h I In CnmHi_HiL kiif <<w— cpiEiDh I'lbCII.BI'HLII El.
pFklmUllf] ] J ^ blsL
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Ti^r PmOleit Wirt Hieallw
CU 1^ (ondMni'il nbDiil Ibc [b:dIL oT n niiiny BirnBi il iGyi uirr Ihr pn^i yrar
□kikc While IbE Hrni 'iri^lle] pmdur iiiraEili IHdI □ pii:dii[4 bai bifD Gr vil]
be Min«'^-Fiilly idinnEd, [Epnrci] I'l nfbi-ja that m mii:]> Lb^ 4^ie fulbui Marlu
Fcth?r, m hrr took Hi Mil AcctlL^nL — Htiiv CnrpumiriD^ Sell CanBcmu^ Baby
PndiKli," ■' quol?' aCFSC iliidy ciuniEi^iaa <!]□< iDDnidlK LuiEn i^miiiLi iiaGiiBl Kh"
?ll-bH} pEn^BloTnld in !□■< biiifIikIi hEHt !□«'> ba\t tccn nM^td
Ranll nDlirci mnzly nsiL ibu veil pifoplc WbD mail nozd i< — pnicDli nail 4dic-
ghm Tbeic m no bn luiuirin^ m an ubciuicti <d iiy Lg fiod puirha^^n if Ihe
pmdui Gr <D kolih pnitali ar day uir EZCBUn IFii Bndirl pioMM dDHRVioiit nod
miiii be ici^b] PiiTEber. ibEic ii mo tafnirmcnl LI13L msii uHh Lu^'^^ uitteiio □
pmdui iccal] la Ib/i tame »□> Ihey Bdverlivrd ih< prxLiKL ■□ Ihc fii 1I pliKf — ir^
^Ib Lmd Hual nod ma^cLs, bipk ilinin, (iibi, ilidlrn, inBiai ^^lo^i amd larr-yr-
dEI?d (iLniiniH' IG be uin br mGailii nr ^vnn nEl^r lb?> have tiiM] nx^kd
In aa eilbi'l Ic lapiDic mull ^EKi'lii^ai'i^ (oa-umcr ^hiip^ pelLlionnl 111?
CPSC,' ' n^liLng Ibal ihe Com mi'iira] nK|iiii? MBpl? ll.'^l^lll1<Kl■ [eiiiii im puidui^
mlf odrd br uie b> ckildi?a. LVhik wi' a paconii. n'^iimLii'n caid^ mt omc -/-ay
IG EirlliUiK iccalli Tbr CoBinliiKia [lui]>?d ikE pElilvii on Apiil SS ^S)ti^ clIuid
CDHCETB^ Dkiii^ Ibc EilETUvm?!! of icRiilmiba caid^. df ipiU GVKtH? Ih^l ^ihIl
cnidi — iLhiuml by bd^ni] lEgnbliDn 1 id EKCDm pnny Ibr oIegId tai v?^l — kajE Im-
piDi^ [?^iimliDi] if iboiE lar iran iiikilan Imlly Id □ 'Sftl [JDliDnnl H^nny
TraHi] SalcLy Adm in i^unlion ^iirvEy lb? Ibdcral b4jb»D> cdbly a^wiy Inimd Ibal
□lniDil ikia^^mrUn fTl pEi<?a<l dF pan'aii^anpivcn t/bn laid lli^y obCuhMl Ihe
car KDl ne^ alto tail Ibal n <rnut<niwia taid (□■« ^iik Ihe vol OFlhev SI per-
CEnI m^ibd bad. ibe card ■'
In hIIlIidi] Ig ibo pmbknii mlh ^|cllLnD Ihe onuie uul Ig iGa^iiaei 1 [ikaiii ic-
cnlled pnxlirli, GHe a pioduci 11 hthIIcii ky CFSC, Ibe Comm liumi, Ibi mma^
Ibal cidpE u^ fpi nDl lekiiE in IbimDlun] gb Ibe niimker gI imili Ibal knvE been
iuciiitfuhy iriali'd u Ibal ikE puklK naa oraiinilely eiiimnle km many !?■□■□
□I laiRk, iku eilEni HhTlhe leBniniiiij riik, and vkElher ikE iccall ouliEnb uhd ll>r
□ pDiTKiibir piefIitI •/-at Mrm'Eul LVe leiGEiiiDead Ihnl >iiii aH a ^wiMiw^a lo S
IIAT lEquinnR C F5C Ig publlih qimrleKy icpDili un Ihe iinxii ila wrtail Dad pGil
IbeH] lEpGili Dn Ihe lalEikEl
Cmeluili/i
Cimiiimeu Unioa appiLTiale- <bi' SubiomiD illee^i DlieBlmii Ig Vyy latiy Dnd ei-
lekdi our Ibnnki ihh ii-. dEUrminalii^n 10 piti^ ikE vy mdiiiU^ ami Ibe CfSC Ig-
■niil a br keilei ^yilem Gleaiunoj; ihe wbly GEl£iy^.
SenaOir Di'iniN Carter Kcilhlcy la Frcflidcnt of the Toy InduBlij
AaatxistiiHi
STATEMENT OF CAHTEH HEETHLEl, PHESIDEPJT, TOV IPJUUSmV AS-
SOCIATION, NEW YORK CITV, HEW VOHK
Me Keithikv Fvc got s grrcn light Alliight
Gocd morning. Mi Chaitman, Senalor Brown back, SenaOir
Klnbuchar
I'm icall> pleased to eomc bcTotc ihc Bubcomini ncc thia moining
on behalf ol the Toy Indnatiy AESDCiaHiDri ITIAJ to talk abouC [□)
salci^ The TIA is dtc leading iJiduEO^ aBscciation, tc^ indnaEcy as-
BcciaDon, in the world. Our SOU mcmhct mmpaniea piovidc mote
than 85 percent of all toya Bold in the Uniled States each >eai, and
TIA has been a leader in developing and implementing lay aale^
meaaurea fot marc than seven deiradea
Wc'ic I'crj proud of out aceompliahmcnlH m aaaunng chat loya
Bold m America ate the &afeBt of anj in the ii'oild Our Dsy saTe^
Blandarifa ha^c been the mcdel for oliiei nationa, and iccmda show
that Hoj-relalcd injuiiea in the Unilcd ScaCea ate eMticinelj lare,
despite the Bale of neai ly 5 billion ncii' cojb every year
I 'Cnnumn riunnc l^-F. B-'L
'^IVdr nl PiH IHC r VdI lUL FId I-IO, ^idicdi.- -miiil L BUl
^aa IIVO B-I ^ I t^L'fi I d-lli [i!L UMi m. k b ID.
114
The [cccjit rccBlla of a few mcdclB of Ic^ pinduclB in the Unilai
SlalFE, hoii'cvci', have sivcn our induBtij an opportuniHj lo inaJ[c
furdici proaiT6fl in die cnn Ci nuoua ptcccBB oi aafclj [mpravcmcTi c
These [oalJB dcmonanalrd ta us chat wc needed ta applj Bome
new BaTelj aasutance measures in the Icj picduclian pra:e&B
It IS impoilant to point out that [he leialls aixount foi a tin}
poction of the lots! nf neai ]y S billion lays snid in the United Sistea
each jeai. So lat [his >ear, there hai'c been lead paint related ic-
calls oi 14 niDdcIa of toy products impocted inEo the United Slates
by II companies. Two of thoGC companies aic amona our 500 man-
ulacniring members And ic Ehonid also be remcmbci'ed chat — to
then ecedib — iJiese recalls were ininialed bj tbc manu^Lurers
thcmBcl^ ea , when the> idcnnlied the piablcm
But, hecauBe the r«alls this year lelaEed to lead paint an [ojb —
Bomcliiing which haa been prohibited by due EaleHj Elandards far
dcodea — we believe it k impiirlant for ub to develop new meas-
ure. Id ptcvcnC Buch Dceuticncea in the future Heic arc the lun-
damentals of thcncii' ininaciiTS that wcaic iindetlakin!
Fiiat, we ate develapins Blandaidized piccedmea that will he
used indiisniy-widc to ^cii^ thac prcdiicia comply widi U 3 safclj
BisndardB
Second, we are establishing eiiEena to cermly [hat [esnng laboca-
toiies ate qualified Dj perfarm teatin^ Co U S EtandardB, using the
induBtrj- wide prolacoU.
And thud, iic aic cncoinagina the Fedeial Government Co adopc
a requirement nhat all lays Eold in nhc United Slaies undci^o in-
spection to ensure that ihcy confoim Eo ourslandards
We have mcdcled our inidativeE in ihiE area aftci measuiea uni-
lised in manj American indiaCnes Wc'ic warking with the Amer-
ican National Standards InEtituEc lANSli to dci'elop nheEe pcccc-
durea ii'ho aic communicating clcady with the Consumci Ptcduct
Safclj CommiBsian
The EaleHj EjEtem in the United Statea is a chacacEcrisnical ly
Ameiican appiaach to BoKin^ the prablems and meeting need?. Ic
IS a robust, pluralistic s^Etcm that employs the lalenis and expei-
□se and speed oi the private Eectar Dn addreas safety issues in ila
own self inteieaC
Wc'ic very proud Dj be u'oikin^ with ANSI in developing theae
new measures ANSI is the premiec, nonpcoflt organization whcee
missian ie ta enhance the Amciican quality oi lifcEi> pcomatmg fa-
cilnanng and Ealcguarding iJie integrity of consenEUE-dcivcn saie^
EiandardE, and canfarmilj assessment syEtcms m the United
Statea.
In contrast pja pjp-daiin , Govcmment-di ivcn apprcach tasafclj,
our Ejstem ini'oli'ei: u][ sIshchaldeiE in a consensus piocess that al-
lows [ens of nhousandE of ncii' prcducia and ncii' [echnolosj Co came
Id market foi the enjoymcn C of our conEumera
Clea[l>, there is an imporlanC role for Government Co plaj — aa
a watchdog and an cnfoiccr of confoimancc with piivaCe Eectar
BiandardE But historj has piovcn the Euccess of our icliancc upon
pi'ivaEe seclBi safely inilnadi'es
Finally, rd like to point out that our piopceals are not specilic
to [OJB made in any patticulat area of the warld The ncii' requiic-
menlB will applj ta Eojs made in any nadon. Foi' more iJian 30
115
SrB, workinE witli qui tiuBtcd auppliciB in Cluns, oui iniliiali'y
pi educed nillionB of hi Eh-i|iiality loya diat full^ confarm la our
Im sBicn BtandardB and iic ace mnridcnt that our Bupplicia in
China ii'ill embrace these neii' safety requiicmcnls.
Wc enth uaiaaniHllj anplaud [he neiv aafe^ agrecmenlB BiEncd
ye6tcida> between the United Scacefl CPSC and the General Ad-
nuniadadon of Qualil^ Supecvi&ion, JnstiectiDn and ^uarsnUinc in
China, and we welcome the aEiecmenC bj the Chinese auchoiitiefl
to lake LmmediaEe action la climinaEe the nae of lead pain Don Chi-
nese- man u^tni^ toys exporHed to the Unit^ Slatea
Wc ica>Eni?e, and accept, hon'cver, that the ultimate iraponai-
bility lesidcB with our induBtrj, to aasute that toya imparted into
the United Slates conform to our BaTecj Blandaid. We do not &hitk
from chiB icaponaibili Ij , and we pled^ to you, and Co the American
public that we ^ill do e^ciy[hing in our pot^ci la enaiuc thac toys
Bold m America are &afc foi our childten to play ii'ith.
I'm honored to be here icpreaentin e the lay induBlry among mj
distinEuiBhed colleaEues, and I Icoh forwacd Eo leepondinE la jour
qu^ nonB
Senator Di'irih Thank >du, Mr Keithlcy.
[The &latement follows: I
Pii>*' B>j> ST.^^l <ti --T OF C ma KtiTHi fy
(rcol iDiirniDg Mr. ChniiiDDi]
TliDBk jcu fyr lb? appiLi'lLiDLly m (omc krbi? Ihr MitiGmiD lIKc ikli mGrnmg Ig
diKuii lie iiiti> dT •uyi tdid m Ibc Ubih!!) SUihm Ai ^u \iP tmon my □□■? i^
Cdjict lii:iiklr> and ] niii ikE FieikL<d< iI the Tiy Indmliy AhheiIidi] ITI^I W?
lEpic^cBl ibf iDy iGnipiiDiei t/hi piDvidE Ifl f^r:? ni oE aP •nyi lold m ibE UbikiI
Scnw^. Ai ibE inrE oFlNf miliiili^, I ^culil ]lI.e Ig □nine y^\i wn! air ai dv nlirayi
Hdiv kjCB, (oniBKled h> lb? utly gEgiit przFlirli □nil Ih? ibildiED -/-hi uk lb?B
THe bci. Ibal •/-e hie heie kcbic yuu. lodoy ii In 4Hir Met/ a fGntwi lup \m Rilb-
f nap IhoK t/bo mc Lnl?i?^i«d m •//uiiing U^<bEi ihh lODimi ikE [^:Eni lnp wi ■□
our dfEly Ti?i Ibnl hnvr ierm GipoKil aver lb? pn^i ieitmhI orxki I ^ciLild lib? l£i
nial.e ikE mhb* hiiivL?r, •bai. dlh mi^Di lo bniu? ikcK InpiEi i^ mm am iHlLrai»D
dE n Bt\iea iyi\rm, biU nilli?r n dEBGDilmlimi gTiIi? iBleRrily if dui Liidiii<r>, lb?
CDOgm^ □ml <bE CDiiiiini?r PukLlkI S^lEly Cgbidliikib io liiLliLl imr iliDird cdtd-
mlliiiEiil IG ?DiLi[r lb? mlE<y GEcklldi?^.
A I ibE Dill VI, I iKiiikl ]il.e IG nGiE <bE UbiiimI SmUi kni □■ong ibE iiTKlf ^i. mail
CDiD p lEhED'iL? iny talcty ly^icmi \m Ibe ■vdil L'5 luyi Hdit, Inr yean, bfFD
malfd □iDGiip IHe talcii if ail [4niimi?r prxLiKli ib ikE boni?. In HkI iiiiid> □□-
litmi nniLiiid Ih? dixIiI cbuIhie <bE \I3 lyilem and imilEi'^iiiiid our Vy tatety
lUmdnnli lo k? Ibc piEmi?r ^miukiidi
Thi^ II kol m my lb?i? li no iddid br im p[E<iTMD?Di. I< ii dlh niiiiKiB Ic igdIidli-
□uily ^eairb Ibi n?^ w/aft Ig rimkEr iIiehruieii gut latly ly^Umi and lundnidi
TkE imbumiDU Emli uT ibE kill lEimil »?eIii bnvr pitKiile] ui t/ilh luk qd
GppDKun ily
Wlik mpul liGiii MGBtEJi dF ^'>llpj[c^, Lb? US. ConiuniEr Fndiirl Snt'iy Coni-
niliiHn fCPSCl, AmEiiiDB Mh^kjbjL SuhLiiiI^ IdiIiIuie lAMSIk lailumy Imdur-.
□ml lb? lEdilmg com m iibii> , Tl.^ bui kd ibE d'zvrlDpmED* □ml m IndiLiuoa gI Ihe
IJnniE'^nck br^ me*/ l?^ila^ nM|LiiicBrni bi Vy mnDiitu'iiiicr^
B?Eii? Dililip^iiiig ikc ipailKi dFiHii me*/ piiigmm kon^jEi , I ^culil likE Id mlf
lb? offGCIUBlly l£i ihnic »iib Ih? lubinm iiiIiUe Hg^ *//• □iniTd ^bEic */e hie liZFJny
□ml uiE ciimal ^llimlLfiii gE lb? luy imliiili} fii w/e £iiiei?d ikc lummcr moiilbi
□ml up Linlil ai bu: J^ bi-.i ^-Xy, ihh, nc^lLi <^:wi in <b< bLiKllinL-. daily Th?iE re-
CEiil itialli [li:^rly dcmihii i<rji?d oiic -mFEly -y-.nm jiL'(d(d •\- ko iiiL^gikEiifd .^1-
IbGiiirh □! I ilai^, r,-: I\a<-: lomc gE the h.'d* ilandiirli in the */iw\ii <•/•! ^eic L?EI
ivnnirig \m \i--\inim ibe iippliisliion Gf <be iiand^rli Thii inck oEmiunng applv^-
lion GE^IsmlDnli l?li HKir (ompitniEi, Ibc Induiliy and mG'i Impinanily our ibih
ilicn EipGi«] I □m pioud id 'ay ikai gut com p^ii iei mzlal giirkly Jiid puit'^icn^lLy
ID icipGiidmg IG ikli i^iLk □ml CBbmriog Ihe n??d Ig □!.£ iigiiifL£Lini □rlvn ic ckii?
lb? '□iiuiiiH? gtfT lEy^ti onLl.
Thr irnBolLiiH' iiiina^' pimnplol ty the n'4Illl^ bm biKD □ mInutliBjr of dEiir^
IG Eniiiic L'S miTiDiiil . ibn ippli^ ehi iov^ ncaidLcii oE ^Iicii: Llii.'> ^ii: mjdc
MiiB> lF noi nil k^ itijLTi ulm lu^'^^ h^i/] ciiBDUhd •ell- und ib many I31L^^ il^L^'kiI
pmdui^ hound bi Ibo US mnrkeL TbL^ cITDn hn^ pndirEd tome il Ac iecqU^
□][md> □■kDimi'i'il unci li miiy >n piaduiic Eurlhor malli
If I (□■ mlie □ iLop bud., lypLrall>, iccnlli □■? noi nl^Dki n caLI^< For ulnim 'i
Ibclr teil, con lUTnif picdiiK itislli lenr n picoiiin mb in Ibc pr^liKl ■□Iliv -jt-
!?■ <D iiJDid ii^li DBD mjiiiy vci mi ^ icadiif icle nFlor idJui} oi daniiipk bm ix-
cutib] Ai mil any tmiw. in any pndirli pun ILiScral palely ^cniidiiid^, bill bKniii?
oE un mlf iid«] \m ii □□ unfipHKil founlLnl hmniil □ pnxLirl cud cbiI up bemq
lEcnllrd. RsdILi ^iLI □]^ii>i be ^nlb \ii □nil Ib^icbir »r ikmldD I lUivE m eLibi-
nnle ikEm bul ndrk m mnlj: i\iic ikli vnLinblr miely Uol i^ UKd id qd appm-
piDl? picoiiin ■□■■cr.
Ai com pDHh.'i (ODiriLf o (eiI cuttdi picdiicl (c clsii VK^kiliir picdiiil fioiii •bc\T
lupply ckaim, TIA h^i, wiik Ibe ^ppiovnL oEour mcBbEriGBpnDKk, ici. duI h> pn-
viif □ lonp leim priflram <d □ddic'i Ibi: '^iiumncE ^p ' Tn Ibal ^hI. I ^ouli] lilie
ra ^knir ike IJnmciKirl. b\ our ii^» mimdiiloi} Uilmij pngmm br myi nli] ib Ihc
DnilEil SlDiEi
The ne^ BUHbLGiy pingmiD will
— IlL'quIr: aP liyyi m^m uEh luie] for ike US mmtel <d tr leited (c U5 lUmil-
□[□1
— SLaadnnlce piutedim" Ih^l »i]L k< uied Lnduilij-vule <d vcii^ ikni pmdui^
CGBply »ilh US 4]lely ^LaI]d□[ll1
— Kiuikliib rrilt
ilciin ID (ei'lir> ikm Hz'iin^ Inbom^Drk" hit qmlllieil Id pei&nn
icilinR IG US iinHbiil^ uiiiiij lailuiuy-^ idc piDloinLi
— bLijuir: lb? devElopaenl if Iciin^ piDloiGli niid ceilifLrniKiD (iiieiui ibnHigb
Ihr inDpciiiiuD qEhII 'lalnzbiillcn and □ppl> lli^m iDDiiilf Dily:
— ^'e[«'^lll□le iknl TiA •//uik ivilh Cgiij^imi. CFSC niid ANSI Id impleineDl Ihr
kz^^blnH], i^ii/ii □nil piDloiDli <D en line indLiilry ^tle odbeiPH?.
Il II lb? my miliiili^ i KimiR bel>:f ibm mlh ikli nf/- iniindDU<i> mliiig piD-
gmiD HKir mduiliy ivill be '•\ta kkei (qiiippnl lo piii(E[4 lb? laUflnly dTdui pi«l-
irli Hud lb? miely if AmGncnn chibn^ 'Vo held 4Hir uiKial Beeiing w/ilb ACJSI,
|G> mnBufarluiEi'^ amii lb? ii^IdiIib^ iiBinuDiLy Au^il ^lil Ll'Dikin^ gnyuvi hnir
been tuBLh] and iv? hope Ig □□□ouiKe □■ inilial piDpDwil ^Ib le^ilug and ixitIFI-
cniKiD piDlHoli ^iibiB ike aeii bw BDnlb^
Ai Benlionul in my d?v:ripLiDn il ibc pii^jniB •/*: fpi keed lb? kelp uTlb? Cim-
■iiin?r PndiKl SiilcLy CommiiuiiB and CDnqi?^i ipa'ificall> ivilh ^vu- Mr. Ckmi-
maii and mi^mbei i dF lb? CDmacir? CDinBKloc ]□ pnnclplc, yioui legiilalion S
IfflJ 11 ike Heeled ConanM'iDiisI KliDn ihi mniidaii: Ihii kLidh □cnsi Gur ii]diii<i>
W? m ivilb ^my legiilamn link loriviiiil <d runker ?'□■ ibiiij; Ihe deOiili amd ^Dif-
mc'vilb «ii Id ennc* ike uppuhpruiie ■e^iioiM ihh Implenml Ihii picgmiD
In ch^mg. Mr. ChmiiDsii, -iRaii] ] ^Duld like Ig uieibI: >dii bi Ibii DppDnioiily
□□d I □■ hnppy <d eid^^im uay gimUiB^ EiDm ikc Mi^mbci i of ike coBinlliee I Lnr
IbllHlld IG □ fG^lllLT ?l['k[1[l^ DFiJoii.
SenaOir Duibi>4. Jce BhaCia is Ptraidcnt and CEO of ihc Amct-
ican Nstjonal SondBTifa InstJlulE 1 AM Sl|
Ml Bhatia
STATEMENT OF B. JOE BH.-ITIA, PHESEDErTT APJD CHIEF EiECUTEVE.
OFFICER, AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS Ili'STITirTE, Vr'ABH-
INCTTDH, DC
Ma Bh^te^ Thanl: )du, Cliairjnan Durbin And lapprraatr you
piDnQuncin! my lauah name prnpcrly
SenaOir Duiiiif, Ic'a jual »cod luck.
Ma Bh^te^ ANSI la the cccrdinaloi af thit NatJon'E private egi-
toi-lo], buD public Eccnor-Euppo] t^, ^ ol untai ) Elaniiard and compli-
ance aolutiana ayElcm
Wc iiEua]l> apeak aE thcU 3 voice in [he alandaidizaticin loiuma
around die ^lobe. lmpo[lantl> to qui diBCUEEion hccc Eodaj , iic ac-
credit Elandarda dcvclapcra and cerdncadon arganizaHiDnB thaC
we've been talking about. Oui mcmbccahip ie bccad, it includes in-
dualzy, induatr) aaac<:iatiDnB , Govecnmcn C a^enciet , conaumei e and
other groups. CiJIecdvcly, we leprescnt a network E>f mcmbera
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which BinDurit Ea ]^5,00U oi'gsn izadDna ai indisEiic?, and ovci 3.5
jtilIIiihi prof^BEionala
E^ic^cnCiriE aafclj of conaumcia la of paratnauTiC imparlance to
the inatinitc — it's actually a part of diu misBion. rhia ncaiing in
TTij view, la nfiTf&aaiy bccauac it's noC an i&auc of Blandarda, duC
b?i:auBC aomc aupplicEE — pai ticulaily tlinGC who aic cxpormn g picd-
uclB inn> thr [Tnit^ StaHra aic nat izampljin^ wilii rigorouE Eland-
aida and icgulsmona that have already been calabliahcd to keep
our adzcjia oafc
Aa you've alifsd* nated, haa aahoi AFJ3F Id ii'ock wmh the toy
induatT) to build upon its curt cat OB^cly alandacdE and compliaiicc
ayaEcmE, and maJ[c them hcucer — dicic'a room ioi [mpravemcn c Wc
will engajc and t^oih wmh CPSC — thcj ate a mcmbci , thej ail on
our hcaid— and Mhct ic^ulnloiy agcnciea ta cnaure that their con-
ccrns.and then nceda ate adcquatclj addrcaacd m farmulaCinE our
aoliiaona.
BuC we nc^ a a>Elcni that la mnaiatcnt acrcoa all manulactui-
CEE, acicfiE all gcographi^E, and one thaC la auElainablc o^cc a long
time. Well iocaa our attcnaon on die enDic supply chain, not one
part of il. impiDving how picduclB are cvalualcd, and addreaaing
who ifl conductins die cvaluaDona.
Oui first aEep la to develop and Elandardize picceduieE thaCcan
be uaed acrcaa the toy induatiy Co ^etifj that ptcduclB mdred com-
ply i^ith agreed-upon safety lequitemenlH , legardleBa of whether
these aic ^ ol unlarj SEHndaida.ot Federal re? illations.
Oui second atep will be m help the toj mduBCTj and CFSC lo de-
velop die Icols diey need m evaluate die compelence of die otgani-
zatianB they are icjying upon Dj control safely assessmenlH Our eo-
luDons will draw fiom a tcolbox — big tcolbox — of con foi mi [j asaeBE-
ment oi compliance ECBOurceB, noCjiFEt testing and inEpeiznons , but
alao a>Etenia auditing, acci edi lation oi ceidfication bcdies, accredi-
tation of [esC labs, assessment of subconOacPJia and aub-Eub-
conHacKira — ihat'E where a lot oi [he pioblema occur — and, of
couiHC, edu canon and training.
ANSI la committed into building into the global aupply chain a
BUBlaiiiable appi CGch to compliance I'erilication, diac's whac's need-
ed here We will work, noconly with the domestic entines, but alao
with our international paiOier — we work with them on many
fron IB including the Chinese We need la engage them.
ANSI knowa how Id leiTrage Elandards and coniorm m asaeaa-
ment sjatema to form aolutiouE which engage all atakeholdera —
ubiic and private aector During oui &0-year hiEtorj, the msHtute
as dcmonsnated a unique ability Co bring Kisecher — in the spirit
of ccoperation — diverse repreaemadon , Government agenciea. Fed-
eral agencies. Slate agencies, induatr), Oade aEsociaHions , instinu-
tiDna,conaumeia, labor and other gioupa
For erample, we have teamed with the Council of Better BuEi-
neaa Bureaua to lackle the big laaue oi the identily theft and iden-
ti[j protection We paitnered with the S.'ll Commiaaion and contin-
ued [o work with the Department of Homeland Security IDHSJ Id
addreaa homeland aecunCj We were aaked by die Office of Science
and Technology Policy in the ExecudiT Oifice of the Preaident to
take lead in nanotechnologj minati^ea And we're cunendj help-
ing [he Depaitment of Healdi and Human Sen'iccE 1HHSI Eo dc-
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vclop a B?i:urc bsi clcclfimic Ji^ddi ircord for every AmcEican, a
Eoal of Dui PicHidcnt.
Ml Chairman, mcmhcrB of die Buhcomni ittec ANSI ii'ania to
help rcasBiue diu conauinc[& [hat the picducla that ate imporled,
that ai e on ouc Bhclvcs ai e Bale Vtc iiant to supparD the activiues
of other poupfl, we want to ccotdinacc ihia efloit — not jiiac rtom
lead paint, but lioni also nthcc potential hazaiib, [hat aic >et to
be idcnniied — we nerd to haiT a llciiible and warkahle Bolution.
I incite eiTrybody chat i& in [hiB roam to come and join ub far
our Septemhct 2ft ANS l-aponBored conference chat la fccuBed &pe-
cifically on huildms conBumer confidence in [he prcducia that enter
theU.S marketplace, Nancy Nard ib one af qui spcakerB.
Bu[, [o CE^tc safer consumei envicon men [, we need to mahc
more efficient use of the slandaids and compliance Ealudons that
CMiBt [odaj , we need to idcntifr evcty rap chat exi&lB — we know of
some, but we need to find ei'eiy one of them.
We need to build on what works in the current Bys[eni , and make
I C better We also need Dj bring new human and financiaJ resouiccq
that can Btrenglhcn [he existing sysEemt and satis^ the needs I
applaud jour effoils [cda> [hat you hai'e talked about
In some caaea it may be nceeaBaty — and we calked about thaC
tcday — to elevate ceilain tequiremen la from volunlajj to manda-
tory s[a[iia, or CFSC and o[her regulacoij bcdies [hat oiTrsce con-
sumer health and safelj will not — will not be able m handle the
wnrkload alone, ev en wiih additional funding
GovcmmenC, induBtij, and ANSI, and o[her groups need to work
together to rea[ore consumer confidence in [he impoited gcofa
AnSl Elands read> to help We have been able [o ccordinale pri-
vate seetoE and public secDn parOiei ships to cieate solu[ionE oi'er
the yO-^ear hiatoij of out company We hai'e done it often, and
we're good at it
rd he glad Dj answer youi quesnons Thank >oii.
Sena[or Di'inis Thank jou, Mr Bhana
[The Blatement followail
PtEPfREDSaTEHOnOVS JOF.BmXTIX
l/iltdinPin
The AniEiKDB ?iiiii)iial SCmdnnIi IdiiIIuie fAXSlI li □ pnidf lun-pnilil oiijaai-
iDlvi] 'vhGH miiiiDi] 1^ IG ?Bkiiiu? US. ijlobnL cob pclLliirim^ ^mil ibc Ani^nciin
qiinLily oE IlIe by piDniHiliBLj Gh ilimlLTig. and mtr^puiidiBR the \^^eg^lf ol Ibc jdV
uncai} ^cniidiiidiiiKKiB niid (oalornilly aaei^niAypt -jm^m A?iS] i ni?BteribLp i^
nump'-iied ••! tu'inL^MCi , p i[dci-.»iL:il irtfik' iind IradL^ li-.-« luiudi lUiHbiiil^ de-
\<!iifeTi, fpiuTiBcnl hulbce' and CL^Mini«'r sad Libiir HhiyDBD^li[<n ■ ThiDiigb ibi^
Tifi^Qik il nKDibr;, ihe la-lLluh: lEpiciciili ikE dii^rK iDh^mli dI niuie ikna
VBfltm CHhmpDBK'l □nil GnniDDDlVI] 1 OTid SJ ni rilEiTI piIlfe^ll[<nD]l Dlhrlll'VldE
ANSI 1^ UE oilKinL L'S. itpi?i?DUiiljE Ig ibE iBUiBniKiDal DignnniimB br
ScniidiiidiJiiUiB IISOj hhI via Ibc US MmnuiL Com iiiIiiee, iLe In KmiiliDiiDl BIec-
liDlabai'LiL CornBi^^ifm llBE^I Dnd i^ n U5 irpiEiEn CiIllg o Ihe iBlEinnmuiL Ac-
cirdLCiliDn FuiUB |IAFl ^ mETnGraadim] oE □gufrncnl bclDTCn A>rS] and <}ie Com-
niene DEpnrEBEiil i MdUhuL Ib^uiuIe ulSUiBdaid' niid TtchnoUfo 'iiKlinE* ii mu-
Iml Liiidf nUmdliui il Ihe ml"-. oFuxh HiiyDBC^Iii'n Tkl- mdudEi AMSI^^ rvoani-
litm ai <br offirciJ L^!< mi^mbEi oE <}ie I n Urnsiiii^Dl DipaniiniKiB Ibi SumdnidDn-
litm |]5Dl^Tid ibc ] □h.^jBumiisI BiUclii^lu: h n ic jLI iiin m i-Mihi] I IRC I.
SlfKE 111 Foim^liDi], AN^I hat ku.* CHH:niLnDiiB|r iku di-s/'Lop m^B< oE lUmdnidi-
bnvEl ululiDm lo luppon kckIedi pn^^iii'n nad impniiv r^rl.!^ hhI (oniiinicr
latziy Today. |IJ pEii:?a< of Ihf up pini UDDlf Ly lUjJiJU appKhLoi .^iDErxDn N^lirmnl
Scaadnidi lACJSt (Lii]?all> avnIbiklE nddicii liioei iba* kElp lo piolsl Ibo watr
biiv, toBLiiBcr] and Ihe paEinL puklv
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PiDle:lii]g ibe ^nlbly dTigd^ubim i ■^ dF pninBnuni im p'lrCuicc lo AMSI. ]l li n
l.fy d?BEni il ibu I^^LLlLIU' - miiMiiB A]^^C wioit-. Kniil <u L^nmii^ ihnl lli«ir li tim-
iiim?r panKipalicn □! all luidi uFihc ehiIhI II^Jimiiikib — fwnm ih-: b-Kiiil DrDiir4h>r^
□IL ibe iny IhiDLBk lb? |4]Lr> ^nd hribai'LiI ^itIivkiui. SiaelLin?' Ih? piulH ipnii^D
II ty 4GB^iiBF 1 uiern H'l'^M , □< Dlb^r iinm i^ii icun CiliDn ii Ibioiiijb ^ cdh iinn^T
oiijan IJHIKID. Bui ibeic li iiI»d>i n deb] br idili? coaiiiBf r in jEJvcTnciil ■□ iIdbiI-
□idi Hud CDnlbiBily □i^ei^mEnl □ciIjiiki
^N5H piccEiici fi"' ^ly ■nh.iciH'il icab'bnllf r lh« appiLrliiDLly Id ■■nj-j- m Ihe
dEirbprnciil Gf ^ lOmdniil or Ib^z nppuhi^ hhTh iGnipliiiH? pn^nini. Tbe IdiiIIukI
piDtoliiiri □!? ^iiiui] Ic □1^111? ikni f'VEijnh:, lERalllk'^ nF A?iS] mcBber'blp tVt-
lui 1^ able Id pailnLpnh: \m AMSI kIlviIum If ninuinL^ n mUnciUd in ibu Mib^l
Emriel by □ imndiiia, For flump t Ibnl indiLuliuil bdv p^ilnLpnh: bv iippl>iii|j Id
bEcoiDf n ■ember oE ikE EDnieniiii btdy ur iiikmiiuag □ edii InkuiKiD diiniig piiklir
lEvif^^nd CGBni«'B<
AmEiKDB F^hojbjL ^miubuds 4 ANSI ma Ih? cnlin: ipc[4r<iB, fiDm lb? i«iy lini
AMS OD pLh: IhiEDil-. iHi ^jrh ibnl ii und^iiimy ludny lo miM:! gbeiruib humI^ in
□icai mnBiiig fnm ibe ui'viik lEclon Ig Ihf nf iij( populnmB^ niid udie ^iib dii-
□ bllllK'.
SinHbiiil^ ^in: ImpaiuiDi bi EiTMycnf bEcnuvE ibey innikH? ibE den^, iati>,
m an ubciimng amii mmtdiBg of mimy prxLiKli •//uiawiiSe SCindiiidi mt nil only
dEiTbfo] In icipon^T <d mjiinei, bnr^uai urolhf r ulEnliltEd alEly iiiki, bui idgit
dE»d in ^ pmiKliv? ■□■kcr <d pic^cDi iDjiiiiEk Eicon ImG^n h^llL1^]^ Sob? ^imi
Ibal Dimt ID bihI 'vb^n' inluDiai} lUHbiili huvE i:if?4LDlly mnili: □ diltiEiK? ■□
CBkuiriBg mauiHCf latly IikIiiiIi:
— dirNHlkiHlEbTlni C«L? | A ^'SI/NF FA TD>:
— Solrlvb'OnnDil-rDiili ClicuI l>uiT<jpi«9 fANSI^L OfSt
—Sably Ibi Qn^ WnKr HeuUi-^ lAM^I Z^l.lO l|
— BofcivDfCDnfcdWLiidD-vCavEiinpPndiiriHANSE.'WWCA AlKO !>:
— Ane-MbbMiHl L'mbli' Bulkliii^i and F^IIiUe^ lANSLHCC AIIT It and
— SLaadnnl Spu: irvniKiB ll>r FidicciIve HaidgBii L'lEd \m Bicycluig ur BaMer
ShalinslfiSTfil F IH 7-WI— A p pmitd n-. nn ^■^ih^ui ^'alLDll:ll Siibn ±Lid I
Vclnkmiy idd^eb^ui icnndDidi amii i'iB(innli> □^^E^imcnl pimn'^iB^ lIP' dnvcn
by [B.[uii?BEn li bi (DniLnmLii i|Li:ilily im pnhLcmEn I — cipauilly L■^ uri buHiIrt''}
Eliii^t?^ □□!) cinLi^'i. A?iSI ^mil ii^ biiBiliedi oFndnllH'd icnndDidi llEl/'bpe^^ dhI
EDolDiBily □^H'^imcnl lodiei hie timiViailf ievyi-/--img niid updalmg Ibeir ^yilem^
m lOiy DbiBiil DFiunEDl amd □aliclpnUd KEdi.
AN Si. l/rtpmdiig la laltcial pnoiihet
AT^SIl irliin] 1 hie nl^Ed 'vilh ibe UbikiI Smif i Siondnidi Sinil^} lUSS k □□
□VEinirbiii^ fismi'^orl. drtumoDi <Iid4 cull' lor zisfi lonfosliDn bEloT'En Ibiuc nha
dEirhp IbE n.ilLon ^ 'LiiiilLiid^ dbiI cuBtirmiiv ■^^^^^lnonl pnij^umi □■!) IHdv ^ha
HIE IfaEin. TbE [jEiiCi lon^rpUd in ^anEi IL oE <bi- lEiiimon,^ euLI^ br Ihe dib-
u^ienl LIVE by givEirnn^Bl oE jDliiBlniy eodiediui lUindaiili. I< nlm laWt Ibi Ih?
■iDndaidir^liDn (ommuDLly Id i\ni\ L«uer^blp m ileiT'kipLiig lE^pGDVE^ Id cmeiijing
nDlnnml pnonU?^
ANSII ^Landnidi pnn^Li hie Eicellenl ^idbgIe^ Gfha^ Ihe lB^Uiii4e i^ mliliEiimg
lb? 4I]<kdI ii??di dE lb? DQlLon Ic^l Cill ^[JSI parlii?nd wilb ibc CDunEil oEBelier
BuiiBeii Buimui lo IdcIiL? ulenlily <beD pii.^L?B<iiiB und II) mnDOHemeDi — □■ m\K
Ibal hni VHlLmiied moiE Iban Id milliDD Amem^n i Hhi/zr Ih? pai' •'t-\j/yist\
The Ib^iIiuu bn^ pDiTBeitd w/i\b lb? y.'l I CDmaimon diiiI ibe l)E-bi ihi nddn^^
homeland iEEiirii> mill ivLlb ibe FiEkidenl t OFIi'e oESiienEe □■!) T<(hnob:g> I'nilry
IG belp bad RlDbnl oanDia bkokigy ■□lIldUvei ANSI i^ ^orkiag ^ilb HHS m laple-
mcBl Ih? PiciKleaf 1 viinn] br ?VE[y AmErKDB <d hniE n ieciiie dEiliDDLr benllb
lEcmd 'VLlhui lbs iieil lea ycai t. Sid Ihe IdiIlIuii:'' neam panel m oihrliLng wilb
□ bmol if?4inim oE n^nEici lo luppon ibc (omB(di<QiiliDn rJ vnbk □IiihisIll?^
IG biul fiiel^ and ibe diiTMiilkDuiia of ibc |rk>biil ?keiyy LnriailiiiKiiii:
ANSI bn^ n LmigDe nbilily lu bnji|^ iHi|f:iber in □ neulml brum lEp leien CiIiiti
dE iBdiii4r>, iCindaidi deL?bping oigaDUDUu* i. IhhIe aiucdiDn i, piDleimuil hhI
l?<hDLral wtLEiiri, gDL?miiicnl, labor und Eon iim]?r group i
ANSI b?l>EVEi Ibnl n iiioii^ p ubli'-pniiilE pnilnerib ip ii ehedIioI Id lEOfTb ou-
■iiin?r Eon l»]?iue in ibE iali:i> orimporl?d pniduii
A. '•'Si. irlmg I-/ l'/^p^•^^ fiTh infc')
Th?4Lincnl ^BEixDn Mn^naal SiandDid br <oy ^nlsly i^ ASTM Fil&3-UT?I The
Toy lndiiilr> AiucEilion and meml^T' oE ibc loy mduiiiy idrljil \m oopcralion
^Ib ASrZkl iBleinnUiBiil — unoLbif A?i^-DC4iEdiied ^ClI]l£□rd1 de\dDf?r — and li^
EommiiiE? on (oniumcr BridiiEii lo dEiT.4]p Ibc ^laiukud ^md mbmii ibE PVl^
ilnndard IbiDiigb Ibc ANS approval piiK?ii
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Thi^ hmnnR i^ ■I'lci^iii} v>l bmiiis? Ihcn] ■^ an Liiiie ^ik iUihIiiiiI^ Ii i^ bec-
riHiiy biTnu-^ lomc -uppJi^ii — pnrlLrnlui ]y <lii'^^ »ho hit EiforlLTig piodui^ Ig
1)5 iDil — QIC IKJ< I'LOD p lyLii)j »ilh ibc l£|Cl^<ll^ lUmdunl i hhI icgulaiEiDi •bat hnvr
bEETi EiUibLi^beil m l«p Giirciib^D^ idk.
PiodiiEi^ mm] uBh IuibI in arcnnbunK ^ik US lay wt'iy ^Uiiukiidi piDJilr
piaiHT pmltrliro] l£i Gur chiUicii Tciuu □>il rupErlHU] i>ilf mi buiI be i4i«]gik-
ewod •/> Ibnl dLmpLiniKf ^ik 4hEic lUmdanl i tan te vrnfifd telbn' iiB^nlb piodui^
REl lam ibi^ EDLiniiy.
In ikii If ilLiDGB>, A>rS] 'vlII kIcdiI^ diikid^ Ibal hie alicDly bEiu mh* ehh «]□-
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Ibii IdviUiikid.
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□c( icdicniuD ^nd niGirn ilNhn , □nd— oF oiira. — liIhihiud ^nd linLninR Th?VE hidI^
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eii:?rpl?d \m Aakci C uFibii U'liimoiiy
The de^rlDpm?B< if a i>il?iii ikni eqd te implumenicd mdu i<r>-'vidi: miiy lawiy-
Djer riD] VtlUll !■ ihe mcnailmc, □ kicod iperliiim oE ilnkL^holdur^ ii nliuidy uliiiig
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leiuDGDl dbrli lo cd-uie lb? iiiU^irily hhT iku imHirl wlEiy nei.
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pi«lu?r lu )pvEiBmeDi n^uhiior id leUukr Ig pmciil — c^rijnke bai a ni\c Ig play
Jml m [oaiiiBeri bniv ike n^hl Id e[f«:l Ibnl <h? iDy^ lb?y buy Ibi ikciribr-
dicn vill be ut ihe mme ei>?4ialiGn ihould hDld inv (ir lb? uclbp^iie lb?> uic,
lb? IIIE1 lh?y imirl an iind <hc H—i <hcy oil
Th? ?BeiL;?H? HhTlh? ^^Kil msrlLiptLre bat ciBind bolb CGB^iiaei benelili hhI
pioblem^ lllhe pukbi niid priLiile kcidt^ ndrk Ug:lh?r, pniciKDbl? hiIiiikid^ Eon
he bund Ig Dldici' lb? ^mcigiag liiiaEi orEDi]iiim?r henlik amii tatty in □ gbbnl
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phiFE ThE In'illuie inieiidi •\- Hknii^ h.T«aii>, piiH limbic nnd immedkUo DFlioBi
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N^iii[> ?iDid OFliBR nhulimiui iJ ihc US Cgb^iib?! Fndnrl ^tikly CimiHminin
ICFSC V. ivill delivei lb? lf?>'noii: Dldici^. Amoap oiker <DpKi, ib? »ill ihni? a lum-
moi} icMxi gE Ibe ?e(ond Bknacil L'S -Sinn Con^umei Pmdui S^Fely Snamil
bebl^ua Scplem ker II in Wnih lagiHia , IX
PitKii mivii 1 nnd diKu^uuii ici-.»ni will GBUiig? pnnKip^nli m KL?nu^n^ ic-
■Duirei. InilinUvci, amd upplx^bl" iCmdnidi and [OBplkince piEffnimi Ihnl viirEic-
□I? □ mier Eon iimier ?nv][Dnnicn I
In ikc dni dF ikitji: pnael- ladu-iiy rop ii ii^ l^iiic- »ill 'iltr tatt: -ludici Gf i?-
nenl lapoi-l uki, 1--IE- 3iid ?i.imijio oppiinnii iiii . bi ruiiin inif [DM.^m?Bi in
lb?lr i^ipEciive -.?4iHir- Tbi: iLTimd puael nul k^ligki ^/h/rnniEJi I- ipiTilii i-mioi,
lE?iiiin^ IB tdonil □^noei ikm iclv upoii pnisK- iLfior -.dndnid- uad ii^Lil?d
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□□d ui&i> EEiUfiEQiun uigiabiilion 1 Ig rjbr ihEir pcnpEEUvfi Gn -/-hat acimmt awe
□□d (□■ k? Oiken Id bnibl iGn^uaei lonfidence
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HzbIct % ^mil li?Lp IG Hh'Dii^ nioii ^heic piobL^m' cilil ibn* migkl be miil^Kil
Dr ■rK]l\«il wnlb ctLiliag di me*/ lUmdnnli □ad uiBjiliiikt? pingmmi
AT^SI ivuDi^ Id help ibiiiiiic cmnimi^ri ikni Ih? pndLKli ibey find ia Ihr
ihflLCL oF ibEir lotnl r:uiil?r hnvr bcEn icilfd niid froind <u k ut:—!*'^ idle 11 of
CDun Liynl oiiiri> In older bi Ibf IdiiiIuk 4d kcditi plikb Ibii Hhbki'livc
— i^L^uidibid n nad cihnbiBily iiiieiud?d< iciDuim IIidI mc □limdy In pin? muii
t" u-ul m'lir tditiEiilLy
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Smiei
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iiilnq iffemi amii dll nay KleDilFicd 3|ipi
la vmf naiei ll may k? imoi^iy lo olELan] (ciUiid nqinimiEa Ii Iiiib luIuduii}
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Ibimily aiiEMn]?Di ^nprtnii. bmhci, il Funclmai n^ □ CEnlml (JEnnaRbiKj^^ HBd
ccciilliisliaij bDd> br 111 membci GiDiiDLiDonB 1 Th? Id'iIIuic ii a iiniqi>'' paruBi^r-
ib\f dF induili} pmC'i-u'nD] iiribBKnl, lind" bikor, iKademic nBd cihii iioii't iiiht
niJniKiB^ ai nrll □i irDM.^rBn]ODi □dlbck- TIiEie moml^n dF ibE .^>rS] JLiliTtma
□[iiiiill> itjElDp lUiadiiidi DBd [uaRuBiiy aii?iuD?Di prngniBi, 4GDUibiiliB|j ibEir
iLoi? □ad eip^ili^e in Dider lu mull? ike iyil?m •//uit.
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l?B bv <^l□bll ^kinjr □ -fi Didii? pnxeivkiiEd ''hh'bUiiI ll'qu■[cmcal^' iJini SCO'
may lAk^*/ ■□ ihidEr Lg m^an^ iLc dcivbpmcBl oE cnnionMii ^l□ad□[dl QBd tia-
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□ad Loli-oIl'iLI spplmruo- Tbii? im aiiv up p ii>i Lmiil?ly nuuOU fJiBtmffrrra
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l?^i iiiclh(d^, iBiDii'pcjubilily [Jiicnii, Bndirl if?4 dk^UoB 1. and pcrliiiiDBDre bbq
latly irquLiciDGBii. Th?i? lUiadaidi dEiT!kipiiiEa I eDuit^ kii'? lb!? publir ialo[?il
□ad HIT kfiag npplird 10 ^e*^ [nlx^i hie^i link ai ibe ?BMiGBB?ni, hiz^iboiiE,
homeland lecunly. niid n^aolelinGb:^
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gmiD ai □□ AMS jEiifiei IIidI Ibc prLnciplEi af c^pcanm and du^ pi[4'4:ii hnvc biKD
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Ibal □■ DlKBpl tr made Ic itwlvE nil (iimB^ni^ ^nd •bai. ikEic ii a ri^l uTup-
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mcBl pn<c^^ and diiEcli ike CoBmcnE Dcpmun^al'i Xainaal Iniuiiile oFSUiad-
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The MrAad
Sprtifiid ler'i'iieal pri^eidiit ynrprrJOmrrrJ □ trti
ScnaHor Di'HPir. And iJiBnka n> the mlnre panel ] y/aa just ncH}-
iRE SB Hi. Slaich and Hr Eckcrl noted [haClncy had live and four
children, icBpecdiTly. 1 wondcied when jour kids realized that
ihej eould say la the kida in Bchcol, "Mj dad owns a lay alnre." Or
a lay fompanj Thcj mist have been die meet populai hida in
Bchml.
Let mc diank Mr Keil:lile>, Me Stocch and Mi Echcrl. in pai-
Iieular, and saj chac over die course of my am Eresaional career,
there have been dm^ when I ha^e been tough on buaineaBca, and
I i'eall> have been heailcned, and icTceBhed by, the responEC af
ynuE indusHiy U> diia CEisia 1 think there is a level of opcnneos and
honesty that k ea&ennal for reatonnE die conlidencc in yaui pind-
uem, and to bnnE }'Dur consumem bark la >our stocea and back to
your company There's no corporate den lal so\n^ on here, diere^ no
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defensive crDnch, ihoc'a no dinnving araund of the tcima '^unk
science "
1 mean, you're facioE l^n^ honestly, and 1 think thaC^ the onlj
way Dj dral ii'ith it, and I'm slad diat you aic, I commend joii for
doinE that, of course, you have to iollow thiou^h And iicif watch
you as this proceas unfolds
So, Mr. Eckcrc would saj, 'TTiaC's kind of >du. Senator Dutbin,
but Mantel kneii' what thej were doinE- The> were Icoking far the
chcapcat places in die woi'ld n> make their DyyB. Sd, [hey found a
counOi with the laweat waae scale, with vittually no environ-
mental slandacdB , and basically nasaTe^ inspection, so why should
we be surpiised aC the outcome^ Lead paint gcea an producla,
maybe not becau&e il^s cheap, but because die folks who are apply-
in E ichave no nodon thaCics danEeraus or whac the toy ultimatelj
IS Eoin^ to be used foe " 5a, k diis a Eituadon where ^our industiv
IS raciTi» the [cali^ of deciding to ship yout producdon ovet&eaB?
Ml fii KEHT Ml Chan man — what's important to me — the iceu-
latiiHis aie imparlant, [he laws aie impoclanE, but ss I Uicd to
communicate in my statement, we're a companj builc on brands
and nust And if consumers can't trust our biands, re^ardleas of
where out pinducls are made — and we make prcducc m our awn
plants, and in vendor plants, in China, and in o[hei countries. To
me, the issue here hasn't been where diese producls are made, or
whaC [he rules are — have we done evetythm' we can to ensure
then saTeW^ And I belieiT e^eiychm' we'ie dam 5 Icday — and the
new ptoEram I lalkcd about in my cesnmonj — at certiiied pamc, re-
tcatinE the paint, making sure we [est samples of fin ished prcducES
before, in every p[cduc[ion run beiote the> reach store shelveB, and
incEcasmg the nioni[QrinE worldwide, not jusC in iTndoi planlE in
China, will make a big difference
Sena[or Duini^ R'cll, having [aken a Icok a[ out laboiaDn) fa-
cilidea heie at [he Consume! PrDduc[s Safety Commission, ic's
pictlj clear we're noC goinE m tesc jour [ojs And I want to get
down Qj this thicd-pai ty ceitifica[ion ot tcating Is it vour plan —
you and Fi'e discussed this, buC I want to put it on the record —
IS It your plan to ha^e [esnnE m the countries of origin of these
pioducis before they're erpottcd to [he United Slates, b> reputable
linns, which can be trusted [o do the job well'^
Ml El' Kill r Yea In feet chat's what we're doinE [oda> Now, we
ha^e — we have tcatinE lacilitica m Mattel and I kno* our labs, and
our labs are a litde bi [ more sophisticated and ha^e more opporni-
niHca than some of [he thiuES I\e seen heie Icday I know whaC
our labs do
Sena[or Duinir^. I hope so
Me El KEir This hasn't been an issue of the labs haven't done
then jobs, the labs have worked I think it is impoi tant tolei'el the
playing field, make suic evetybodvs protocols are liEhl, ha^e labs
ceruRolor accredited b> an independen [ organizamon to make sure
the labs ha^e the tighc equipment, are doing the right [ests, and
aredoinE iC with the 1 1 Eht frequency.
BuC I can commit to )ou [oda^^and I use [he ccokie analoey If
we — if we [esC the inErcdienla puns 'f^ 1^^ ccokie and we know
they're safe, and we wa[ch the baking of the ccokie, when [he ccok-
les come out, we do need to sample some of the cookies Of course
ronembcr, you Itnow, every Qinc wc samprc a cookie we dfatro}
iC And every tune wc do one of these lead paint aatn pica on a toy,
we dcaUoy it. But if we act the inpcdienlH n^hli, if i^c'rcdDina die
tcala up nont, bj certified iacilines oi acciMii™ raciliHcB, lean
nol imasinc we're EmiS loha^e th^a problem aE^'f
SenaOir Di-iptn. Now, foi the rccotd, meat ol the Djy& lot sale
this hoUdaj Bcason, ha^e been manulaccured lon^ bcfare. They are
in the pipeline alr»d>, in waichouEeE, and on ships Ib that Que?
Me £i keht It's prababl^ in the ballpark
SenaHor Duiilin And so, the testing that would bring mnEumer
confidence, involve products that have already been shipped, m
man J inslancca, from the counny where they ii'eic manulacHured
Mr Ei'Kiirr And we're Hesdng these as w?ll ^ the first thing
we did, ii'a& we'iT got la &top this at [he source The source is in
these o^eiseas planca ljct'& make suic wc'i'c got oui arms around
that [nvcntory and what i& there We know [hat we have now tcat-
cd cvcjj batch of finished product befoic it lea^ca Asia or any other
^ililj. That was the imporlant thin g
Now weSe shifted our antention, with the help of retailers, into
what prcducla are already here and aic there — are anj pioblems
here. But from a long-term pciapecti^e, to me, die real issue is aC
the source
Senator Dl'hpe>. Ms Grcenbcrj, you — I hope you were hcic and
listenol Id the tesi:imon> of Chaiiman Nord on children's jewcliy
Fm at a loss to ligurc out what the Consumer ProduclB Safetj
CiommissLon is doing What I heard her say, is in 2004 chcic were
massive recalls Thej'ic concerned nhat one out of li^c piccea of
iEwdij, children's jcwelrj coming into America now are dangerous
iccausc of lead contenC And [he beat I could get from her [esn-
mony, is that thej'rc m the prcceas of rulemaking, whatci'cr that
mignt be, that may hai'c started in Julj ol last year or January of
this >ear. And fm not cerism, I don't want to misstate hci Hesd-
mony, that she answered directly mj question, as to whethci or not
thej aic sKipping and cxamininj shipmeniB of childicn^ jewcliy
As someone who has analyzed this agency, what was >our im-
piession of that testimony?
Ms GriiiiMLiiii: Well, it didn'c sound from her testimony like
thej had taken the kind of aggr^sive action 1 would have lifced to
ha^c seen liom [his agency And what's she s^ing is thac because
there's no standard in place, she felt she didn t have the power Id
go in and lake these sample out of the ships that wcic coming in
or — but what that gnierated m m> mmd is "Okay, what would I
do in [hat situatiori?" And if 1 were a member of hci slaff oi if I
lan that agency, what [ would ha^c — what I would ha^e done is
saj, Tou Know, listen, maybe I don't ha^e the slandaid in place,
but mj hands ccitainl> aren't tied." Because the statute, under
which the CFSC opeiates, provides a loCol lecwaj for whcevci's in
charge there, to do — la take a number of sEeps.
One of the first things I probably would do, is I — parncularlj
Senator Klobuehai, since >ou had a joung eonsnituent who died
from a piece of a lead tc^ that ended up in his stomach We've got
a serious problem here. So >ou're going to pull the manufectuicrs
in, anybodj who's making nheac Eojs, pull them into a room and
saj, "We've got kids who are getting sciiously injured by iJiiSl
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What can you — what can jou promise mc yau intend to do to, are
you doinE the tcatinE that ncods la be done. Vf'hat \a die level of
lead in dic&c tc^s chat come diti^ Obviously, it's way loo high Are
you ii'illinE lo SID doh^n widi ue and pound out a volunlary agree-
ment to do die tcaUngand keep dicac lead tc^ b out of die eouritty''"
So [hall's one idea
The second idea \a, under Eeizdon I9, which covecE imporis fiom
CFSC. There is an opportunity m lake— if dicic's — ti a picduct evi-
dences a substantial — ib a BubElantia] prcduct hazard, diat can be
the subject oi icpoita m the CFSC about anj — any com pan j that
IS Belling [hat pccducC 1 would have lahcn dio^e lepoclB, 1 would
ha^c Icokcd at thcec, and I would hai'e sonc, maybe gone to a
Hcmbct of CongrcaB and said, '^'e'l'e got a lot of these prcdiicia
out there. [ need jour help beiHuse the rulemaking ptcceBB ib a
verj length J one So let's laJie this product and lee's Uj la rccBome
legislamon passed quickly thaC would put a ban in place Because
this is a sutslantial piciiuct hazaid and it^ killed a kid and ic's
hurcman> otheiB.'"
So, in other woid^, het hand& aic not ned She may not have a
Blandard in place but there are a m>riad optionB that I think the
Chairman ol the CPSCoughcIa — ougnt to ha^ c considcicd
Scnalor Duhbin Well, I'm jusC goin^ to clcae by — this tound of
quesnonB — by sarins, it's not just a matter of piovidm^ more
money to the agencj, moicslaff at the a5encj,more and better lab-
ocatmicB and building There has la be an aggressive attJlmde at
the agenc) abouC protecting femihes and conBumeia And when
thej don't have [he tcol& la piotcct them, to reach out la Congress
and othci places, the Pi e&idcnt, and Baj , '^'e need moic authori^
here because [hcic'B a danger at BlaJie here " And I think
Ihac's
Ms Giuu^PEin Exacdy.
SenaHor Di'iPi> Icondnuingl I was Icoking for that in her [esn-
mony and Tm boet) that I didn'c lind ^t in many of her ceaponses.
Senanor Brown hack
Senanor Bbo'vmj^i k Thank jou. Mi. Chairman
Ms Greenbci 5, I hope youll work with us on slatutory authority,
thaC 1 hope we can puC in the appi opi iations bill and uiac the au-
thorising committee will agree widi, bo we can moiT thac thiough
lapidly^sD nhat joull adviBC us on what else needs to be put in
Ms Giiiii^BEii: Glad la do diaD.
Senator Bpo*nb^ck. Mt Scorch I\c been in manj of vour
Btoi™, often With two 9 > ear olds, I'm lamihai with Tc^s 'Ti^Us.
The infoimaDon that I've looked at says that SO percent at >our
pioducis come from China Is that correct^
Mt Stoic H Let me giiT jou some, Mary and [, youi' staff, were
discuBBing [hat yesterday So let me ^ive jou Bome background on
that becauBe I went back and did Bome investigation aftei — after
our diBcussion And aB in manj consumec pccducia categoiiea, a
majQTiij of the products do come fiom China in lays, like [hey do
in catcgorj aitet categoiy now, aB jou poinEed out in youi earlier
I'cmai ks.
Senator Bidwnbai'pl. What is it in your stored What percent of
your prcduclH come from China?
JSS
Ml Stdhi'h Let mc ^'ivc you aomc — let mc give you Bomc biral:-
Diit or BDine conncpiiiori of that by catcgoiy, beiauEC it vbmcb, baaed
on the catcgoiy Wc bcII multiple calc^oiica or ptcduclH in our
BEncB for kids Pioducis like, juvenile products iot erample, dia-
pciB or baby caic prcducca, theae typically aic made by Q S. manu-
^tureiB like E^tcflai i Gamble, etcetera
SeuaHor Bhowmjai k All iighc
Ml Sropi II Ouoicoi and mdoor — mdooi' — ouldooi pvcduelB and
thcindixn play houseB, you know, the blow-molded
Senator BiowruAi n Righc Eighl.
Mi Stop I n ImntinuingI And injection-niolded large houacBL
These also aic typically domes nc- manufactured beoiise of the
□ ansporlation cogIs arc so high, the) tend Eo be made in die
Unit™ Slates Video games k another big area, and thoGC, ihe
hacdii'are ^a made in Asia m vatiouE places and the software is
topically, the disks are actually scamped out in die United Scales
o[ Japan CouBCTiiction Qjys, things like Legco, iot example, or Con-
necla, some of thoGC arc made in die Qniled Stales, some of these
arc made m Mcmico, thej'ie made in vaiioiis locadons, some aic in
Canada Now, die category that mcst people arc focused on here,
would be things like dolU and acnion liguces and the Uains thaC
we've Been [he recalls cm. And fot these, Bomewhcie betii'ecn [hrec-
quaiters QjflU percent of the pi cduc In aic made in China
I would point out [hat we opera[e in 35 countries and if someone
belici'cq that there arc, sorC of, aecrcc fecDaies out ihcie, in these
counCTies and Fiance oi England, whcrciTr the leadei m K^&, or
in Spain Jt's [he same thing in these counHics, where almcsb — al-
mcs[ all of these catcgoiics of toys arc manulac[iired in China,
around the world loda^ So our fccus is cm making [he tc^s taTc
whcrevct they're manufactuied
Sena[or Biowmjai k And [appceiziate that.
Ml EckcEt, now, what about in yout products? How much, what
percent of these come iiom China'
Ml El KtHT We manuiacturc one-half of out own tojs and vcn-
doi source abouC onc-hal f of out tojs Leoking actess both of these
BjBl^ma, roi^hly 65 percent of oui te^s are macie in China and 35
percent arc made in olhcc countries
Scna[or Bho^'srach Ms Gtecnberg pointed to a systemic ptob-
lem M) guess is lou gentleman have been going back and locth
to China lor manj years Mr Eckert, m the last 5 years, how often
a year have you gone to China'
Mr El KSHT I probahK a couple of times a year
Sena[or Biowru^i n Mr Smtch'
Mr Stopi II China hasn't been a place that Tve tended to viaiC
Senator Bhowsuai k It is noCoi it has been"
Mr Sroii'ii No, as a relailcr again, [he man uiactuicis ha^e
then facilities o^ei [heic and [hey're makin g pteducia oi'cr there.
And as a retailei, we don't have operations in China
Sena[or Bio^HSArft. So jou don't go and visit these factories
where a hig percenCageof jour producQ come fiom'^
Mr SroicM Yeah We ha^e a iTry large alaff, we have an oflicc
in f]ong Kong and we hai'e, foi example, a gentleman heie. Rick
Rupeit, who's our Eiiecu[ive Vice President, who is o^ei theie al-
mosEalJ die Qme, leohmg at the factories.
JSS
Senator Bio^inRArK You yoarad^arc not, you'ic not goinE?
Mi Stopi ]i Nd lamnot^air
ScnaHor BBOA>h^i'K I would think it ii'ould be wise la ^laiC die
one paiUculfli aica where you're E^nin^ ao much of > our prcducC
Ml Eckett, one oi mj powin^ conccrjia haa been utia cariccrina-
tion of our manuracturiTi » and of our econamic aclinij aaaa:ia[«i
widi China, ii'hich la a dieed ayalcin and ib bstding carrupniouL
And even the CominuniEt Pail^ ie Islking about coiruption ii'idiin
China
So then, when >ou E^t inlo 3 manufactured act of picducls, iC
Bccma [Q me, you almnet are aec up Id bcc these sort of thin g& tsk-
ing place And then when we ^et thi& level oi concentiacion m an
economy you do get people mam □ ulatm ^ die markelplajTe.
So you^c goCfl cloGed ajBtcm, having coti option, batding corrup-
tion and a market concentraHiDn in the taO pj HO percent caHo.
Youic aet up almcet, to ace the occuncncc of ptoblema Fm aure
thi& ia Bomecnms that jou'it thought about Have >ou tried Dn
break out of the aouicing in this one place'^ Oi do you not aee that
there aic endemic pioblemt and a likelihocd that thinga like this
might lake place?
Mi Ei'kiiit Fii&t, we do manufacnire in markets othec than
China SoKind, I'l'e peraonally acen a lot of &ucccaa m the giownh
of capilaliEm if >ou will, m China, as jobs are created and the)
BlarC gomg thiough the induBtrial re^cJuHon [here Manj of the
people who work in out facilities in China, aie people who have
come from the agiaiian aociety and, literally, thia la chcit firat job
But we make buic we enforce out own acandatda That, to me,
IB what'a impoitant here Aa an e^am pie, Bince HKKl
Senator Biowrn^i k Well, that didn'c woi k , did if
Mi Eckbpt Well, amcc 1997, we have had oulHide, independent
auditojs go inEo oui facilities and check who'd be working on our
pioduclfi and what conditions [hey have And we publiBh these on
mattelcom, so anybodj can go look at indcpenden C audipji reporla
and what we\c done to coirect thinga, Dn make buic wc impcae our
Bisndards, regardle&s of whaC someone elac doea
Senator Bhowmjai k But i c didn't woik
Mi El KEHT Well, in the caae of — if jou're apeaking BpeciFicallj
to lead paint teadng
Senator BaowMJAfK Yen
Mi Ei'ftiiir Icontiniim gl. We didn't teat Bufliciend> to catch that
pioduct [ don't know if thac'a a queation of where the product waa
made
Senator Br o i^ ^4 b.-(' k You don't sec the setup of the macro ailua-
tion as being a good possibih^ of producing a problem like this?
Mi El KFFT faee it from mj perspective, juBt aa a manulac-
turei, what svatema do I have in place, legardlesa of who owns the
plant oi in which countiy it is? That'B mj viewpoint of this
Senator Bpinv^H^rE: Well, I would aak jou la think about the
macro aituadon in the way Mb Ijreenbci g identifies it, 1 think thia
la a aituation that would ei'olve into the type of actup that we are
eMpciiencing And my hope la, that we can giiT die Conaumer
Pioduct Salet) CommiBBion more authority Id deal with iC But alao
that you aa manufacturem would Icok at the lype of aettinga that
you're in, and if there is a likelihocd that situations like this would
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emerge you can da Epat testing and rsndain tcaCinE as a mcthcd
of prciTntion That's E'^'^'i. I''" 5^^ that wc da, boausc if the ajB-
tcm IB flawed we're aBking ioi prablcma And we have »oc diem.
So I would hope you iTouJd wock widi iib and Icoh acodtci places
e^cn odiei coumziea widi inocc open sjElcms, aa a pcsEible place
to Ep.
Thcic's been thia huge ilush of capital E^'fE 'f™ China, >ou've
had manu^tncing growdi taking tilace [hat I don'c diinh has ncc-
CHBanly Bcived the leal of [he world nor served the United Slatea
well You ha^e jour ficc choice. YoLi're a ftec company, U> do with
aE jou see lit, and >ou will, and you should But I think we're aak-
ing for problems in this
Ml Chaitman, thank you foi letting me go aver
Scnanor Di'iilin Scnatoc Klohuchai.
Scna[ar KiJ>ni'i'ii^i. Thank yQU, Mi Chanman Thank >ou Dn
all of our wlOicbbcb It's been \cty helpful, paFtncularl> I welcome
Mr. Scorch, who's a residcncof Hmneaota
And I wanted to echo what Senator Durbin had said, as I appre-
ciate the people ii'ho are here tcday, who work in [he induBtJj , for
being honeat, for ii'otkins wich ub, and coming ioni'ard I think
you've admitted tJiat there were some mqoi pratlcms thaCneed to
be imed
And I guesB mj iiiBl question would be of >ou Mr EcketC If this
can happen to a reputable company Like Matta, ic can happen to
an> toy manulactnitei And hoii' can you make sure thaC die new
syscemE chacyou hai'e put in place are gom^ to work and are gom^
to oerve us ade(|ua[ely ii'hen [he paBt s^Etcms failed^
Ml Ei'HEPT. I Buppoit manda[Qrj teatnng by cerdfied labs, the
same kind of program we'ce doing tcday, with manda[or> teating
of iiniEhed gccds bcfote thev leach s[ore shelves, for che resCof the
induBtT) And I chink, as Caitci Keithlej has announced the TIA,
the induEtrj aBECciadon of 50fl membcia both large to vetj Email
Buppott ihLa piopceal We would like to have a level plajin^ field
and we would work witJi them and with the agency to develop
those B landai da
Sena[or Kij>iji.tii^i. So, ii'hat >ou're doin^ now, ate you teBt:ing
batj:h by batch? 1b thaCii'hat^s happen inf?
Ml El KFiT Yea.
Sena[or Kibeiwhai. Okay.
Mi EcKBPr. So here's what iic'tc doing. And it's very important
to me that I have an oppoitninity to explain this
Fiiat, ic's [he paint. Again, if you get the mgredicnla tight, we
don't have to worry about the end so much Lct^s make sure the
pamt IS light. The paint has to come fiom one of oui eight eerti fied
pamt iTmioiE. You have — [hat's all >ou can do, >ou have to buj
then pamt and we [esC the pain Cm thcae pam C factai iea
Two, when a plant lakes thaC pamC, a manu^[unng plane,
whether we own the plant or whether a vendoi , an ouiaider owns
the plant, chat paint has to be teateda^am — cvcrj ba[ch of paint —
has to be te&ted befoic it's used
Three, as the toys are bcin; made, we have moic auditots on the
ground today, going around ta th^e various vendors and sub-
connac[ora [q watcn over their shoulder about how they're usin^
the pamt.
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And four — to mc die ultimaCc teat — before that ptcducl gcla to
iclailer ahclvcs, iic lake a sampling fiom ciTry pioduction lun, of
flmahcd coja and IcaC the painC one miire Drnc I think that kind
of &jfl[eni will be effective and I think that soit of a^Btcm wouM
bcneii c man uiactuiera lar^eand amall.
Senaoir Kij>ijih'ii^i. Naii'.do you p reduce kida jeiicl ry?
Mi Ec'ftEir We don't We haiT had aome jeu'elry, licensed prod-
uct jcn'cliy Ibr example I recall a ainiadon ii'ith Amciii:an Gitl,
which IS one of our brands
SenaOir Kuijuchai. ISeaccn that jewelry.
Mi El k fit Okay.
SenaOir Ki j>nLir h ai . In my house
Mt E^'HuiiT. Well, we'i'e had some licensed ieiiclty auCoi Amei-
ican Girl that — rri) lecalleclnDn is this gnea back to laEt Epnng,
maybe ic was the end of Haich nl last spring — where toudne test-
ing, even [hough we don't manufacture that product, we ju&t dis-
□ ibute iC in our sDJiea, in dui few American Gitl BDaes, one of
which IS m Chicago — we found lead m [hat picduc[, and recalled
thaC product, diBcon[inued [he prcducC We're not going [o be in
[ha[ buEinesa
Sena[ar Ki.ouit h ^ i . Mr Storch, >du weie lalking about the re-
call picceas, and how we can make it better. I appreciated jour
support loi mj legisladon la put some kind of dcmaicadon on the
piciduclfi and the packaging Ck>uld >ou talk about what yau do
when yau get a ircalled prcduct and haw that difiera fi om wha[,
maybe a smallci i?[ailei, would do — whac they ma> have the ca-
pacity to do and whaC you think would be bc^C to guaiantec thaC
these pi cduclH can be recalled i m media [el y?
Mr Stdhi'h Yea I — we have communicated m no unccilain
terms to our people, [hat execudng recalU k the moGt imporlsnC
part of then job And cveijday, store manageia check the recall
beard and audit [hat the i ecall's been carried out.
Bu[ more impoiland^ and moic specilic la your queEdon, our
sys[em& allow us [o Icck oat sales of any i?called picducr. And I
mentioned thaC a little hiC m m> picparcd remarks, that both in
the distribution cen[erE and m the sP^rea, the sjElem has baeically
blccked furchei movemenc of thoee prcducla So thej can't move
ficim [he di&tribution centers to the stores, and [hey can'c move
ficim a store sheli, if one wei^ on the store &hell, thej can't be —
can't be boughc And so, [here is — should be no way, from a sjs-
tems-en foi ced perspective, for anjone to bu> the picduct. And
again, all the audi[s we've seen all [he teating, and believe mc, ev-
eryone from journalisra la public agencies around the country la
an>Dne with a [hought about iJns has gone in and tried to check,
IS [hat we have neai pcifection on execution of these — of these ic-
calls
I think for a smallei relailer, that's going to be a much more dif-
ficult challenge. And, because the> maj not have the E»stems,
they're not able to pioceed in that — in that soit of guaranteed lUO
percent — lUO percen c fesh ion
The other [hmg we do, is [hat if there's any source of confiMion
or concern, we just remoi'e [he whole line And so that happened,
for example, earlier this year with the Magne[i\ recall. We felc iC
was confusing to am em[omei's to Oy to Iril which product was ic-
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called and which one wa&n'l, bccau&c there were so many diffacnC
types of MaEfi^n*; So wc Icok the whale line off the ahclt until that
was sorted throueh. Wc have the financial abililj to aceompliBh
thac And I canld &cc, perhaps, EDme Emallec relailci's not being
able n> do thaC
SenaHor Klobuc'ecab So do you understand [he need, and I ap-
piccialc you lalkitiE abouc the I'olunlaiy work jou're dmng to re-
vamp some of these leEulanonB iot ihe CFSC and also giiT [hem
Eome moic reBoui ces Eo do their work. Some of die issues diat Ms
Giecnber^ was talking abouE, is die CPSC and ib iC a shadow of
lis fmmci Ecll? Ab a member of the induBtrj, do you Euppoit mocc
icaoutces for this a^enc^^
Ml Sropi h[ AbaoluCely And, iC ii'a& inlcresdng we met with —
widi Ms. GtecnbcrE yeslcrday and I <\as faEcinalcd Tm a UnJc bit
of a ConBumer Report ] unkic, aB I cold hei, from childhood And we
found ouFEclveB in a^iecmcnt on almcac ci'cij isBue that we diB-
cuBsed So, wc arc ahBol iitcl> in thao — m [haC place It ib clear that
CPSC needs more [rione> and you've all Bpokcn of that and dem-
onsOated that. And if we erpect them to do more things, they're
gom ! to need more mone>
lt6 also vcij imporlanC to us that some of [heac timefiames he
Bhortened, heCwecn the tinic when a pioduct is firat discoveEcd as
havm; a ptohlcm and a time when Uic conBumer flndB out about
iC And for us, often, we get a 1-day notice, something like that,
whence ci,aB scon as,joii know, the manufacturer feds like the ic-
call iE going forward, well get a phone call, '^Vc'rc going to recall
thiE tomoirow." And so, we immediately lake it off the shelf But
Bomedmea, pardcularh carlici thiE >ear, we felt like months maj
have gone by while IheBC situadons were being in^eatigated and
thoGC ptcdiicia wcic still being Eold and wc didn't like thaC Now,
with more icBoutceB, we feel the CFSC can move faster on that
Senator Ki^ouuc h ^ i . Thank you vcvy much
Senator DuHPir. Following up on that, Mr Eckci't. One of the
qucstionB that was caiEcd iB, jour icquiccment as a toy manulac-
turet to [cpoit defective produclB or dangerouE products And, so
what do jou undcrsiand jour cotpoiatc obligation to be, under the
law or othciwiBC, to notify cither the Consumer Frcduct Safe^
Commission about the dangeis that you found of a product that
you're selling, Di to lake other action?
Mi Eckeht. Fiial, let mc Eaj we would also support more rc-
BDurccB for the CFSC. I think they do imporiant woit We do Eup-
Ioit them Some of the thinra I^e Baid m the last couple of wecka,
bclici'e ha^c been m isatttibuted about mj support of the CFSC,
and 1 want — appceciatc the opportunitj. Senator, Ib be on the
lecord hete, saying wcdo Euppoit this agency
And ni cell you, the work thej'vcdone with ue this past Eummer
on the lead pamt lecalU has been cxcmplaiy We're woikmg with
short peiicds of time, we're calling them at night, we'tc calling
them on weekends, we're making things happen, we aic calling ic-
lailers the night befoic a recall is going Ds be announcedL Eveiy-
bcdy IS working as fast as they pcesibly can
M> underalandin g of the requiicmenla, bu, aic diene TTie re-
quirement of y4-hom notice la the agenc) of a picduct that could
present a hazaid, has heen well covered And, one of my concerns
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always, is die "could" standard Becauac mtli the brncfit af hind-
BiEht, E™Tig out 3 or 4 ycats, i^cll now wc know iC could have been
jroblem bccauBe it was a ptoblcm 3 ot 4 jcai b doiiTi the rcsd
S'hat haEn't brcn icpoctcd oi what hasn't receii'ed bb much at-
tention, la [he piDviaion oi the CFSC re^ulationa that sivca compa-
jues l(t huaincaB daja ot mote to detcimine that thej ha^e a le-
potlablc incident So far eMample, in am very HiaC ainiadon, flrac
lead paint iei:all this year we found thiE paint, we found th^a iBBue
in a thi pment of pi cduct dfEdned far a relailci in France Om peo-
ple on the ground thouEht ihcy had the — their arma around the &it
uanan, diat the> contralled ihe prcducC Ic wasn't in commcice and
It wasn't heading Id [he IJn itcd 3la[efl I wish it would have dialed
up sconci Id the coipDia[e situation, because it wasn't unnl we did
Eubsequent [esia
And let me give you an example We lesned — a telailer tested
thb little gceeu fot in a Dora prcduct, and it failed a lead paint
teat We do thoiisandB of lead paint teals every >ear and don't have
Allures So oui people, well- intended people on the ^lound in
China, called the vendor and said, "Youi'e pit a problem, get us
some new green foxcB " The lelailer tested green foxes again They
pass. Our people on the ground think the problem^ behind them
We, in the mean[ime, haiT also drawn our own samples from
that vendor facili[j and saw prcducia [hat failed And once we did
that, we quaran[ined all prcducia and very quickly this Bi[uation
moved into the United States, wheie we can lake action, which we
did m a mal:[er of dajs
Sena[or Di'iniH You told me in a meeting I belieiT ic was our
con^eiaaHon, that when it comes Id vin>l, lor example, there is
some pieaenee □! lead in meet oi all vinyl And so, we talked for
a few momenla about what the lead safety standard is.
Ms Greenbei g, m her teatiniony, said that the CPSC has not
ieall> established an acceplable slandacd when it comes Id lead So
what ha^e )du found as you'ie tesUng, what do >ou use as the
Blandard for youi picducla, as acizeptable amounla of lead'' Is it
zeiD^
Ml Ei'Kiiir We use six paria pei million. There is lead in the
environment. Unfottunately , lead is pietlj uhiquilDus m our lii'es.
That^ the waj it is I dcm t know that one can lind zeco lead, but
we use a verj small pardon of lead, which e^en chough it maj —
as I undersland now — it's not mandated That^ one that everyone
in the industiy uses
Sena[or DuHsir You mentioned Id me, I [hmh, that Califoinia
had a Slate standard that was more — one of, ei[hei >ciu or Mr
Storch — mentioned that California had a Slate slandacd that was
even sUic[er Is [hacconect?
Me Sti>iii'ii I believe that's not iJie case, in regard to toys
where — and HI check on this — where the [oj Blandard is the same.
But I believe that's in rejaid Id vinji, in vinyl prcducta. And m
that — ni check m> aperture in a second — but and I believe that'a
a siandacd in there law, where it's a aiandacd of, where it has to
be stated on the package, thac it could be po[enl:ial^ haimful, aa
oppcaed to an absolute — absolute standard Thej have a lot of
things like that in California, where you'll see on the back of the
package, jou know, this has been de[ermined by the Sta[e to be po-
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tcnaB]]> hszaidauB I believe it^ like that. Let mc jiul. if I may
juaC chei:h foi a accond, HI gel jou 3 driiniti^c an&wcr on ihac
Flap 1i5,aTid thc> aay, 3U parca per nullion
SenaOir DfHPr>. Hy IshI qin-aciori rcLacca U> dcBiEn When I mcc
widi MimsEcr Wcl diia inorTiLng, from Chins, he Eaid, part of die
piablem wc have with Kys iE that our people are manu^tuiins
to the draign alsndaid? of the United Slates And so, if the
Magnetix Oa haE a magnec that pops nut, it's because we were pjld
to make it [hat way. We didn't draign them, bo don't blame ua.
How much of this beyond lead paint, t^hieh abviouBly you've in-
dieated not to melude on any pinduels, but how much ol nhia dc^
go Ed design and haw much could be laid ac the dcocBtep of lay
man ufectui eia, iot having deaigna that create knee paria nr
magneia that pop out?
Mi Ei'KtBT. I [hink that la well-Elaled, bei:aLiBe a lot of these
profalcma, nut the lead paint prablem, but a lot af tc^ lecalU are
related Dn design H'e ouiseKes.ace producing ihouaandB and ihou-
sanda of new ptcduclB eveij >ear And we're vety caicful when we
design these prcducla. Ha make aure the) meet atandacds, not juat
legulaP^cy Blandarda acound nhe warld, but qui own internal Bland-
aiaa
That aaid, we occaaionallj make a miatake. Eveijbcdy dees. And
when we do we need to lin it And nhat'E not a manulactunng
lasue. EveijUung I've seen in the magnet Bituatinn, has nothing to
do wilh man ufactui in g And t^hat haa happened in magneia, la
these amall, h[»h-powered magneia. Senator aa >ou know, nave be-
come almoGt ubiquLloua We have [hem on oui cell phancs, our
blackbeniea and we\e been using them in tcjs far the past few
years And when a magnet came lc<se, I ihint the induaQy, cei-
lainly Mattel and I believe [he regula[Qra , aaw it as a quali^ lEBue,
not a safety issue A small pai t came unglued That occaaionallj
happens, and what do ynu daabauDit?
And in our Bi[i[adon, we tiiice changed our lequi remenla ioi how
to afHx those magneia as small parIa so they don't come nff. It real-
1> wasn't until Novembei 2U05, when unfoiiunateLj a child died aa
a cesult of ingesmng multiple magneia, nhat I ihmh we all goD the
wakeup call This is a safely problem Thia isn'c about a quali^
and It has to do with design now do we design a sjstem to keep
these magnels in placed In Januar- of this jeat, we created a Icck-
ing system to embed these small, high-powered magneia in the
plastic ilaelf, ao thej won't come out And we had had a recall be-
fore then, related [q Iccse magneia, but we — we found [he soludon
And what we\e done [his >eai, and I think is an erample of how
Mattel nies ro lead the indualiy, is we re[[cacdvely applied thac
new system for locking the magnet in place Id kijs that we sold
years ago^ before that was even disco^eied Becauae again, 1 think
ic'a mcst impor[ant to get the consumers, even if th^- bought one
of these prcducia 2 di 3 jears ago, ^^ we know that magnet isn't
a small pai t issue, it could be a real safe^ hazard, il^ our job to
get [hat pioduct bach
Sena[or Duvilin Senator Biownbach.
Sena[or Baon'rn^i n Thank jou. Mi. Chairman
Mr Eckert, I want Id lalk with you about some of youi meetings
in China, if I could, and officials You meet with Chinese ofliciala.
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I WQultf guFSB, icgulBrly OR piiidiicaDn and inBnurBiituriii g Bland-
aida'
Ml Elheht. I wouldn'c say rcEularlj. and it's ccnainly not an
Blandaida I mrrt with ]ixa\ ofliciBia around ouc ^ilid^B ai the ia-
cihd^B I ^isiC and J, on nccBBion, am in Beijing But meat ol our
^ilitira aic in the Bouliicin pait of China and that's whcic I
Bpcnd meat of my time, by !at
ScnaHor Biowm^ai h And mrrdng widi lucal ofricials iJierc^
Ml El KEHT. Yea.
SenaOir Biowheack Mectin; ii'ith local officials^ Do you eiTr
meet inlh people rtom die PLA People's Liberanan Army'^ Have
you ever mcC ii'ith ofiicials ii om die FLA'^
Ml EiKEHT Not [hat Fm aware of
SenaHor Bpo'^^p^ck. Do an> of the planlE that yau ha^c asBO
ciatc^ith the PLA^
Ml El KSHT I don't koDii' [hat to be the case
Senanor Ehoa'ml^i'k Do you know who euub or who owns the
Elanla, l(Kt pciizent, in the caaea of what you're dealing with in
hma^
Me Eikeht Ae It lelatea loour plants, jes As it celaEes pj these
laige vcridDi planln, yes. Some of [he issues though, [hat we found
this year IS ^cndora and — and we wouldn't he hcie if a handful of
vendoiB didn'c viola[e our i ules — some of [heac iTndoi b have sub-
conaacted and iurther subeon niacted some of theae eomponenla.
And I don't know — and chat's one oi oui issues we're Ijackmg
do*n — whoaie chcec people and why are thej hcic'
Sena[or Bpo'*^■El^^K fm not putdng the beac on you You're
here and Fm ashing you these questions Bud what Pm looking a[
are [hcsjBtems where a problem arcse It aecms that, noCjusCpio-
duein^ problems m toys, but prcducing piablcms m o[hci prcduct
areas is what Fm tiying to get at [here
I waB lUEt lookin; at — and this k an old article, it^ UlSi Intci-
na[iona] Ciei aid Tribune arUelc, but the) were es[imatin^ that the
armed forces ran some ?0jXlO induBtiial pioducHon and service
companies m China And nhat's whj I ask if you had met with, or
if [hey continued to run, any of the facilities that jou're a part of
or [hatyour vendors have any aBBOciacion with.
Mr EjI'kkpt Not that Fm aware of [t may — there ma> be I'm
C. not aware of it and Fvecerlamly neiTr met widi anybod) thaC
idcn[ilied h iniEcl f hem g that ^pe of pcioon
Sena[or Biowhuai k J nope we can — m Icoking foni'ard — pass
Icgislamon to Hy to correct this Biniadon, pucBtandaid? in place so
thaC people can be assured of the products [hey buj And also push
the Chinese Government, whether through communicadons
through you and cerlamly throush comm unication& from our Gov-
ernment that we will noC tolerate these pi oblems m our products.
And we're going [q do cvcrjthing we can to stop [hesc pioblems,
pericd And that the prcducis aren't coming m if thej'rc not scod.
And I hope we treat them the way we get Heated in other coun-
tries around the woild If our produce is aecn as having any quality
pioblem we get Ehuc out of the marketplace, shut ouc I think that
we ought pj do here. Un[il we aie &uie that the s>Btcm has
changM and won't produce [he same sorC of prcducis that we've
seen.
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ScnaCor Duihin Mi. BhaUs
Mi Bh^tia ScnslDi, if I maj 1 would like to seize [his example
ihac you juac laiBed la inaJ[c a paint. I [hink wc need a &jBlcniic
fix, which ^c^a beyond juEt Irad ar amall parts If wc haiv cvalua-
□on and accn^ii dcmn picccsa, if wc haiT a a^Btcm that Icoka aC
not anlj the manufacmircr but ilic Bupplicr and ilic Bub-aaBcm hicr
and the aub-BuppUcr Wc have techniques available ii'luch rcEiaCcr
and iccard [he man ulaclurin g Iccadon, [hat recoid the sub and
Bubcan [[ac[ora as part of the i7rr[ircal:]on ol accrediladon picce&s.
And [hese problema can be handled, they have been Bucceaafullj
handled in other aeetoiB We'te jiiat in need far Icok — for InokinE
to these ^pea of opdona, inteEiate them with whaC we have thaC
wotka in o[her aieaa, and ii'otk ii'ith our induatij, woik with our
legulatocy framework You need to BizcDgliicu that foi sure.
Bu[ wc have meehauiEmE lha[ aic araibblc, deai gnin^ nhc prop-
et sysEem and then making buic that we inspect often, wc audic
often, we validate afcen, wc accredit often. I [hink thac's whac's
going to be needed Dj get this done And the small paria arc one
componenC thaC has been regulated for many >eara The icgula-
tions arc mcaninglcas unlcas somebody actually checks iTompliance
to iJiem. And [hata ii'hac we need to fccus on
Sena[or Biowrn.^i n Thank )qu
Senator Kij>ijii'ii^i. Thank you
Ml Keithle>, I [hough c I'd ask you a few qucations You'it been
ovei [here on >du[ oiin We were talking biiefly here about the
lead atandarda I think people ace pcen^ surpiiaed nhat there's no
aet Federal lead ban or lead sisndaid for children's prcducia I
think It was Mr Eckei t and Mr Scorch who wei e cocrecc to explain
this 06 percent IS the standard thac'a used bj the Statea. The Feda
and [he CPSC uae a, what 1 understand, a voluntary guideline
alandard of Xtti percent, and then if it meeta iJiat alandaid the)
may do some addi[ional [eadng, which seems la add time to thia
whole piccesa, which people have said is aome[hing thej caie
abouC And [hen with jewcli v from ii'hat I undereland, the Cali-
fornia atandard is Dj go to u2 by ?0U9. And tha['s whj when iic
ha^e talked Dj people, consumer advocates, people at the CPSC,
people in mdusti. , we came up with the ban standard of U4 pet-
cenD because [hats thcslandaid [hat's used for lead in dirC 1 won't
ask you the details of thaC And [hen the jeii'eliy of .(t2 percenC,
which la the one thac Cal ifotn la'a Icoking at to go to by 2009
And then allowing, because of this undcia landin g, iJie vinyl and
some of [heae other producta, that we ma) ii'ant to go under thac
alandard [o allow the CPSC or to require [hem [q doa tulemaking
to look at [hese individual prcducia We are ceilaini) Ea)ing thac
thiE la a ceiling and that ii'e could go lowec aa the acience de^elopa,
because we wanted to Oy la ha^e a sisndaid that waa based on
acience So, could ^ou talk a litde bit about that idea and where
you think that thia ahould go? And if you think that a Federal
alandard would be helpful?
Ml Kbithi.s^ Well, in fact ScnaHir, the jewelrj people per ae,
are not an ictly apeaking, part of our induaHy. Ne vet die lea a , they're
clceel) enough iela[ed to our industi> that it la a matter of concern
to ua And m fact, in [heapiing 1^006, we wiote a letter to the Cam-
mission encouraging [he Commission eo move Ibrwaid, adopdng a
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Bct af sCandacdE snd nilrs climinaang Irad from jcwdij H'c fully
Bup port that.
Scualor Kkiili'I'ii^i. Okay And ace you open la lnoking at this,
the PcdrrsI snandacdB then'' To puC a Elandard in placc^
Ml Keiieiikv Abflolulcif
Scnanor KuiiJii'ii-i. Okay.
Me Keiieiikv Abaolutclj
Scnanor K]j>]jl7I']i-i. Okay, thank >i>u
Ma Gircnbcrg, muld >ou mmmcnt a littJc bit about thiE? And
then, before time cxpiicB here, 1 had aaked Chairman Noid before
abauC the aE^ney budgclH and dicic reqiie&lE. Ck>uld >ou go an a lit-
tle bit about > our perapecti^ c an that as well^
Ma GiEENPFHi.. Sure The aeeni:) la aa I aaid in jn> oial Elale-
mcDt, ia ac4Ul employera , aa of [he2U0S jeai It haa had aE man)
SB 960-aaine emplojeea m the I970b ln'a clear, ti you read their
budget propcaal for £(JOH, ic ie a very aad dcfument becauae there
are ao many thm^B that [hej Bay chcy can'c do, they're aUctched
to [he limit And aa the New Varfc Tiinea ahowed aa well in the ar-
tiele about I week ago, thejSc got one petaon [eanng Oija Their
lab la, loofc& like an old college ftiend's dorm roam Thej — they are
Buffeting and [hcy'iT Icac Iota of, I m?an, thetc'a been a scrioua
brain dtain diere aa a lesulcof the veij loii' level nf funding
One of our ftuatiationa ib over the psat Bcvcral >caia the Chaira
of die CPSC have not asked Congresa ioi mote mDne> becauHC ap-
parently thej were cold that they ahauldn't But iI'b bo obvioua
when >ou rrad chcit internal dccumenia or [hen dccumenlB thac
thej aupply, [hat the> can't catrj out their baaic funcdona They
actually aaid they weren't going to woik on dioii'ning incidenla,
which la a coic laaueand kilfs a tot of kida every year, becauae thej
Biinplj don'c have the leBourcea to devote to it
So, we need to puC [hia agenc> on a muiae, and jou'it done thac
in >our legiBlation,of increaaing — Btcady inneaBeB , ao iCcan abaorb
additionaT emplojeea and additional leaourcea Thia buameaa with
the lab is i^all> sad I mean, thejVe been dancing aiound thiE, it
waa cut out of the budgec this ^ear Chaii'man — CommiEEioner
Hooic lalka abouC thaC in hia [ea[imonj The lab was, jou know,
thejVe been tijing to rede&ign the lab. Ic^ been going on for 6
yeaia and they juat cut the money for iC
So, ihia K an unfoituna[e way Id draw a[tention [o a Federal
agencv^ but I think this k going to be a ahot, a ceal ahot m the
arm When I ha>e a moment, I know jour dme la limited, but I
wanCPj talk abouc the broader isBuc of childtcn'a prcducla. Becauae
tojB la one ihin^, but we hai'e, aa aafcl^ agencies, and ceclsmly
with [he Conaumet Federation of America, and oeIici groupa have
talked about a locoi pioblema with deai^n of childien'a criba, babj
walkers E troll erB , cat EcalB poita-cnba Thcae are laaues that alao
need la be addietaed. We'd like Id accaome ind«iendent [ea[ing of
thiHe 1 [ema , bei:auEC kida ha^c been killed oc badl> injured oi'er the
years and the CPSC really haan't been equipped oi atepped up Id
the plate m deal with these iBEuea.
Sena[or Ki^inucii^i. Thank you
Sena[or Dubbed Thank you veij much. I want la thank thia en-
tite panel, my colleaguea, Senalai Brownback, 5enalai Klobuchar.
I [hink die [hree obvioua concluEiona from this healing: China haa
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^lI^ in Ecnding us prcducla thst ace dan gcroiu, thst hsvr haimol
children and inan> olhcia and ccHainl> iic ha^c to hold ihcm to
liLEhcr Blandaidq if chcy want to do buHincBa widi die United
SlaleE: the CbnEumcr Priducls Safely Cbmni laaiDn haE ^iled in noC
piDviding adequate leBourccB, ataffin;, or perhaps [he will Co deal
with the imparlant lasuea that [hey lacc, and Con^eat haa failed
These who have arrued foi ao inan> jeaiB chac we have to ^eC Gov-
ernment out of Durlivea undcrBland that there are maments when
we need Govcinuient, ii'hen we need aomeone to make ccitain thac
thepicduelH on [hcahelves aiealwa>& goin^ la be Ba/e for qui lam-
iliea and our hida We need Eo Etcp up Eo that reaponEibil l^
AllDlTIOrj^L CDMMITrEE QUEITIQrJB
If [here are any queanans From membera they mil be aubmitted
far youi lespanae m the record
IThe fallowing queBtion& were not aaked at the hearing, hue were
BubmiHed Id [he ageni:) far reaponae Buboequent to the heaiing ]
quE^'m" ^ SuidiriED ]□ Hon ^^1ncyA FJoid
(f LiaiKN] Sui ^innai it SEK.'rop Rizk^id J DtriiN
Oawmtran On? pDml dF iznalcnicD ikni •//c\r hud li ivilb □ irqii?'! <]iii4 I Diigi-
□Dlly HBilr In oiily Aiigii^i nikiag ibe CF3C <d cdhiIiie* □ nik aiml>u^ im ibc pici-
CBte at IcdI m ckildnza ' pmdui' Tbii iu|li?^i -/-ai mwte in icipoiiic lo □ ncivi
□nKlc ikui icpDni'd ikm on^ m Ci<-: piaci oFdiildicn i jcD^liy uaplj] by ffPC
cdhCuxmI ^"I'eiii^^ qLIa^LLllc^ of Loiil. Tbii naoKii^ ^hick ^n^ cnndiiriEd -I'^cml
^vnn n^- nvralol In? nik ^nil multed in CFSC lEcnllin^ nunc Ibnn I^IJ mlllLOD
pm?^ Di [klldnzB^i ^»Elr> id ^Ulhl
Hi-/- iDLKh iIkL the chillicii'' [cnf'lrv Dll□ly-.■^ CHhr.< und buB^ Lon^ did ll C1I.1: lb?
Cdiiibii^lqd Ig ^mGmplLih^ ^\bul <v\t ih? ^lLay- in?<}ii:diJn|^
^□^^Ei The lEpDi* Ibal ime \m fivi: piiri?^ uJibiklicD 1 )C'v?Li> (oncniiii cn^i^iir
IeihI nni baied on n ■□rli?< lui-iTrkmcc piEflmm CHiailuKd \m fliai y^\ '2WI by
CPSCi HlhUrc qF Com •linncc □ml FieIiI OMMnlmoii, -/lib Ih? ^iiliLancE dFCFSC'i
Chfmiiiiy Ijik fTb? (hilliEii'i mcUil ^»rlr> leiDlli in ^BlOt dtl iieI miJi Innn □
Ibimn] iiii-i?Lltiiii'E pn^imTn.l
The ■iii\ELlhiiici: pn:f|i3m ^u- iiDndiiEiLiI ni^r lb? bi^i yrai loipl □ ^?b k oTcoiidi-
litmi IB IbE ckildn* -. [unf'li-v iiiurl.ElplD:? ll'lh^iBq i^^iinni'E 01 □□ ?Blim?mi:iil prJ-
icy by IkE DIFyK DFComplmiu? Tb? icHif? dF Ibii rilbn <vai iig4 iBl?nd«L ihh tE ^^^-
iLilKDlly irpicKDcnlLiT! nT ibE cuittdi ■□rli?i km ralh?r Ig |ii[<vi]E lb? 3Hkiic> ivilb
□ g?kEnil DirrvK^ by 4?lli.T<iii|r jci^Li} ilemi liniii □ LiirKi> lE dilticDi nhiin?^
□[[Dii III? nDlmi] MonEikcl"-.- ikE fn^qj-jm ltd lo ain Ibnn □ dar?B ncnlli ibi^
yrai nnd hn^ pi[<vilEd lucFuI ■□brmiilLDn ihh CT3C iinEE wbh □■? luncnlly d?VEl-
opiBR II dmEl piDpDiEd ••li: i?jB]idii])j kud ib cbildi?D^i |eii«Ii} (ir f iin iidenili[<n by
lb? Cgbidiiihb.
R?4iilli Gf laE pirduc* lyprull, b<}|El mi'ii: iltqU-. hhTiIi? ^nmi: lypE dF pioduci n^
Tn?dLi] nzporli mi^i^ CHl■Hll'LI-^o-^ niid fL^■^ Ei^min? Ibcir ikIiviIiei idgi? i'rilLriill>
Tkm pDll?m \i -^vnkmA. ■□ Ibii 4111c n- icUiiltn kavc CGHluiid 11 BiiiDbEi ol Fmi
Tmrk lEdilli ibii yrai hEiit I?^iIii^ ibEir o^n pnxLiKli und iL^iinihr pnklEins lo
lb? CFSC. ^•yn \ilk Scnic hm □]»> [GHlui?d n iiBitii i?iiiil iummIIeih? pnwim
Ibii ynii. ID (Idie 40DpEmli[<n ivilb CPPC lUilE, ^hHh ■« nnii'ipale ^U [mill in
□ddiliDiiDl lEcnll^
Quetlrm !■ yoiii icihibic Ig my moil iszEnl kzllf r, y>\i iii^jiEilfli ikni 11 ^coild
□ke yoii I gE virli HH mriiomi di dGlInn id ighIlhI □ nik miDly^li li lb?ir amy
■ny ••• ilKJCiiin: n Ieii 4Giiipi?beB iIve iiirvEy dim ^culd k? \i;ii Eiponiiir ^nd limr
EDU mm inq! Ih> >di ibial: IiidI iku linduiH^ uT luck □ Kiidy ^ould i-: helplul 10 pol-
icymskEi 1 und igb^ubei i!
An^^Ei !■ yiiir kiur uT Aiigui 2. ^UUT. 3041 piGfG>?d n mt. aniil>u^ nTibih
dicnl pi[dii[4i ■□■iifiKlmsl ib Cklim Ig d?i«mikc »h?ikEr ibEiE 1^ iiuliiiEnl mt.
oE kiod CHiaUiB iBniKin m punii? □ 'delnin amii ieii" pioginB on lb?!? piodmi^ A
luIkL nik □■nlyiii cm ^hicb Id koK □ 'dfiam Dnd l?il' pnigniB gE ibm mngalliidr
■miU icgiiiiE □ mnicr ?' pEndiiuc ?f CPSC'i lEumEci.
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CP5C iotP \i cuTcnily 'kiiI.iiir ••• ii3ci]lil> Liiiiei I tec bCUy*/l ^i wtDlol w/iA Ih?
dEirbprncnl dF n uiiiiplii]|j ptin lo dL^iu] n kiKlrif cdid plDTicc niif iud«'d< ^hub
II n nfucuaiy nqin^Ln] bi a vubd ii'.b □■□Lym Tkli bai?liiic iGnipliiiH? ^iki^
TncBl Dihiild Sk\ii aa dclermminp Ib/i puiporliDn if pndiicli Ih^l (ompLy •/-■••b lEgo-
IniKiD^ iMrh ai Ibc baa om Icyi U]d4 icai li'Dd-cnn Cualiig pninlj Thrv liiiiei muii
be idenlififd, ■CH'nirk'il niid nz^hTMl diiriTig Ih? InLlinL phnu: oEd^ivlof ing □ lam-
plrig pInB H> •bai. iihIEciid 'ub ii'giM.^lly dEHzHnliif ikE niiniber hhI ^uitei DTcini-
pln IG bE inrEciEd, IHe lyp?' oF ieiIihq lo tE n(|iiiml □nil mouiTE nK|iiii?BEn i^
IG miuiE ikm Ih? pnxiiKiD. lI^£ElIll]E11 amii npplKokillly oE ikE iiii'v«'> i iciiJi^ hie
UlfirKBt Id mppflTE ClBIDLI^tlB d« I-.LOII- m ukiBi^
A nUiDoiil CHiiL pliiJiCL niio l^'iiitidio ii< 3 iciy miiiLmuB nK|iiiit-. □ buNi- -Lip"*!
pnikihikly ^amplE Ii-.ih:i h-. •\- ^vki^h^r ehh limii Iho (omplmiuo mio ih'h.^rB iBiimii
Lg n ipETific ict oF iGyi di a:idi ckildna^i piaduci^ br ^11 impGrKn awi iniHnl
Fdi dEiriiiig ibE Ciij^i fGpublHhi] la kc mm pled and ike ulilily di Ih? ir'uLli Fidid
lb?i? i^iDF^ m IG ^heiE wapln ibHhull be Gb Ciih.il — al Ihe mni] kvc] <d ^mutilG
CDnmni^r bch[iv'K>r Gr ai di^Uibulmi] ^gIdi^ piur Ig conmiDor ekceii — mu^i be ic-
idIi^ Dhik Ih? LaiirEi pupubiiKiB ii ulcKEd. lafiniiaii^D idi^ Lir, itii^ TncmbEi'^ Gf
Ib^ popiilnLioD hhI IIi?ii ^ai/ii di picduiKiB niiml^n bu'L bf ^tini'iral Id lupfGrl
lb? iiriKliinBi^ oElh' iDBplin^ f bia. Tbi: ^anipli[i|r pLui om.^ iE Iiniii4.il ihh a ipEclfx
maikEl iLflnii^nl 'llIi ■- lapiinL'd <Dyi w/iP n^ium ii lniiK numtT oE lainplf i Id
bE (Eilfd lo ii:]iibLy ?-iim Jl? riGB-iGEiipliEiEU? liihiD ii m:i> luiijf popubima
The iriiilli dF Ibii eDdk 'vill ^b^ Ihe CoBiniiiKiB Id malie a lEipoiiuklE amd
mbmiEd iIfiiuh Qiitb ibe lea^ of mlllEiDi oE ckililicB'i piodiiEi^ im ported Fidid
CliiiiEi □rniinlLy, <bi^ ■mild \m any late ke □ iiiii|di p[D)i'[l ^hub ■Thiild UHtr
CPSC'i [EgnbliDn 1, need Id bE liKoipDniied iiilo Ibe ^igeHy^ diiiiiiiI Dferalmg
Ptmi by □ iWe "T Ibe Coin ■ i^^idii , dbiI k ^ddIiI dIu be ei>e4ii.il lo tc bumRbi lo
Ibe DlleniKiD hhT Ihe appmpnnic Comniillen dF Con^fm' Ii i^ □□ ei pendiliiic of
□pmy iciDiinei Ibiil cudiuH bE DidEicd lolely □■ Ibe diiEElnni dE ike Arli^ C kmr-
II "-dim ^aiEEIIENI
Quetlrm latl t/ret. Ihe CPPC amii ill roiin lerpan. Chiui i fiC^lif aaiioiiBiied
□□ ^gntaBoni will icarhEd oa Lmil gdIdi ddiI (onkiimer piodui wtly Bwduw
many oE ddi imporli nie mmle in Cliiaa nod tdiiDiE ibey oaoDal 6ii ^ub □
□lly ol mslbd pndiKli I Iblnh Ihn i^ iin iinpinTaai aiea lo izDnliiiii? Id ei^Idie
Wbea I l[ul.inl □< Ihe ^rlml ngnjeBoni i< iltln I liH'k lllie mink boit Iban n Inime-
■toIi Ibi liKiin: piran]-,- Ho^ciir >qii m^dc iiii<Emea<i id Ihe pim Ibal iigpiled
Ibnl KDnrieiL^ i<Epi h.td kua .tgifed lo.
Wkai ^pe( ifmLI, did ^'/i^O h^ee lo di in ibli linmcHirk □^Ecmenl^ LVhal ipc-
riElcally did CF9^ iH'^' lo do la ikii n^EEineBl^
Ad^^ei .^imcknieai^ I <biDiigb -I are Ihe □giEemenli IIidI mwe ugnel by eiKli
oE Ihe VfOfliing Qimip^. Tbe. dElDiL Ibe ipsific ^icp^ m ivlif k A<^l(f and CF5C
liDiT □gired ivilb ii.')^id lu ikEdllBcital pioliKli ndiiciKd.
Quetlrm I imdei iIdhI Ihsl Ckina ku' u li^cr ikn'-.bihll br l?ad pnial ikaa Ihe
L'niUd Siale^ LI'hy lisi imEiduy Usd aaxiiiiiCEinea* iiirk u^ilrnal nE^iT
Hd^b^i ikc ^ukiOmi'i: keea DDBDEd In Ibe Uniliid Slali:-. nwie lV?aT
Ad^^ei ThE Cbineie ^laodDid (jr Laid paml Ii noi dliFFlly lompaiuklE lo Ihe
US lUiHbiid bKnuH! <be I^d ^l□□da[d1 ■dvdIvi' diltimi (eiI meibcdDlociei hhI
meaiuiEineBl liihniqii?^ iCbineie gDirmmeBl DUriali ban iiieiie] IiidI Ihe
^ImleL [aznri mcliKLed loyi <bii< Eully (ompLied ^Ib Ibe ChiBEiE laid pnini lOiad-
□id, ID ai lenii la ikcK laiei. ikE US 'inodjids ^vcnr Kii'ler <biia Ibe ChinEie >
Af^SIQ hat ngicEd Id immEdEilcLy iiedIc mid lapkniEnl □ plan lo EniiiiE Ibnl
ChiDEiE lo>i Eiporled m <be L'niUd Slale* do noi loauin IeihI paial li km □]«
□giEcl lo ID4IEDK iB^fo: lion Hif iDy^ kouod br ike Uniu'd ^lalei br lend pninl va-
laiEiD^ iTke TDi^TaBEnl dF Canada wkDiE ^laadDidi tir leal paml hit ilmlbir Id
1)5 iinHbid^ li ■anting id lEDib ike mmE n^EEmeal ^Ib CbiniiJ Tke □□-
nDuuemEnl i^ u^ilrnal ke:Diiie ike CkloeH] grnvrnmenl hn^ noi picviDiiil> hud
iiirh a iiibi> ptin br eiponi lo Ibe Uaiicd SUiici Tbe CPSC vill bE moailonng
Ibeii IK liLiliEi 4 iDuly lo iTMily I'DmplDni'E ivilh Ihe agiEeiiiEnl
Sictlrm Hon/ ^Duld >di ( liDJiiFlenzi: Chiui i [ODpEraiua oa Ihe iiiiie oF pmdiHi
Ad^^ei CoBineirial laceaiivn e'lii Ihnl eHoiimge ChikEK rcopEiniKia nod
KDmplcni'E Dn Ibe Iiiik dE pmdui dlsly. fii yiu tif'/-, ikE CT3C hn: been miivcly
eiuci^cd ^ik Ihe Ckioe^c givdmneal, and ^e bate ii.iKh«L imporUuil jgnKBeai^
villi AQ^C/ on pndiKl lulEly In uddlina Id Ibnl uiEnliDnEd aDDir iLijaidin^ lend
pnIni, .^OSIC^ ka^ □gntd lo kictid icopeniliun wilb <bE CPSC la bur miipi pndu:!
□icai laclialiag liie^Diki, ElecUrnL pmduii, nod Igbim, at •/-■c\^ at Oiyi Tke C^i-
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nete piwtrmmcni bai aim iB^4iiulr:d pinRniB* □Imi'il □< EniuiiB^ iknl li^ pmlirEr^
ni«d pndiKL utiy lUiBdaiil-. nqmrid b, CIiibj i i-'poil m^irhKi 1 br i-^^mplE, pic-
iliipmEnl iBi»?4iuDi □< ■l^ ponil □iiil incim-^ ii^ irgiikiliDi] of mnDUEiciiiicr^
^lii Ibc j^f Df LTnpiCivin^ qmlily ^mil ^ifEly. The CPSC ^ill (IdicI> BODLlGr Chi-
nae corn plDncc t/ilh □■[ nTGiir □^Eerncnli, ai ^eII □' Ibeir Dlh^r ihIlodi Ic lapiDi?
piodui iatClf ^1 ivill w/Dit. <D eipniid gd ibeK piiinniri' uiiil IhIl^ HBpii'prmiE ^ic-
lion if llic> bLler, liG»?iT:r. Ii li ic'pon^ibL? □■d impocLiTil Lhjil ivl iijiv i^pigrd
IbeB im Inev iiiiKi in 4lic ilr'i pbHC □nil upijnHh'd hhiit EDrliur dLilifpi" by iedcIi-
\nB lb/lie iidillIkdi]! bLlnh^i^l aqn'^Beni-.
'Quetnm arynnA. iuqibj; luiiMMniAli, t/bal Die ikE ley iliiirliiiiiL ob^ciKlci m irn-
plneailn^ met/ lUmiiaiil i lti ChiBa^
Ad^^ei I niiunie •bai. Ihii qiir^lkiB icblei Ig irn •IrmciiliB)^ US. lUmdnnl i ■□
Cliiiiii fir puidui^ ikni hie iddik Utr/K^uii. Id IIi« UDLral Suiki. We Hdiv GkuMird
Ibe loDcMJiR ^yh.^lDlc li^um wilb Ibow pndiKli Ibal hnv? bcEii pnklEiDDlic:
— U.S imfarnTi iomdiB?k bi\ lo (om ■un icnH' pndirl ipEclrn^liDii i IHdI ^oiild
Eniiiic CDin plDncE ^iib CPSC nilci, ^hEn pining uiaen wnlb Ibeir Cbmeie
iiippben
— U.S iBpmtEii UiineliBEi iiippl> bully awl <iiuai dcilgai Ig Ibeir Cbmeie
lupplhti
— ChikEK l^md US -CliiiiEiE KiLii lly G^ntil I tKiDif^ liriasnntn brL'S. InifGrE-
cn may nmEluDe^ bet. odrqimU CDnLioli amd KCDun Cibilii> m ikeir dieidiiEii!-
KiDikg p■lh:^lIll^^
— Ckuen mujiullF: Lu[c^^ m^iiijr Ezomimier pmdui^ itiirial Ibi Eiparl bi Ihc
UBlr«d ^iii<E^ nmv loniEliiDCk igiiGi? it be unDiviiii: dF U.S ^^ilbly 'cnndDidi,
DT may bE iibq^iii? dF ikc deilLnDlun] il a pmdiHi Ig bE githiuliI, p^iiHubiKy
lE <bE picdiicli awi Id k] wid <d ii imall di nialliini-iEiEil CnuiE^ irtdiaj^ com-
pany, mLber Iban bEio^ ■□ilE-:HM>id''r fyrn mafii U.S im poller
Quctlrm fie Ibci? cuiitBilk hTUDkel eicknngn kei^rea AQ^^ and CFSCT
Ad^^ei ThE CE'?C nail AQSIQ knjE (ondirleil labaifnl E^ckl■[l^^^ Hit hi/'ml
^vnn AtfSltf Ishnical peruinnef kn je Milled Ihe CPSC bik-imioi-^ lo Icum aboui
le^ilaa pni«dii[?i Cbrie-e lonip InMe oAfbI^ bmc ulio m-ii^ Lbi: CI^SC lo bum
ho^ lKi: L'!< il-L^b ip-jinUri FurAcr ^□'kaoDT' iif i^lijin^l i^mI muiiu^nil 'uiH
compiiH] II mnjir (ompiiaEii I HhTllir Emr WmkiD^i Gump 'Voil. TLui^ iioy^ IhrhUri,
<iwew/mt.i. elcrirKnl picdnml ^hiik At^lC/ aoa CE'?C (ompkhd ••n 5:f:-mber lU,
^LUT. LaboracHity petvibbeI. I«hnical imlE, ^nd com plkmEK amd eafinEmiMil iIdIT
Kill bi^ pnhiiilia^ iraialog ia Ihe moki crilical elemcnli of CHiaiiimec pndiirl olely
ODbmm^iK , liiiB rill. EiiieiimeBl puKcluiEi lo mmtd iiirvnIlDBiK and Enlbiix-
mcBl pilllCKk
Quetnin Air i[iti> lUiHkiiil^ dccumeDU inmitiUd ib<d Maadnnn^ If B4M, vill
Ibeir bE^
Ad^^ei BeaiDDing in ^iXhl, m ocpEiaii^D ^iik Ihe Ahh.^ji'eib [JnlionDl SUiHbid^
laiiiiiiU 4ANSI^ <bE CFSC bERiiii mukioj; Vliei amii vopE ^caleBmi^ Ibr [?IeiiiiiI
lUmdaidi ovailabl" in ChiBEiE A ppn' ibd(eI> !!W dii umEn Ii Iidit bc^n Imaibled,
ii]cli»]iB)j km nol limilel <o iknK icInKd lo 4bildi?D i loyi, Elecinral picdiicli. j^i
□pplinncoi awl \Uimiiiwi. ^11 of ibEU Ima^biiKiB^ mc ajuilnblc al
iv^iv.iiiiHbiil^porUilx<ig Dnd funkcr imnilnlioDi oE CPSC ir^bioiB^ and lUiad-
□idi ivdl b" (omplrH'd undEi ikE (iiir oixb ptini nMeaily loo^lnded ^iik A^SIQ
TkECFSC bEl>?^c^ ihnl mslioir L'^ nqnmmEi] li avnibiklE id Cbineie m an lapor-
Ciiil ilev i> ea^unaij <h[i< con lumif pridiKli [□□□iiGu'liiiEd la Chma amd Eiparled
lo ikE Laiied Smui CHiaply ivilh our inlei. We fpi fimiiniir our eibnli lo nLalie
mHit? inmitiliDni ajiiilEibK:
Quetnm Tbe ingEilioii oFleod ol amy leiT'l ii hEcaidoiii Ciinciil iCmdnidi iveir
ul m lliG lyTUi Dici IbE CPSC ba\e amy plani lo (oodiKl □ 'iiEiilili' icviev of
Ibe (initBl IJ lA ie\e\ of lend lo levivi il dnMi^nid^
Ad^^ei The CFSC doci no* hoi? pLmi lo izHhiidiiK □ ii'>?aufi[ icviev oF ike tlfi5
pcirea* Iciel oF IbkI |ie ibE IV?IJ L^ m pma* iinHbiil. Hi CFR Fan i'ltfll lo
IEVI1E il dovD^Did Tkc [BI1UII Ell 4hi^ dEciinni ii keil ciplDioed by diHuiiiiig
vkai ^E cimea^ly kaoiv nboul Ibe beallh eilnli icbled lo laid eipoiuiEi, Ibe leck-
nob:^ Ibnl ii □isibbt lo rapdly nod EKcnralely delai IimkI ia Ihev ckildira^i
piDdui^ niid Ibe iciiJii oE □ iliily ilalT (ondirled id 1^2 im doDieiln home
pnini^ Olid leve\i of IeihI m Ihe pnini oa IbE loyi ikm ka\c leieaily b?eii ibe mb^l
DElr4Illl^
CP5^ ilalTogieei ib[i4 ibe mgi'^iKia hiI lead ai any I?jeI ii oE concErB. Id oddiii^D
lo niiroivD ii^(eii[> ocihia. lu iL'diice kzod eipoimr^ Ihe iialTparlicipEiiEi la WLemI
lEdEinl mlem^Dcy CHhmmiliiMM oddiEiMU ike m^imm dF ^l!ad eipoiuic, odi^rse
hoillb eltiii piibn] kcnllb muzeniop, ond m lervEn li[<ii
The Irdrnil [ommiiBii> iiineiilly ircognizei □ bknd IcdI I?jeI obivr lU ii^dL ai
a. leid oE oiHeni — a Ic^l iDicndEd lo in^iM piEiTMilioii ikIiviIiei Tbii kjEl ^n^
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rimblLihi'd ■□ 114 1 44IE11.1/1] Ihiiiitid iic^L in II'AIIstii] imilirnicil by C DCl Adviun}
CdiiibiII(^ 'in CbLldbood Ledi] Poi'Hiainir Frc-LLiilii:^ in HIVj
CPSC i\iill sgieri ikni ikli dEci noL diliib <}iii< <hi-. kiv] li n iki?ibGll br bcaLib
rifETli, m iiD !□&' ikic^bnll kn^ l^zi^ iilEnLifKd □ml ikei? 11 HLmi: f\ntem<'i Ibnl
□ilvci K eDcci^ 4dii [ccur □! lei«'Li ti4]» ]4> u^dL Hm^vEi , becnuv lI 11 inU:^]
IG Ihtu-. n!-'>iin?i ^bri? faicnlml udirT.? hmlik cDecIi awi lb? Riml^'l lb<' CDC
did kol bmvr lb? klixd Inid kvi:l orcunccin CDC Fell ikai dihiii^ 10 ^'oulil tc nrbi-
Imiy and ilivtn icKiimei □^ii> rmm pnaniy picjEnlicn lHl■v■lL<^ hhI iiiiIivkLiii]
mlcrvBiiua I.
Il LI EvilEnI •bal lb? dnlikc \m bliFxL Imil hzvEli ib Ibe Unilfd 5iiih:i hn^ bmsLy
bEETi lb? [Eiull uTfffl'yrmm'rni leattilit^ni bnnnuiH ike iiH:af Imil m i<iiiiil ^kiIiiie,
dmliiiiij nnlfr (onduili, and uod nnd k?vtiii^ 4iLnEaiii?ri □ml ibcic^ieiI IohI
ummnjt nnd utaulicaiun iLEcklldi?B ^iik d?Mi<Ed kli»l kdd kjEli.
DEipiic ibEK niKin^ tkiEinniliBij pic- ly 79 it^KlEnicil Imil kubI icBDlni by br
lb? pniDiin louiri: oFIimhI ?'pniiin: tir \I3 ibildicn A 'iWli HUD itpniT indiiaii'i
Ibal V^ million kiiii^inir unil- bid iiiniilKDB* Imd- bii-?d p3iB< b3ll1■d^ oE ^hub li^
nill]i£in imili ncr: (ccupitd by l]»-in(iLniE tiniil>?^ ^ik (bikLicn uhiIei 1> y?ari uT
Th? Uni'DlDgical din?[i?n(e k?i»r?B pmnli 4?BUiiTiiiig UWl p?[i'«il and bii iknn
Ibnl IeitI 11 hnid Id deleimm? bnaiiiE Dlbcr brlEiri, iiiEk ^1 ^ieh GE|<iiiiind lur-
Bhe ^Eigbi uT piiiBl, Diiil any faUnlml iii)j?^iun mlE Ibi paial baiEii on lotalion
air diiFnull lo ckibdie AckEJing zem Inrl inaiEnl i* □ RuBiibbb ^al Ibal nmy
TiDi bo m biL^-jblu Ei<}iEi HTkaDhui tally HIT bi'oibu^ 'lE cmiUiiD maUia.
Fkhid lb? publiF kcoLUi pEiipmm, lb? Ilh-.* jmHKiiil nfl'iid ii bed* Hri^nvor, amy
lEl limli niiiii ic ne^brd d^ub^i ike ubiliiy lo rjpidly Dud iclcibly -chl^ ■nd'or
l?^i pndirli Oor ktonUm) iii?i □ deiliDp XKF \i viiLfn lomc piuliKl> Puidui^
l?^iln^ nqaiiiv do iiol HHkiso Fiuihei Ifiling: □■! pndiHli ^iib pailiiiv iciiili^
□I? leiied •/-\lb iinHbid oh?niiil[y i?4bni|iiei
Tbo labi'iibiHir> imiE inddui?-. ikal il 11 qucilmmiklc Ibnl VRF could d^lral VmhI
m pmaiL'd -.urGic?-. oonUiiainir i/iuii l?v?li bek^B^I)f)i poiccnl lai 1^ pinpihUMl in li^i-
Imrin p?ndiiiD in Conun-.-. ikm ^'ould In^ci Ibo bMrJ iHh4>4IO'f p?[rEiill Tlio bib can
dclu:l Il'V'oIi hi^li'^ <lii-. EiniDiinl Fbilb -.undjid ckemicitl l?.iin^ -d icliin^ d il^Tid-
□id bclim iJ JJ!^ poni^l iviU mull? Il -lim^r mid Bor: iiimibci ihiid? ihh 'iitcn mid 101I
piodui^ ^ikoul mammcfiil kiiillb impm.
B?4Diiie Ibe orliiil limlik implKDUoai oEOWf pen?n< vi IJJM penrni awr hold
lo qiEiTilil>, Il 11 lED^iaablc lo kan □ kod painl limil Ibsl iilk^i Inr <br ui? of
lb? moil el&KlLiT m?ikndi>ki^ br mpil nn'i.'Bin^ Dad KLoniifxiilii'n If lb? teck-
nnbBk Ibi deleElnni lapiDin, or ai Kiewie p infjiEkiei, ikc leud palm limil could
be adjuiUd by ike Comm Iiuh IbiDiigli lEgnblnni
PLBl» '-ai--Ctt PFT.'U kun.-i
Qanftcj SiBE lEgulainty ^i^Hiei publlib ^laililic^ on ieidII nil?i Honrvcf,
CPSC diei nol pukliib lb?v nuBbeti Ibr picducli il lEgukitei I belrjE 11 ^jould
be kelpEul br polrymab?!? and lb? ^meiKaa publi] <o i^UB^ Ibcie bub ben
Wk> docuil (fSC [rlcnH] in IbiBDlimi ••n ibe nimiker oTuali^ Ibal bniv bE?n ivc-
CEiilullv ncared^ kV'iH CI^^IC loa^iliM publi^klng lli?v ■UBber' in □nniml orqisii-
l?ily icponi'
An^^Ei la Ibe iialFi vif/-, i\Kb iDiall luiei ij?nerally dn nol piciVKle □ uirEiil lo-
dHDlor of iccall ?De[<iJcn?ii One ied^ib bi •bn vifv 11 ibal lb? CPSC [?^pilal?i
lucb n •/-ntc vamiy oFdilki?n4 picducli. and niaa> hhT lb?>? di? iDE[f?niLiT: pmd-
irli Ibal coniirnien may ckocic lo iknrv □nmy mlbrr Ib^m miik? ?VEn □ molfil
eifbrl lo obinin □ icpaii , ictbccBtni or icTuad. In oldiuH, kmiiII iniei 3En?[iiry
nlin»~i DVET <imE bnauie lirni^ dk: cncirtiroped lu cobubue IbEir iohecuve mun
plani iBdelinLlely For Ibii mmn, 11 tan □■«) be mlilcDling id coapair mtei br
on? year lo nnolber
PEM.'LIII3
Quett/m Can yuu. pl:jio pnhiidc an Ll?Biz?d li^4 of all of ibe ^eaalliei CFSC kai
colb(l?d oiTT ike p3il ion ytai^''
An^^Ei Alloikmeni G coaUiink lb? lEquEitel mbnnnliDn.
Quetnm Do ran Iibd'v oran> idiUibi?^ In ^liick an imocpEinlLH fimi kai iiv?d
S?4lion bib I C4niikl?n iDlLly piDlEclicoi 10 dElay inbiBaUiB ibDiuiD oi □ lEcallT Can
3011 ^p«:if> ivIiDl icDuInU^} Icoli y<i\i oic abk m use duna^ IIiev idiIubi?^
An^^Ei Srilion ofblll [rqiiii?i ikai ibE lUill call? lEaicoiDkle ilepi lo aiiuic lb?
biriiEii and vcumcy oE pubCk diKlnium, giving compDntei dXI di^ [rv}?» pencil,
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unleii IbE Cr<ni ■i^'iC'Ti liiidi land publiibeil ikni n l?^i«r tieikkL i^ ii?<?imr> !□ piD-
lal publK h(D]ik Hud olely. ?«:liDn bimi pmhitili iIIifIuiii? oI lti Ibim^liDn tUb-
nillKil under ?<(lLDn 19 b1 unlil hIkt n nKDlL but been □nnouiuwL Tbf'iE hie •xna-
aonaPy iiIldIiodi id ^bick CFSC ^miT ■will lilf <d iIikIdie lalbfiiiiiiKiD •bai. n
piDlazlel by hmiud H'.b'il ui 6lb|J| In i\Kb iilmlHnii. ibei? hit <1iice ingiitilfiiy
iLpli[<ni □inibbt ID ibe ilnIT Fli il, ikEic i^ □□ EU?pli[<n m bolli lAtllt niid lAtfSt
if ike Com mliiimi hm lED^nanblc i^iiic Id bEliejE Ib^l lb? pi[du[4 in queilion ii
in mdIhIiod oE leeUmi IV Tkii ^mpiKiD ii pn4EnliDlLy ukEuI ivb^B □ pndifl vn-
InHM □ iinHbiiil i'ii»e] iiBdcr ibE CniaiiiBEr Puidui ?tifi'<y ^41. bul ll dici nDl
□ppLy ivbeB □ pmdiHi bil^ Id iGniply vilK ^UibiI.iiiI-. □dnpU'd iindEr Ib/i I'Lber ^ln:-
ule^ □dmini^Mnl by cbc Commlium Barber iki- y:^i, I n(DmBend(J 11 (bnagr
IG ike iUkuI? im ibii pDinl Tb? ii^iiniKe oEd 4GBpLiiB< under hmikid l'il( I ei l^dt
■mill nLiD qIId^ dlieCi^iiir A Iriol Dp lion idDkl K Id bnn)j iiii4 undr ^aina 1^
(ickiling m immuieBll} hnzaidDU] pnxlii'li^
Quetlrm !■ ^iXhl, n niDlEiiiK lion inp nmrEirl: eelbpHzd Dn Jnm^]^ Jenniagi, kiLV
iBg kiln. Deipll? deleci^ id Ibf pndirl, ibE <lb Clirnii Courl 1I ^ppoil^ IIiiek duI
hi I rndDivi Mill □gaiB^i lb? lUhLr fnki Ehini^b ■□nnfiKluiEr becauiE ibe mnDuEic-
luiEr iBpDilfd Ibii pndii:! iniG <Iie Uniied ^Lal?^ ikniu^b UDiElDied Amcncnn di^
InkuHH^
Hi-/- □!? bi?^ mnniib: luicn h?ld kgnlLy ^iTDiiiBUikle Ibr iiil 4DiBplyiiig ivilb
Amermaa ln^i and lUiHkiiil^ wken ic]Lib|j frot^Jii |r>id- ib gut eeun liyT
Ad^^ei Bsduk Ihe CF9^ diei bdI baiv ibo ^uLb'iriiy Id ^afme Ameii'iiB tni
IB IbiEign (DUDiJif 1, under em gm^ming luiiilei ikc agciuf \i empD^Eisd Ig keld
1)5 enLiliei liBponeii. diiiribiilDi'^ ur irVii\en uT Ibe bicigD ■nl'' prxLiKll □[-
eaunmblr Eie ntly ktohilieni
UTIGnt lEriLL PBCCia ^
Quetnm I imdei iidhI IIidI hzvciuI iGBpnDift knvE (ddcikIwL CF9^ upen dc^tr-
mlning Ibnl ibeir pndLHli coaUilD bi^b niiiHhiinl^ hhT lend y:i Ibi'ie ennipiiniei bni?
lEpDiUd n detiy if nkoui i^d Ig <i\ri niGDibi b?bic □ lEenll 11 nnnGUHGd leDimg
eDnium^n dan^iMDiiily iibh^hie In ^imc I3iei, comiiDBK" bnic lEpejiedly tia-
Orled CFSC >ri ibeiE bai kwa v> mall at ail ^klt I iiHtnCind Ib^l eEHnIa
piDteduiri may need Id k? id pbice Ig bnHik igb^ubei eDnOuli, ikE lengiby deby
f iidDngrn Ibe public.
Wky lam'i. CFSC □■neimee ike dnnsi \m Dider 4d ilGp igd^ubei i Iigb buying
Ib^H] picducli Dnd IbllDi^Lip niGir quHKly ^Ib IbcDTlml leeall onnouruf men I'
Ad^^ei L'ndEi mDii kenllb and witly imlutei, lirm^ Ai bdI iiGcd Id ii:pDi< Ig
Ibe givEmnicB* uatii ikey knje df lermiked Ihnl ikey bnvr n silely piDklein 'vni-
inDlm^ □ n<4Dll The CGD^UBei Fndirl Vilely ^41 li LmuiLiil ■□ ikai li iegliii?^
□ lirm Ig icpmr ai vxm ai li bai iBfirmaii^D Ibnl n pndurl 'coaUilDi n detii
■^Kh ciu^ (inUn lub^iaaibl piodui bmnid . . ' 15 VSjC i^SVitt^Hem-
pbD^ii oddEd I.
Thr CF9^ tan order □ igfiltIiv? nrlvn Iib coBniaa pnrbm^r □ ibidIII imly ^hra
It dEl?rniri?i ^Flei □■ DdjudKiKDi^ beaiiag Ibnl n pioduci oilLiilly 'piEiEnli n lub-
■mnliiil piDdiHi kniDid" Id 3^44Hri4dJ AEHt □ llim ii:pDiIi □ poi'rkle bajnid, ikeic-
IbiE, CFSC ilnlEmii-i nn^yir lb? tate niid dElGnnm? ^belbifs nrinll 11 h.TG-.^ai}
Tkii 1^ □ ^lai^laii^ live puKfi, ^kKb qtrnislly inMilvci Dbiiiinin|j mun] inrDiBD-
liDn fium Ibe lirm ondn IbGiDU^ Kvie" oElbo ca-^: by TFSC leebnH^ 'Ciir:.
Tb£ piixd^ 4LilniinD4Ei \m a 'pn'liBiniiiy dLJieiB innoja" b> Ibe iviP Tbe ilolT
may decKl? bd (diicciIve nriiH 11 neicitawy Idi nGiic bEyiiHi ivbsl ib£ fim bm □!-
lEndy dike I. If ike ^laiT (Diidiidei ikni □ ^ubiUmlinI pndiKl bnznid gii'Ii, ll ^11
immedbl?ly mk Ibe fiiB Ig kdg ml? Iifib? picduci 1^ iii\i k?Lng lokll amii ighIlhI
□ lEcnII oE^ny imili m ibe field. Tbe fam may Gf cour^? conlfil lb? 1U1IF1 eenelii-
UDni or ll may □[qmeue Bl?b »b?D Ibe Cam 11 picpnied id mGvc nkiiKl, nddilion^
lim? may k? inqulnd Id ndrh duI Ibe d^iail^ gE lb? lEcnll. In parlicubr ib< firm
may mrra lim? 10 dcLelDp □■ nppiDprmU icpmi ur nbiam □ luiiuble n'pbH?Benl
piodui.
In iGugbly bnlE dTgut enici n fiiB 11 □lii'Dd> iGBmilled Ig □ iecdII »b?D il ic-
pDTli ike piDbba m ike CE'?C Id Mirk laiti. Ll con leek 'Fail TiihI.' Iimlmeal
Under Ibii □ppicoib. Ib?i? 11 mo n?«] (ir a piEllmlnai^ deicTBiBniuD ky lb? 1U1IE
Tkii din □ giEDl deal of lim? and iialTicwun?^ Ii 11 ^ilU neeEiuiiy Id ^Dik dui
lb? (DucciivE iKlLDn Had publi] bdIic?, bul IbEiE con UMiilly bE iHeDmpli^b?d ieV
□livrly quKl.l>
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Thr Corn p linn cc iViP kn' □ RnaL 4d riLlinK (duccUje kIidti Id Fail Tnicl: cnwi
^Ibri I'hTKL ^'oilinjr dn,\ In n(cnl >c^i'^. dc Hdi? ^uii|jbi Ic b^ci Ihii icbcdiil"
m V) f'ir:\:n\. or idiic oFF^iI Tmb cnvi
tJuHj^in FIcDH! piDJKl? ^n ilemiird liii of ncnlLi diiriTip IliE pmi Ibnc yi^\ i id-
cludLiip 'be □■iLUDi oTuBE Ibal pDixd b?i»Ef □ noiifiiiiiuD m CFSC niid nrnr □□-
TiDLiiu«'iiicn I PI'DiE fiuwHr QD ih.^iDiJi'd liii DF(onuiFli Ei[<ni coBpnBKi durmg lli«
pn^i iknc >CDn Ibi ^Jixb no htuLI bni cauni'il and ciplnln ivby
Adi^ei CF5!I^ imlE li iGDuauIn^ Ig ccaDpil" Ibii LnrDTBDUH, and ll ivill k? pm-
vilal (c Ihr CiLiiiBillf? upiLD com p LElion
ATT^CIHESrl — WOHB PlAS HW Tl E US -Sl«D Tat WOIH[SIJ QPIIL »
CgbiIiUbL wilk IkE liTEmHmndum Hif Undor'uinilln^ bi^oT'cn Ib^ {icn^ml ^dmiB-
iiUnlLfin of QiHlin SupL^rM'Lon Inipmiiik \in\l '/lUbniniinL^ oE Ib^ F(upb: i llcpiiklH
dE Chiui am FkE US C'in-.UBEi FiLdiir* Suti, romBi-.-.u'n amii iku ^4 inn Plan
aa CoaiuiDcr PindLi:L Suki, bEL^iM:n iku GiaetjL Adm iDi-.imLL;on gE ^lublily SupEi-
viinH], lBifi''4iDn iind C/iuiQBiih: I'F Ih? People'^ PL^puklK oE Chiiin lA^^K^j imd
lb« US Cgb^ubei FnxLirl ^Isly Com mliinn] |CFSC K and in duSet <d puiBDK Vy
lotly and id piclal Ihr latly ^nd beallh of con lUDf n, 4l]? US -Slug Tii^ rtork-
ingCliiiLip D^Efi Id dEL^bp cocpEinlLfin ib <1]e hi\ii*/in^ fields
l/nrcnue liif^Kira'\at\ Eiinnnge
CP5C ^md At^ltf ^iLI ciploic nnyi Ig ^in'Bjr'''^' ""^ impimT in FJLiiDDliEn ci-
chnB^ iclalinp lo <Dyi
CE^IC Kill piDvidE ickvnBl US ^a•//■^ and ir^lalna^ lo A^SIQ la Qagllih dhI
ChiDEiE AC^C^ ^U publicb? amd di^lnbuic \n-/-i and'Gr ir^bima^ Ig Igv manii-
bHlLii?ri and piovxlE lecdbiirk m CPPC dq ibi^ miviik Tkc ^ickaajs "T mfnrma-
litm fiU 6i\ii ibiLldILv -m kud p^ial on iGyi, iGy tibclLnR. amd ^qjr o^iiMBiaimn
gllklf IlkEI.
Pr&iitfi .V«rj5f G^im laAQSiQ ofCrSC Rrealit
CP&C ^jiLI DDldy A^IjGIQ dF iccalli Lnivljiag iGyi, piDvidlo^ IIig umci aod ^id-
diciK^ Gf m a □ HOC liners ^md'Gi EipGrKn amd irleLani injuy aod Ig^i nporli,
vbED ^ppnipiiaic and □inibbL? BDV?d on Ibe labmi^licn fi^vyS/'d ky CP?C,
AQ^^ ^U blki^ up ^iib ikc muDLiEicliiicr la China. GD^unn|j IHdI ikE maauEic-
liurr IdIci iohec^ive mba Ig pitivQl iimiliir piDblEiai Eicon iLTiirnnij ^QEilQ will
pioiidu CfPC iviLb GikET li>:IliL lalormaLLon ni Di^ukibLc amd Affi^p<-a\/: inh ai
lb? E[iilcD(E "I 'imilar picduii mim uHh lund by IHe ^imG mDniifiK Limr Fdi oLber
1)5 iBpDiUi 1 vbei? Ihf ^imTar picdiicli miDk* picKnl ikE tamt piobk'Bi at Ihr
pmdui^ iriDlle] CFSZ^ »ilL Iblki^ up ^iik US iBporUr^ l£i gb^iii? ibfy lute nur-
lEcUvr iHiEiD m appiDpnaU, Ig pmral similar pmblEini
Fne'lilare nclu'\ral E.iil\nngc and Cooptmnm
In DidET <D impimT ibE labaral IeivI Gf my olEly UilinR A05I0 »ill lEnd icp-
lEiEnCilii?! Ig ikE Ualicd SUiUi br I« bairal limn ing dinia^ AJOT.^'ElUa CF3C ■*Vl
piDvidu -.laEF 'uppGrl amd maiermli br ikE 4miniD^
Eii>iancr l/iiptcli/nit ofViclal'ic Tb^a aiid Fnifir'' [i/beliig
CPSC ^]ll nDlily AQ^^ DFlay mtrffiiiei or miiei dF ipccml (Gncein A^SIQ will
laEiFDiE inifHina kaisd on Ibal in IciimDliDn In parliriibi, AQ^^ 'vill inEicav
iniKtiEiD Gf lG>i Ibr IehI pniai VK^kiltcini amd pii^pEr lnk^liag in acEonbnEE villi
CPSC i^ulaina^
The ((openiiivc □cuviiir^ prnpoisd la <lii^ di'imiEnl ^U If LiHlrrEal.f □ gb a bril
fElbiii kaii: amd Die an* kindioj;
Thi^ y^-nti Pbin ^m iignal aa S^pmnbEi K, 'SHI' in Bclhfvla, Mai}biHl Thf
ChiDEiE LGnvn aod Bnglnk \ci twim baiv ikE ^amc vnlidiiy
Jiiar Qii'']^ Ml1lA^,
AaMJtranr fiHU/rif Drm^Gr, O/ffir ofC^'irpl\nnri a/iil F\rid Optralr-nt, C-ntii/f\rr
Frodiier Safrlj CanititMim of Ihe Uniliil Slalet of imfiea
\.\M. Xin,
Drmlor Gine'al, Drpa'l7f\r/il afSupi'V'ti'Fi ai ifapicl\'Fi , Giie'al
IDmii i]f rGlion ofQualily S\ipi nsii\'Fi, liiprtl'G'i and Quaranliii aflhr Pi/ple'w
Fepuil'i a/ Ch'na
Attic^iteni ^.— Wovh PL/r4 nm m e U S -Si'o Ld. ■icii AllllHl^'c OHHrp
CGB^iiKal ivilb ikE MEmomndimi ol UodenUindia^ bulo^'cn IbG QEOGml ^dmiB-
MlmlL£in Gf Onalily SuKTVi^Lfin InipEcuua aod OiiamnlinE oE lb? FraplE i Hcpiikbt
DECbmn amd Ibc tiS.CDBiLiinEr Fndirl Salbly C[<niBi^^i[<n iignal ky Ih? □? ornil
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Adm m i^Uiili[<n of ^Lulily Sup^rviinn] , IniM'iiriD nnd ^^mmTiLLn? nf lb? Pi'iiplc'^
PcpiiblLr Gf Chiui hhI la/i US Cgb'ub^i r loduci ^irL^Lv C'iBmLMhJB i hciL^iiiLiEh.'r
ieIcjib] m m '<bE PnrLicipDBli' J on fnnl 2i '^)iM in ^\ L■^h ibijihi* , DE snd Ihe
AclnH] Plan on Codiuiiiim PukLlkI SDti> ki^E^D Ihe QfUfwai AdiD mi^imliDi] if
ifiiabty Sii»rrviii[<n , Ihikcikid and C^iiamauH! dF Ihe Peoplc'i Republk dF Chiui
□nil ibu US Cdd Mim^r rndirl Safily Comai^icn i^imI oa Aiq^il SI, 'SUHb, in
Be||LnD, China Ibe PDirEipsnli lei up Ihe Wuitinp Qniiip ia Lf bUn vbi'l] ii ei-
pETloi Id iiuly, di-(iiki, nnd nl im iiiiKi oEmiUniil (ondMn la ue lickL oEl^leri,
Fulfill ihe cail.1 ^mil ob^lLir.'i id nl ibe US-Sino THhiiiiiin^r Piiduc* SiilLiy ^um-
mll n"Qliv dLDun'acei ^nd pinblcmi □miiip la ibe fkU rJliijhh.^n nnd luppurl de-
ivkiB amd oaliaiiE<iiil> iLnu^hea lerhnn^l CHicpcraiua aoa iGmin UDirama id Ihe
lid] dF li)jliHMi The FailnLpaaii ^qice o ikc Ibltivin^ pinl ulLvilLei
AOSIQ aod CFSC ^U ehickaii^ nlevaai la^i and UrhnHiil lEgublmni, lodiMl-
ing IK ^STM F— liJlJ 'i^Loiidiinl ri'nMimi.i ^atly Spmilcalifm Foi LiokUi'^" Uim-
lEniui Hikiv -cundnidi, ^hHh ii cintailf undei coaiKleiaUia Inr ndopliroi at a
mandnuii} iiaHkiiil. CP5C vill pwavnte Ihe hiuil U3 kmi aod icRulama^ ia
l^len Id AtfSltf
Ere>iiingi TiehiKzai lilomaliai
In Gidci o iliEnglhen in bimiiliDn cichao^ on liphler lalely, ^^51^ and CF5C
Kill pi[<vidc Enb Glhci »ilh laUxmaiKia gb hhi-igb plinal llgkUi t. lulnding Ihe
idcBliiy dF ibe DGa-CDinpliaai impDiIci ^nd maautu'iiiiEr. m weM ai irbvaal H'cb-
nical diiUi, ^Eic ^Lmbbt aod appmf nan, aod infiniDDliDii U iiDpi[<iv laifiLriiua
melbiidi and cITiciruy. »ilh a vie^ wvmd iBpiDid aiial>ii^ and v^lulioni br
ligblen ibaldia^i (omply ^iik n,.pdaliQni
Faeiliialc Tic<\i<\ial E.iil\nngca
A^SIQ Dad CF9^ w/iP eiihanffi UiiknHDl peruinael and piDJKl? imialii^ Inr
monqjtn aod laifiLriii^a pci wnnel ai Ied^< an n ually
frr4iiiipf ^I"-piel\an urjif Ci<I\ficali'n l/ita''i\ali'n
A^SIQ Kill piovile CE'?C ^iik iD^pe(li[<n ^ind ccnlfx^liDn inrDiBDUH, incli»]iag
Cl^ le^ilns icpoKi. laapl" i^nilimlei, laloiiDiiliDn gd lodinp rule'. gE Ifrhler □!□□-
uBh linen id CbLnD, Bnlerpnio ?<lf-^ i^ei'mial EepDHi and lebled leil icponi.
A^SIQ liXi aiii^l Ihe CFSZ^ in idEnlilyuig US impGrlen in Gider la jEii^
vbelher iBponci i aiE Gn IbcCFSC lubniLiiKia^ liil Tke CFSC ^ukmliumii IliI ib-
dHDle' Ibal ike CFSC ha' [E(eii«d ii itguiii'd icpnai Ibnl muii ke lub milled <d Ibe
CPSC 3U day^ belbic im^GnalLon
The dupemUvc azv/iiKi pii^pDied la ibii dKumenl Kill ke UHlTial.eD gb a beil
eilbili kaiii dhI die otK kmdiDjr
Thi^ 'Aoah Pbn »□! iiQDed gd Sepicmbci V}. ^OT in Bclhenla. blai}laHl The
ChineiE iTnvn aad Bngliik vci ina ban ike ^amc vnlidli^
MriU Xl",
Ceneml O'lelor, Dipa'l/f\inl far Sripc'v\nn ui litpeilrm, I'll Ginfal
IDnrrn rilrGf loir ofQualily Shpinri\'Fi, li*prrl'aii and Quaranliii ol <l\i fr-jile'w
Ifepuii'i ol China
Dipulf Dtrrtlor, O/pii ofCG'irpl\nnri a/iil Firid Opuan/nt, Caitti/i\ rr Prodinl
Safrly Can7/ii*tIo/i if Ihe Uniliil Slilft o/ imfiei
A n; m Ji 'JT a.— Wi»Il P [^ ^ a» F[Bir*(iih.-i Witum; QndP
CGB^Iileal ivLlb ike liTcmomndnm il ITadenUindlii^ bcloT'cn Ibe Qeoeml ^dmia-
i^lralLon gEQihiIiIv Supervmon InipmniB nod 'HuimiilinE oE Ibe P(^ipb: i Ki^ukbi
DECbinD □nd Ihe l3 CDniumer FiLdui* SuF^ly Com ■ mien iLntMl la l\Dikiii0GD
D^ DD April ^1, Sifli and Ihe Adion Plna on Con iimier PhhIlk I S^Fely kei^rea
Ibe QeBcml Admini'imlion of Qmlily SuperviuDB, Inifniba aod Qmranlme of
Ibe PiMopl"^! ncpuklH oTCbinD and Ibe L'S. Cgb^uboi ruidui SuF^ly ComniM'i^a
u^fd in Beijing gd Augu^i ISO, dJIQ ky Ibe QeBural Admmmmlu'n of (fisillly Sir
pciinikja I D-pdzliiioi dhI <^iiiimnlLno oE Ibi^ People' i llepiiklH oE China aod Ibe US
CoD:uDiEr Puidui ^ikly <^□lm■-^Hln I bLidnoliEi letncd lo ai 'ibc Fditki-
paaii' I, iku F^ilK ipuDi . oiiukli-bed a Fiicivorl:^ Working QiDup , ^bHh l^ cipeiied
IG iludy, di^uM. uhI Dcion i'mki oFmiiiiial coHem in Ihe liel] nF fiic^'irh- Eulfill
Ibe m^lii Dnd ob^liir.'i ^ei □( Ibe U5-5ino Coniimier Pmdui Sakiy ^ummll ic-
idIit DDy dilbiEncEi and puiklEm^ anting id Ihe field [dTmimrlii amd id luppoi'I,
deirbp aad (GDilDiuuily lUtngikcn labairal ciupeiniKia aad (omni uaicaiba in
Ibe EIeU oErrcivflii The FdiIh ipaai^ ^iHf^" 1^ i^ nfo'ving [Dial evIivlIel
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ETe>/ll^'g^ Ijirit and Tiehn'inl lfeiiiilal\at't
f'^mt amii CF5C ^iLI CKhDHriv icIcvudi kni □nil UrhiiH^ n'^pilalLon i CF5C
fpi fwuMtte ACjGIC^ iviLb lli< biL<-i iaB^i. icRuLilirai i and iciIibi^ ■□■iihL nf Ihr
L'mud ScnU'i un iln'^oiki. m Blll^■^}l TPSC ibnd ^IJSIIJ ^ill oiuiini'L^ Llii: ^sfiTU^
InuD boLb iulct lo (ondiKl ii itod p ichcDiii/' jn^.Licil CHULpnnii'n diiiI iIiii'iii-.»d
DD CDin pLiLi[<i> HkHdicliL irquLiciD^Dii Ifi^tfD ike Ckinea: and U5 lundnidi
CPSC ^Tiil AqSIQ ~ilL w/uit. U^lber l£i lu iedk □'kucheii gE Ibf CFSC liir^i^jt^
lEgublimii and CliikCK BaHlalGiy icandnidi br liir^jE<rki.
Erehangi Tiehnizai lilovTiialic'i
In Dider at lUcDRibun labrmaiua «"i'hLiD^ oa dic^orki ia&i>, A^SIO dhI
CPSC ^iLI piDiidu «i[k oLber 'vilh InbimDliDn gb DKideBli, In^Htaii. ^nd dgb-
CDmnlDnl pnFlii'li, at weW at □□□ly^li, ^hei? ^vaitibl" aod rippnipnah:. Thi^
■mill ihLliIe Ihf utauiy gF Ibe □Dn-CDiD plcn I lapDiUi and msiiiiliK Luicr ivb?!?
□milnble □■!) nppnipnah:. ]i Ii iii)j|Eil<d Ihiil lb? cichamr will k □! Icnii gb a
moBllily ba^ii, liG»?iT:r. idgi? liEqiicnl G'chaa^k Die cncDiiiiifii'd ivbGi? appm-
pjDlf
Fiaililale Ticluutal Eii/ianget
A^SI<t ^md CPSC ivil] cidiDBijf iLi'hnHiil paroDBe] and pi[<viilE Imiaing br bh-
o[ii4di> l»:hni[DDi and laipnlu'n pi^r-'iaaE] Hi hu-l niiiiLiilLy
The 6cui oFlheie KckaKDl cickanuci Kill be Ig: lapiGV? ike cHrieBcy amd orcii-
nvy dE ■□ipFFliDDi, aod lUcngiken lae ■□ipErlun] of noa-CDm plcn I m^n uln iiii?n
Eii>iiingi aflnipiel\an iirjD Cii-I\/icali'n i/ifa'7f\all'n
AQSIQ ^iLI piGVHl" Ckioa Inipaiua aod ^unnmliDE Buimu Ig^iIo^ lEporti amd
lampi/i (^"lilraici urn) fLicidhii iDDDiib: limr CGding rulei Gf tiwew/uiti maaiibc-
luicn ■□ China luCFS^
AdLviliei picpDied in ikii Woit Pbn ^ic luidcrOiI.En on n beil elEin^ Itiu^ aod
air DGl kindiDg
Thi^ WGrh Pbn ^d^ i^iekL on B^plemker lO ^OUT m BelbeHli], ^Iniybnil. The
Chineie irnun] aod Bngliik vci twim urn ike ^ame vnlidli^
MriU Xl",
G^nrmJ l^•^reror, Dipa'l/f\ril far Sripe'v\nn ui litpcrlrm if\i GmemS
'iili'i«t<ilraI\iK ofQualily 5u|Hririiin, li*prrl'aii anil Qr^an/n'^ir ff <<ii I'r-jfic'w
Ifcphii'i of C^inii
Dipulf D/rrrlor, O/pii ofCGmplinrm anil FirSd Opirahait, Caitu/iirr Pradiitl
Safrly Can7/ii*tIo/i if Ihe Uniliil Slalet of imfiea
A men *j>7.T J — WopIl Pun iiih tk>. U S.-Sr?^j Eurisic.' l Wimij.i; Qntr
CGBilileal ivLlb ike Memamndnin il ITadcnUinElla^ bclDTcn IbG QeoGral Admia-
MUnliEin Gf Qnalily SuperviiLon l^^pLT<lll■ und ^namnlinc oE IbG Fnple i llepiiklH
af Chiui □nd ikcUS Cgd^ubci Pirdnr* Siil''i> ComBi-mon amii ike ^iina Plan
aa CoBinmer Pndifl Siili:i> bcl^i'en ike QeBEraL Adniiniiimlii^n gE ^nalily Supci-
viinH], lai»?4ii)D Dnd QiiaiaauBe dF Ihe PeGplel PL^fuklK oE Chinn lA^SLQj aod
Ibe US i-GniuEiier Fnnirl Sati> CGBminKia |CFSC k and la aider Ig piGoiDle
eleeliKDl pndnrl latly ^nd Ig piaieci Ihe oilely dF con inmen, ike L'S.-Sioo Elee-
Im^l V^HitiiLng Crump anim Ig dmkip ciupciniKia in Ihe Iblb^iog liebli:
Eahancr l/ifa^Tiialio/i E-ihangi m Htgulalicia
CPSC ^ind AtfSltf ^iLI eiploic irayi Ig iiicojr'''^' ""^ impinLe in Fgi mill ion ci-
chaajK ma ban i tm t
CE^C will pi[<vile L'5 tim and lE^pilaluLni ii:lalGd ihh ckriincal pr>]iKli l£i
ACSIQ koik In Bn^Lih and ChincK AQSIU 'vill publicoe and diilnbuU' iknie tiwi
□nd^ [EgiikiliDni lu manuEiciiinM^ and 'vul p[Ei\xLe liedkicl: Ig CI^SC on Ihii □[-
iLvily Tke eKhDnRT] Gf mFDrBDOiiB »ilL titii^ Lniliall> on Ibe EiLlminR (□leRori?!
eileniiDn CGidi, poiier iiitfi, and dsGmuvc I^Uu iliiogi Tbe mage gE cai-
e^TTKi iKiiikl ke dliriiiKd ai tiK\i giaup Baling □nd Ddjuiied wken lI ii deemed
□ppicpjEile
A^SIQ »ilL eacGusgc m anubc^nicri la appl> UL iiondnidi nnd'Gr olher nppiD-
prbl? iiandnidi Foi elecUral picducli Iha* □!? deiUned br ike L'niUd SCilei and
Ig baiv ikeir pmdiH Ii certified ky urcieliled lenllimlirai lodici
Sltaglliin Htcall .'•'•Hifrcnnm and Failoir L^
CP9^ 'vill ■[<lil> ^QSItf DTineaLI^ lainLving eleelixDl pndiKli piDvidlo^ osme^
□nd ndditi^'i of ■□■iifiKluiei i awl/'a eipGilen la China und iricvnal lajuiy ur
leiE lEpoili "ibcn appicfiuile and avnrable Baied on Ihe ahije in bimDlion ,
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AC^O »i]L Otic f DetUje nieaiLiiEi Id uirc Ihr mn antic liners m Uilc iGnETliv? nc-
lioni m guIei Id p[r\«]l iudlIhi piDbLcni^ AC^IC/ 'vill pi[<vi]i: CE'?C w/iA oLber
LUfFul iBlnrmiiiKiB n^ njnrnblc □nil □ppiQpjEilc ^uk ai Ih? ciLileiK? of iimilDr
piodui^ nmn uBh iiiml by ibE aunt nun ubcUiicr hhI lapDiUd by amy Dlh?r \I3
impDili^ vkcic lb? iimiliir priFlirli mlghl piEKnl Ibr miipr fwvVeai ni cbe piod-
irli irinlb]
Fne'lilare nclu'\tal E.iil\nnge and Cooptmnm
In Gidrr (D inipnm ibe flUcif iKy amii □iKiniHy if EhriinrnL pndiirli mlEly »i:-
iBg, CPPC Hud A^GIC^ ngiB? Ig pididdk KcksKDl enbangci bEl^Em Ificing biki,
□ 1 ^jeII d^ (EilifLTniKiD bcdm if thr iw/d [oimlim.
^4a;?^r l/iipiclinit a! riiclfcai pinf ucia
CP5^ w/iV ihni? Ii^ -(lEf n mq 4 nuin bi eIctukdI picdiicli ivilb ^QSItf ^(^l(f
vil] UK lb? H lEf DLiig 4 nlnm m la^fo:! d?4lnail piDdiKli d?^igiial?d fit Alport Ig
lb« ITdIIoI Smlci Thi^ ?lbrl w/ii\ Khlii Liiiually on ^ilfD^ion (oiil^. pmcr ilnpi
□nil diTmalLL? In^ua^ iinnDi TLe iniijrE if mOfi-wi' idul] bE dmus^^ unci ^hI-
juiiEil ivkED d??B<i] iippnip [ml? a' ikE iinniEil RiDup ■<?iiii^ ^<^l(f ivilL piDVKlr
CPSC ivLlb niiiD?^ gE lb? US lapDiU 1 1 »bo d?ii^«d □□!) atd?[Ed eScIeciIve eIec-
Im^l picduli ftum Cbinn, 'vb?B ^vnikibk
Tbe dUGEmUvc □cUviiir^ piDpoiEil ib ibi^ dKinncnl ^U k? LiHl?nal.f □ i» a bril
?ilbi<i kaiii hhI dic otK kiaaiiiir
Tbi^ '^oah Ptm ^di iigii?*! gd 5?pi?iDbEi IH, ^OT in Bclh?nlii, riiii}biHl Thr
ChiDEiE LTiiiin] and Bngliik vctihb bun ikE inm? vnlidliy
JOI^OllS}" HiniArj,
AtMJtlafl fiHuJrir Dtrrtlur, O/fiii ofCG'irpl\nnri a/iil F\rSd Optraltait, Caitu/i\rr
Prodtiel Safrli Can7/il*mi/i of Ihe Uniliil Slalet o/ imfiei
Wl^■^, Xl^,
DrmEcr Ginfal, Drp1^l^\nll of Sispiiviaiai in liapirlMwi , Giitend
A^itistalnlMm ofQualily Sirn rLriiin , liwprtl'aii and Qnamnliii aflhi fr/plel
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^UEinDTi Si'LU mTimi ^■o^L^ " H Uciie
(f ^ >.i]v:iM Sl E binnai it Sf'^.'pip Rt'KhHD J Dcpiiv
Quetl/m Id yi\iT k^ilnujc picfDinLi, yD\i ka\v cnri'il Ibr □■■iml Lncicaici of
□loiU |IJ penc □! Fdi IIu] CFSC wkKh dLlL^>:l■1 ib pnrliriiku ■q4iU iQti li^ m i^
□ngmi^lta^ ^1? ibcK EuiKlicni Ihnl ^u bi^lkM^ uco '||rn ilrnalh DBderHinAd^
Ad^^ei ] will ^ly ikni niir t>?l] Dllliiib, ivkrli "3i UHhrard wilk Ac OilH?
dE Corn p linncE ib ^IMK], hat •[obiibl> tcci] onr oElh? niHhi< nilbi'iL'd and unilfi-fLiHtd
□icai I Ibink iknl •/-e (rrUiiDly □I'td Ig knt idic iliEnaihcn iii|j HKjr nbilily <d polKr
Dur poiT^ Ibi VHhtilLL? impiLrli Tkni li ^ti hibi oT "cnrHMi Ibnl hat bi^a deIIliib
□ liETncHliHj 1 niiiDiini oriii4EnLLCD bifly Wr ^Ih> hnv? m be Dbl? m bnvE ^ulFuL^ni
FkIi] pcr-'iBkc] m lupirl clkEr jncDi in Ibi: Cim mi-Mnii , bL^iKlc- Complinruc ^ub
□ 1 bDiniil liSuiiIiA'bBh Dad DHolywii wmd cnninrnLf iiilnnck. !■ DihlLlu'n, tiiui t/-:
bDLf iilvj bud n IH uFBllETiliin lipkllully pbHol aa our U'^iing and lnbiualGiy brilh
liei, Giir ^bilii> IG iMihDH? our (eiIibe ^md menirh dF [oaiimif r pmdui^ bm Ig
be iiddi?^vd Ho^cLcr I ikiali Ihnl vilb lb? poniblc mi'idiif ib liindiBjr nnd lli^
Tn')il''niLiDUH Gf Dui icnlutei m givE u bcll?r EnlbicGBcni IgdIi ikicii Ibc bmid,
■V •/-iP knjE <D kiok □! c-ztiy nioi of ike ngEiick Id uk hiLW il cud bs impiovEd ]
Ibinl. lliDl II il iiGl im n^iqr^iKKiB m ^ny ikm nl] FunclNhiii nTiks ogEncy boLG biKn
imdf r-fiiHtd m nrieai yfan
CP5C il n lEniT iiilcn-iLG ni|siiicai»D Dvei ikc lii:i fy-/ y^si- biTiiLii? rvi ba\r
□cbiTJi'd Gur bud^E-iL'Giimd lulE iuIiiiilcdi IbiDLffk iiiiB-iiiiHLldl Bmiii iiHb m
□IIiiUiB. CIllly^KJl^ Dud bu>-iiil-, ^e knu V>i< wmi: <-:wy I.l^ -.uiT:! i ib wm? VEiy
l.fy niEDi. FGr^mmpk Juil Ig □amEa Ieiv. t/r bun hii Ih> Eif^rli m Ibf v □mi
PoiuB piEi?B<K]B, ibi'Bii^l boiDidi Qi llify [cbitE ID Ibr Fotni] HozjiidDiii Sub-
lUmciM '(I (omplmiK? oF •uy- dniiVBing piEVEnlion, dnUi (dIItiIldd DBd □□□lyiii,
^mi^iBR bsinidi, iln.-iElnh.'d knr^iili and lepnl kiiDivkdBC dTCFSC'i lEgublfii}
pintail
TbeiEFoiE, ^vc hnwr IdiI nbilily m iGBplinBie-i^liiH'd □eiivkk'i n^pilnlGiy □rUvi-
liei, labmialLDn and cduDlion nrlivilici. dsUi collslLDn kIiliIici mid m gut ki^l
□ □□lyill KllVlllEI
We muil lenDuily kiok □! lUcngikEii ib^ nil Gf IIieie Dicai iE •/-c awr Dmiig tD ki
□□ EnFGircB^Di Km? in HHb^i ^Dninmer pndirl m ni kclpliKC 1 1 ^Duld K my fliai
Ibal ^c idukl bqriii □ piciiEii uf idEii ld> mij (iiii'iil □■?ai dF mwd nBd incicaiiiiB
Gur iehIT □no[diii|rl> uxn >'mr faiiuTning CrSC GkCiiBi IbG iBtnmui Ibsl >dii hie
Mipponing thr <}ic ii|r?n(yl ^iik ud Goily cmpbsiii gd 4hE Fvld. mu? ikcy baiv hii
ID many ^—ifie. bu< not txuMBij I'hiclu'ii't'ly ihii lb? iniHirl 'ilualir^ Il will cnbG
luDi' <D [Enruii aod imiB m^iv Empliiti'. in L^/Jiy di^dplioi: id ^birk nr' BLi'd I'l w-
bmld ^puMHlmq Gii< ibE hiniiij IbiDiiglioiii ikc jrejic, 'bill iimIuci' ikE uriniKiBjr iiBd
Imiamg ilmiai on hb^ Dn? iiipEiMHir di lUfiTviuiy leam. 1 1 will nln li?lp ui Ig
iniil.f pn^lHi EDib y^K m [rbiiikliBg bdii-C did plEmcE □imi iiirh m IboiE idcBli-
lird dI-ive
Quetlrm Vgu ban indx^lel Ibal ^oii luppDrl iDm? Gf CbDirnian MdiiTi icc-
DDiBCDdDlimi I bill BDl DikETi WhH b [ozDin BEiidiilnBi Ai yuii luppart nad ^hHb
dDn'l yiu. luppDiliiDd 'vb>^
Adi^ei I hnvE □llDcked di> coniplelE nBalyii] af ChDuiDiiii Naidi ehIiic IuI of
IqiilaliiT [Ef am BEiidiilnBi.
CDU UENT^ OF COflUl^^tlM I laOkL' 1 K ^ODVF TO 11 E Pll^ll PHWDBf L
bllDC HTKOU I il bdd I
WOIBIMC P^PEB . . . ^OIBIMC r^PEP
pronrcT BEC^LL, iniob^.'iv>^ ^Nn MFErt ^oiif inc-mkki i"niBFJ~i/CT
r^DiE CP5C - Cdh lumer FndiiDl SalEly Cddib iiiLDn CFSA - Cgbiiibci PiadiKl
^HMy AdI, FHS^ - Frdtnul HaiDnbLii SubiUiBi?! Acl, FF^ - FInDiiDDbk Fsbm
TITLF.I Ol PKIVTD ENIOBTFUinT TDDU
Sier'a\ I Addlnmal P^•'l/•l/^lCl' itlw
•nl Malb 11 imla^iJ •\iwSci St^iwia 1^ gECPSA J lo knDwiD^y kII 4d □ DDiiiiim?r
□ rKDib.'d Bndiil uliif lb? dale DFauklK □BBi>iiiiCL^m?B< ihTikc ncnll
R^Iu'ddI? '. ■!'■«'-. mci.^lii'G Ig bal4 'bIei ihrnfulliil piidiir*^ i|Lii[l:ly.
I .lEiEC Willi Itic biiflL pccniMb, bul [ tuv<: lw<j iiimliuiLi. Fir^l, Ihci? jp-
pc^m Li ■>: a "hnawing'' iL-tiiurcDiciil lu njlu' icllij^ j rcLalkd prutfiiLl n
piuhibilcd jgL, in Midiciun lu Ihc ~knuiiiiig' n^ifuiicDicnl bclDr? d liviI ur
150
^nniiiu] pciuiLlv l jn be jTBOfBiil. N<j ulhL^c pcuviriiu m in ■i^^Lun 16 ri'C|uLh:
knuu iL-dgi'. I .1171 m>l ■lui if Ihi" is mf t'nl lu luj L <jr mircLy n r-^-ignHion uE
Ihi -knjii ing' ci'^iiirdncnl in Ihi pL^ii.ill> pru\ ■"Hjha
ScLund, i<:lIi<jiu 19, St null 21 nahc "uny pi:niuii" lidbLi' fur iivlL juiI
^nmiiui] pi'iijIlLi'i Eur lu nnllling n pruKibllcil ml. J ijn LcrlJinly undcr-
■Ijnd o-anliHE 1u nahi' ■on' n'ljilcri Jiul mpuclcn wlii> LunliJiui lu 'itil
h'^ j]]l-iI pmdiiLli jcc Luxiri'd, bill huw ljr down llh: Ltuiin wi>uLd Ihu pcir-
viriii>n apply I Ihrifl tdur:!!; Hca Dijrhcif vjrd ibliti' When uur ubilJ Ilih \iii-
ilbd ItiriEl dure:' in Itic piiHli i-ir nij]] cound-up M.livilin, Uicy Hourly dl-
wdyn null .1 reijllbd pruduil ur lwi>. Our cnlu rLiMnen^ idpdbilillbn drc dh
rejdv Ijuiiled, «] If IKih pruviniun d<jCH ^unlcinptilc r<:d^liiii^ bcyund rcldll-
cjn jnil ■mpurler'i lu Ihc duDibKlii. rcmlc ninrlhl, Ihcrc luiud ■>: ndjur rt-
tiuiiric Inpliijliuni Eur uur CuaipJuihi' "IjIIj
Sec Div ^d iliLJiuj] lumnienli un Ihii idvuc wilh regdrd lu reldilcm in Ihc
Ibl TEnkc li uabivFiil bi a icrnLlliig fam l£i bil m |i[E<vi]e hoIite ic □□> nzinilcr
ai di'iribiiUii l£i ^hoiii ii hn^ picvnu^Ly diiliitulol Ibc iethLIimI prxLiKl □! Laii4 £■
hnun belbic nnililiDliDn m Ibc gmeml pubLn ur BimliD^cri uTlhr pmliirl iSelion
i^ ilECFS^ ^nd ictvnDl hmieidi iiFulhf r imlulf i|,
HnlionDl?: AiiuiEi [bidIIib^ firs'i iliiiribiiU<i i^dnllei i Iidit ndvniur hdIiik m
Ibal lli«> con [uniply vilb "imp atiC miuiiciDf di.
I dgr<:c wllh Ihi" pr<jL iiiiihn. EEcldilcci' hjv<: bbcii i.<jii]p]jinlng 1<jc y<:jrH
jbuul Ihc itiijcl nihli^i- I II en lu Ihiin pciur lu j t<:<. jII Huivuv^'r, E wundiT
if a huun ii ciujii|;h lijnc. Fur d huge <.lidiii uf iIhicc, bcinR jbic lih riu^l
III lh.ll ihurl Imclrjnie mdy be iIiEIi^uLIl Cuii^ruiii iiiighl iv^nl Lih i-onmlui
injkijig il J I Lujil d 4H-hL<ur ^vjnue nuliic. Rei-eiil weLL-publiLizcd rt'<.-dlli
hdve nhune Ihc "pulligbl un Ihc diEfiuuLly uf rcdLbing Ihi muny rcldiLen
lErum Itie inL<in-.iiid-j>j p (lur<:i lu Ihe birgcr uneil Ihjl mny idrrv d pruduuL
We dre ncaTly jlwdii mtulijlinc d i^Ldll uilK d m^nuKdul iirer ur dn ■■!-
purler, nul Ihc i^ldilerL Mdiiiilj'.iiirer'' UMibilLy ub]eLl lu uur lelling Ihilr
reljilcri l.ii<jii ^buul j pendinf; re<..i1l unlil il i" Imdll^ed, "i^ Ihc rcljiLem
hdve lilllc ihr nu jdurpLe nuli^c lb.il Ihcy need l<j mcep Ihiir ihelvei <jE
.1 re<..i]]cd prijdu.1. ^<ji[ie uf Ihe reldilcn iviLL <jidv he^c jI>jiiI iI Jrun Ihe
ncwH repijrlH di il u nul jlwjyii Ihc L^i>e lh.il d in jhuIjl lurer uiJI kniju
wlh^re j]] uf biH pTuiEihl" crwl udj EEeL| Hiring d muniiljilurec ur .in impurler
lu provide jd\drki.c nuliie wilf |;l< j iiufi wdy lu ■uliirv Ibe prublem, jI-
Ihuiigb eiDnuing lh.il jII Teldileri, uf uhlilever inze ^rkd huwever Ibev mny
hjve ullinijlely rcLeived Ihc pruduLl, hnuw uf d rcL^LL m^y nul be pu'inbLej
The prupu'AiL lu mjke ■elling j re<. jllcd pcudLL<.l dElur Ihe ddle uf Ihe puUju
jiinuiiik.cBteiil ul Ibe i^Ldll d pruhibiled jlI ihuuld jltrj apur i^ldilcri lu
Edy allenliun lu uur reL^IL nulneti. E^id uf Ihem nhuuld h: able lu dUL'etn
Ike Inlerrkel dud uuuld aign up lu i^Lcive i^Ldll nuliien lhi\jiigh Ihe CI^C
web Hilc fiir Ihe lypc:i uE prudii^li lh:y i-irrv. Puliuing tdULh d reiguircBkenl
dl Ibe reldil Ici'el wuuld ilil] be b.j pli.iz.jrd', dt Ibe dgeiiLy dues nul hdve
Ihe inmlif^dlive lunc lu du mure ib.jii iipul LbcLliKj Bui peThjp" d few
finei wuuLd bcinf; niud ccljiLei^ Inlu line. The tirgcr Hlurei luuld icrldlnly
be held j^Luunldble under "ihh j lyiilcn, bul il ih iniLleji' buw Ihc atun
jnd pup ulurcn ur iHlure? Ihdl 'tell uvecniuik diul di'-.ihnlinued prudn^'li
wuuLd fjrej I mil be inlere^lcd lu he^r Ihc rcldileri' pei7pt'<. live un bulh
uf Ihese irfauei.
Idenljfying Ihe cicilI pruduil It be re^dllcd udn ^bu be d prubleinL U^nu-
^lelureci jre nul reii Hired, in muW udiei, lu pul ddle uudei ur ulher diilin-
giutihing mjcldi un liieir lUMrduLlH eveci liate Ibev i.h.inge IbeniL Thut Ihcy
uflen idnrkul lei] Ibe Cummiii'iun ^1 ivti.jl puinl in j pcudii<.l^ pruduLliun
il pi^tKnled .1 niih, .ind .il whjl puinl Ihe pcublem ujn lined lp.irli<.u]jcly
if Ihey fiHed Ibe prublcn bclure ibe Cummitfiiun bnjme dwdcc uE il L Bc-
uduiie uld prudiiLl idn Hldv un ilure nheLx'eH Iut i|iule d ivbilc jnd be inlec-
minglcd wllh ikewer vertnuiu uf Ibe tunic prudiiLl, Ihu pretienli pi^bleim
fur rcldiLen dikd Ihc Cumnimiun riljfE in idenllfying ivbiuh pivduil'i In
■lui^H drc lubje^l lu Ibe re^jIlL I believe Ibe ]jw tihuuld pul Ibe burden
■i|uiccl> un Ibe nuinulj^liii'e c'lmpurlec'd ■"Icihul'i c lu ndke vure Ihe prud-
ULli dre nijrhed Iprud ll<. Iiu n djic <.ihde", f<ji ct.impLe i "u Ihdl prublen
prudui t" L J n !>: re.idil> diiliii|:ui''hed hy evcryuuc ImLluding Ihe i-urbiumer
whj Ibl" Ihe prudu<.l in hia hihmclL IE Cunni""iuii :Hl.ifE ii uii.ible lu Lli'jrly
di'liiauiib bclweeu pruduLli lb.il ibuuld be <.ihicrcd bv d reL^IL dud lhu"e
Ih^l uiuuld nul, Iben Ihjl nhuuld remill in Ihe re^jll uf dU ■imitir prudnuli
luddc by Ih^l numufjilure r. Tbe Cummitbiu n nhuuLd nul hjve It guetb |ur
lent] tvi^ry pu'^nble pemiiildliun uf d pdrliuulur pruduLl It delerHilne if II
151
hjn bctn rL-ncdicil lallhuiiKh hl- i.crljiiil> "huiilil Id Ihc ^lU'^iil "li\~ bj
nijIiL- vurL- Ituil Ihi >i.i^jrii h.17 indt'L-d bL-L^n il im ITI.1 It'll I. A <.L<inpjn^ Ili.i4
niiiccpri'Bi'Til? I tic ^-upi uE Itic pruduLl" jlfi'tlid In 'i r<:<-jll "huuld bL' "ub-
jcLl lu d pi:ii.ill>L In lj<-t, J Lunp^ny Ihal hnuwinglv nmccpri'tii'iili an^ na-
li:rijl I^lI III J rcL'dll ■nii'iligdii'jii Ih^l dcLivn, i>r ulhcrivuc hindL-ni Ihc
dgcni.)'" jhililv lu prunplly inlli^lc dn cElnlivc rc^dll, nhijuld be lubin^
lu pi:njllit'i b) Ihc CunniiBiiuiiL
Id Ciitnlf ihal lI 11 a pmkibiUd m lo mnBiitu'lLiic ?h □ przFlirl ^hHb viokiK^
□ ivIuDmiy ilnHbiil upoi] w/bKh ibc CP5C ka^ icbid imilcr ?4(licn ^|b| if Ihf
CPSA UTGUiEi icaluu iidiiilniiuii.il ty ibc Com m i^uui]
RiiIi[<iidI?: ^Dkci nirai ikni unnc lie CaiiiiDLi^i^D hn^ bfniiilK icIkmI upon n vdV-
inimi} ^nmdiiid ill iUkuic 11 I'qiiiil m □ mimdiioi^ ilandnid lor ^□(i[rEiii?B4 pui-
pDici ^lnli" [I'qiiiil? men I unibfiii ofidi^ ^I CFSC ^cnluui
TKii ■■ d puli^v ihrnigc 4hdl Cuiigr<:iiii will need lu dcLidc bci.jiu<: lI me-
mlii-jnlly dllcri'lhc inlccpljy bclwicn vulunlji) dnd Diiind j lury zHlJnddrdi
jud Wijuld CL-i|iiire .1 i-hjibi lu Ihc pr^'miK' Ihdl underlie'^ Ihc :Hrjliil<jry rc-
liJULi: pci>i iPijn". Due ■I.iIliIci pruvidc Itujl Ihc C<jiiini lOLun ii rci|iur<:d lu
IcrDiindle riilcDijhLng un d nid[iildl<j[> fbmdjTd il .1 vuliuil^cy ibiiHljrd ci-
idld 4tidl cliniLiidlc:' i>r ini4iiifd^lu rlly rcduL'n Ihc iinrcofljiidble ritik i>l Injiuy
prencnled by Ihc prudml dnd Ihccc u lihcli It !>: lulwldnlijl LunplidiKJC
wllh 4tie iijIiinljTy iljnd^cdj Under llitcchI Idw, Ihc <jii1v lu nBCL| uchl'c uf
Ihc Cijiiiiiiiaiun lurnidlly r^'lvim; up-in .1 volunliii) "Lindiird under Ihc
CPSA 1.1' uppuK'd lo "imply Icc111111.1l Lng Iti^' riiLciii.ih iii|: I i' Ituil n rcpurl-
in^ cci|uircncnl ii Iciggcrcd under k'^Iiuh liolbllll. PiiBcnIly, if j pruduil
l^ib lu mecl d vulLoiGirv ritjnddrd Iwtie4tier Ituil tdljndjrd hii been fur-
mdlly relied iipi>n i>r ii<jll, il d<jei nul ncLedtirilv mejn Ihc pruduil pre-
■enli jn iinre.ix>ndblc ctdi <jE Lniiuy ur id d mibaljnli^l pn^duil hdzdrd
under "ciliijii It. Mjnv pnidihli Ihdi I^lI bi mecl Ajme pruviinun uE d rel-
evdnl \i>luiildrv ilJiMfdcd dec never midlled beL^use nu tuzdrd I" prb-
tienled Ih.i4 udimnli uncj CunvcrtKl) d prudii^l Ih^l diccIh j v<jliinl.iTy
■Ijndjcd 11 iujI dei-ncd, I'lr Ibjl reditu jlunc, l<j be fcce <jEirjlcly touLei nd,
•iMh-^Kh llh're jcc Ihih!*!- in bndii"lc> Ituil ivjnl j pcc^umpli'i n Ihjl prud-
ULli mccliuR volunliiry il.iiidjcd« jcc dnmed lu t-i ti<-. The PHIdM pci>-
puml wuuld ipjke Ihc Ijilure lu <-i>jiipl) wilh d furmdlly relied iipi>n ii>J-
luildry iljnd^rd d pruhibilcd j<.l ipjhing il ~eijiidl bi .1 ipjnd^luri iiljiiddrd
fiir enfuncBtcnl pucpuBea." Thiit, lE j pruduLl Fdil" lu Li>nply wilh d re bed
upun vuliuiljry iljnddrd, nj ■e<-lLun 15 dndlyni" Tvuiild be rei|ULrcd lu de-
lerinine if 14 prcucnlcd d lubifbiiilidl prjdihl tuizdrd, Ihc prudu-l ivuiild
dubindliullv be decBkcd bi ^unrfiliile dn luircdAjiuble riik uf Injury jnd
be viubiliveL
In III hirilury, Ihc CumDiiTriiuii Ilk i>nly Euroidllv relied upun tuu lul-
unljry tdldndjrdi djid, lu mv hnuwIedQC, Ihere u n<j pruUcn wllh Ihinnr
pruduil" lunicnlcd Qdt-fired ipdie tiedlem dud gdiij bnc-puweced ihdin
'Amil bcLPg inlcud Lujcd inbi luipipenc in lun^nvcnliun i>l Ihe "Idnddidi.
The pn>putfil Ihjl i luliilLum i>f relied upun vulunldry iddnddrd" Ih mddc
d pruhibilcd ml dppcdri lu be j nijIulLun b> d nun:t.iilcnl prubU'in. El, in
Hnl. "celu l<j Idv Ihc gruundwurh fur j p<jli<-v ihdnec Ihdl L<juld hdvc Edr-
rejthii^ L dititc^ucn'.'eii in Ihe inlerpldy beliveen vulunldcy jnd mdnddlui^
■Ijnddrdti. The Lhdpgei wuuld eivc ^redibihly b> dllemplH l<j reinlerprel
Ihe rehdn^'e pruvfanumi uf Ihe CPSA fdnd by cilenMun bi uiir ulhcr "Idl lib's
am well I b> dllu w Ihc Cuipipituiun b> ddupi vulunldry ildnddrdi di indiidd-
lury ddnddrdi, uilK lull unfurLemcnl p-iiicr", diid pu'i'iLbly pruemp' i<j n pci>-
leulii>n, nilhuul hd\inr lu mdku Ihe ujiiliI findinu'^ rt'L|Liii ca fui 1 ^U'lUdlirng
dnd lu use ~relidiiL'e~ lu BkCdn nunie^Ki pg ijuilc dilfereni IhdP ivtuil lI wji
uriglndlly inlended bi ipedn. I ubinl lu Itiene ihdngcn, jnd Itieir Ijitcc
dgendd ihal dnliuipdlcH d puliLy ohdnge by Ihe Cu nnunun, be^dunc Ihey
ure Lunlnjry lu lungretaiLU nd I inleni, pdni jgeihy inlerpretdliun dnd Ihc
ulcdr IdnguiQe <jf Ihe tdldlulcj Cungretai ipjy very ucll wdnl lu iPdhc ■mh
d pullLy thdi^e, whliK ivuuld atmr reijuire jddiliundl wurdine Ltuingcn in
Ihe Wdiulc, bill il nhuuld du il uilK .1 ilcdr undenldnd ipg ui ivhjl u in-
VII Ived. '
' Rann da mc iir xiKMijkclvn rn ia anJvFirr^ bcinj: inzrrxnnj: 4-DETiTCiilKiM Iwpro HhraHd harr
^Hun Id ad "d^ ic ■ vrinLCTpr^lHlxii] *[ ihr irhincr linf;iEi^c m prrrm^ qbr I oinmiF.4V]Ti i*
ckh^K i}E3r lod uifirr H v+lLoiLa r" FnodHni la m manLkttrr dbc ma u 'ax.^ id ^np: roJaicc mc ni
roDdbbcLi iii br^fri^BimpEbiuTF wki ur: oixDfl rriMwiEi ibaic DnJ iDDn ■ liroipl id E4>iAin
IDUnLJnLl_r FlDlD HIAK C*L111 CI"J DCLDnH llir+L^k 1^ pnClDpiVD prDT3HMF *[ *LJr FULLjIC H ^^
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Ttit rcLBuni given fur in>:hiiig lu rtiv un ^ vulimldry ildnil^nl and I'li-
fiiFLi' il at if 14 ucrc a nandjiurv unc ^rc l<j ri'dmc Ihc lime 14 Ijim lu pcu-
niiilgdb: J nijiiil^l<jry iljnil^ril dud l<j have Ihc EuU lange uJ cnll>i\.CBkciil
pi>iven availabLe ll>r f^iluci: l<j i.<jnip1> ivLlh relieil upun vulunljiy tridiid-
jrdti, enpnuUy Itie chilly lu ilup iii>LiIlvi: ■mpurli' ^1 Ihclr purl i>f cnlry.
II Ihc Cumnimiun luliIiI sjnply relv un j vulimbirv tdldnddrd, wilhuiil hal-
ing Iw injhc Ihc Lijrili'bciieli I anil ulhcr lindlngi reijiurcd by uiir ubiliileti,
il iLJuld be .1 uiulK ihihrlcc pru^ei, <jc ■<> Ihc jcrudichI gucti. II m Iriic, it
uuuld be ihuTlcr, but uhIl-v Ih: CPSC ttafi Stai' h^cn ^ii>'itl> Inxulicd in Ihc
dcvcUi pjncnl uf Ihc vuliiiibic> "Idndard, ih i.L<niplclcl> lufiiined uilK iti pru-
viriium, jnd thiM bciMi muinluniig indiulry^i Lunlu rjnajhe wllh il uvcr j pi^
riud <jf lime, itiiilK <jf Ihc umlcrly ing m^rk Ihal u rci|iuTed in pr<jiTiiil|;.illng
.1 BtanddluTy nbmdard itiijuld "lill be dune in urdcr luc Ihc Cumm iiiiii>n lu
feel Lunfidcnl in cclying upun IKe ii>Juiitiry ulafflT^rd llhc L<nl> bcI i>I Lir-
eumildiiee'i under whi^h IKe dgeniy ihuuld ^umnder reiving upun iIIj And,
uf luiiFBC, IKe prenjie uikderlying Ihc i.iuren4 relianie language ivuuld
have lu be ihanged En^in une <jf Leeping Ihe Jederal guvemineni uiil \tl Ihc
vfay uE eUnllve vuliinbirv ■d^ndardj' l<j unc <jf Ihc federal guvernmenl —r-
upling Ihcm jnd Immng Ihen, ivilhi>ul Ihc ni>rnijl reguljlury pwif—mi. inlu
nidndal<jr> daikd^rd' la Hig mf ii jnl Ltujnge 4i> IKe prenenl rcli^ikie ljn-
EimeeJ.
O'er Ihc yc^rn, CungrcA hon viewed Ihc relaliu itiKip bcliveen vuliuilji^
■Ijndjcdi and ledeml uiandjlury "laikdardu In IKe luniniBkcr prudml jrc^
in vjijinf; lighltj TKe Cu nnLmun wdi luiuHTed en Ihc belicE Ihjl iikduilry-
furinutiled vulunlary fbnidaTdn were lu ititcn''ii''-d cii en mninuDi "Idnd-
drda Ihal ■uncliinei did ni>re lu pruleil indibili^ Ihan l'i iLiumum.' Over
lline, aflcr BUBkc <-hangei wccc m^e lu Itie luliinlary rilandji di-'Klling pcir-
^edureH dud CPSC utati bcQdn lu have nulive parliLlp^liun in Itiutic urgani-
raliuim, Cungrcdi be^aine Luihemed Ihal Ihe Cumnimiun wot riliHing ur
■uppldnling aLiepldble ii>luiildry iddiidardii wllh i[idiidalur> unei, aikd Ihc
emptuiiit ihiEled Erum Idvurir^ mdiidalurv regulaliun lu rei|iiirmg Ihc
dgenLy lu deler lu vuliinldiy fLmdard" o-tu'n ItiuBi iliinddcdi adeijLLilcly
dddreictd Ihc rinh uE Injiiiy dikd IKe vlaikdardi m^rc iiubfldnliaJly Lunplied
wllh by indudrvj
II nan In Ihc iuhIchI uI Cungretb wanling CFSC lu gel uul uf indiuilry'i
wby when il vr.ir duing j guud ji>b Ihnx^K Ihc vuliinldr> "Idndard" pcihLUNi
llml Ihc reliaih-e languigc wdi dddcd lu Ihc CunMumur Pi\idii<.l Saluly A<.l.
The whule Ihriinl i>f Ihc hIjIuIc ■■ li> a]li>w vuliinldc> regulaliun Iwilhuul
dnv ruleindklng ur mdndjlurv enluTienenl retiuiiriei being CHpeikdedl lu
Fill a' nmb uE Ihc Tegiilalur> ldiidd.ape ^^ puiuiblcj WKen <•■: Icrnlimle n
riilemakinf; in cehaih-u llurmdlly ur ulhcrwitKl un d vuliuiljry ilanddcd,
Ihc Didndaltirv I'ulemakinf; end' .ir du any ageihy enfurLeinenI puivum
Lulhcr Itujn Itie dbililv lu naku d mbiHld nlial pruduLl hazard delemiiiuillun
luider tK^liun ISk Ttic Cu mmiiciun undccluud Ihm luhIchI jI Ihe lime jnd
hai inlccprcled Ihc pruvidflumi dLLurdinglv ever dinee. The Cuniniidiii>n hdi
unlv utd Ihc EuTnij] rclunee ■kd-hiint'iii IwiL'e — bulh liniei luuhing bdik
dl pddl Cumnndiiun diliuiti dud delermining Itidl Ihey mel Ihe rei|uirt-
nienld fur rcliaiki.e — une invulved Ihe revuualiun uf d mdiulalur) regiildliun
fyr wbiuh Ihc likduntry htad ddupled n Bkurc iilni^dnl vuliinljiy iddiidanl
K ni ckAi FxFr^r un^n brc^n cdexljcIvIkih ■■ ^1 ■ DiiErrK uf C EfiT, bui ii !■ lb: piuTEW *[
DlLcr pcDvrrMrTK oi rMial e l
-* 'AxFrb.r ii.E]r lnH ^rMX EDiadxr^ cdhmJciv mn an i}e uhukI pr«d fh d F dcvc tpiBH "d IudIh r"
modHniii The Bcni hr ■ c*n.EMFUi ct^mtnt THiridjDrn ■ piDp*ird lunjHid unii] ii ir lilit
rTt*r^ lLfl n xa xfliMmxbEh^ nFibr iixLLiHgiu fintii K^fian «/ Tm f KniiUMni t2*fnmLKM*n an Pnair
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jnil um Wii" Itic li cnln^liLJH uf ^ ruli'ni j hinK m whiLK induilry hdd iiilupl-
cil d ■uLulnhn dL-i L^Lu pL-d m luu pci-dliijii uilK tu nni'''i<jTi "I^EIl' '
Tticri' jci: lwi> r^jtun" why Uic C<jiiiiiiLiflL<ii hjt lu carclv fucnally brni-
ndli'iE J nilcnaLing m r<:1ijiiLi' un j v<j]iinljiy ■■dndjril i<j ubljin Itic in-
^r<:di<:il rcpu cling dulhurily under thLliun ISlbJII k Fict, Ithil i-jurwliwi^ rc-
LJ ID rcmi'iil unLy ^pplLci l<j vuLmiljci "Idndjrd" r<:]icd Lipi>n luidir Ihc
CPSAl Sin^n: 41k' Ci^A jIihj rb-i|mr<:i I tic ^inLy lu pru mulg jIc n'g iildliuin
under Ih: DiuTi: 4^[gcled nr<jvuii>m uE Uic FHSA, FFA i>t PPPA ivtiencvir
.ippci>pcljli', Ihc mull m tthil jjujhI i>I uur r<:gnLi4iu nii ^cc idvucil under unc
<jf 1tid<: Ihrcc "IjIuIlt ivtiere Ihccc ih nu ddvunldgc l<j Ihc Cihnmvi'jn lln
Ihc fucDi uf .1 rcpurlinR rcijiurcnieiil | It LhiniBC Fumid] rc]ijii<.c uicc needy
IcroiiiLiling Itie culcinjhing pni^ecdiiig and alli>wiiig Ihc wiliuildcv "Idiid-
jrd lu fill Ihc iijjd. The ncLund r<:atrjn ii Ihj4 Itic pccntic f^l up hj Ihc
■IdfiiluTy Ijn^iLigc rdr<:]v uliiuii. Lf j v<j]iinljr> iljndjrd I'tnil' lh.il b<jlh
ddci|ua4i]y jodr fj— an idcnlifu'd rjik and il m bi:iJiE iibdanlijllv Li>Bk-
plicd wilh by nunufj^liu^n jnd impurlcrii, 4tie ogcmv w<jiild b- uidikcly
lu -"-n iIjcI .1 rulcmdhiiij; pruLci. There I" n<j nci'd firw ji^crkiy inlerviii-
llun III Ihc Ijli: el an ell^<.liv<: \ulLiiibirv iljnddrdj Only <f Ih^ iiljnd^rd
ducn nul mcel i>nc ul Itw lw<j prungi "I Ih: leal lodcuLLJleli jddrciiiLng Ihc
rinh ur lllicly le be HLibiil j nil jll> Lumphed uiIKi ^<jiild Ihc C<jinini*iii>n "Icp
III, dnd Itien II ueuld hi: l<j lurn Itie Lihlunldrv fldnddrd inlu d mjnddlur}
■Ijndjrd Itinx^K iliin<jcndl ccguUlery pw-/:ciw.
II duqKI be nuclul lu ciilcnd Ihc rcpurling previHiun f<jr relied npun vul-
iuiljr> "■jnddrdi' l<j Ihc ijlhir AlIi wc jtfniinlile c. Put example, unlll Ihc
CUnnifP'jn bccjji j nilcnjLLng pruLeeding lu jddredi Ihe mei^ Ihjn
25Jiffti annual injiirLei l<j inl^nti iLdlhiic duTvn "biir" in tubv wdlheri, nu atr-
lulLunii ivere pruElered by ■rHLii''lc> le ihi" ■cnihuii pcinhU'DiL lnduiliy injin-
Idincd Ihc unly Bululien vnx beller p.ireiiljl (uperL uii>n. Bui unL'e Ihc
.igenLy be: jn rulcDuihiiig in IhiH ^re^, indLL'Iry, uerhing LluBcLy uilK Ci>Bk-
inmii>n iJjEI, bcQ^n le wurk un n iiijluli<jnL CPSC bcM Ihc culenuhing in
jbcy^rh-c unlil j tAilitif^Llury \u lLiiil.irv riljndjrd wot itiriued jrkd luilil iljff
wot 'AiliHiicd Ihdl Itiei^ uji niib'^ljnEijI L<jn4<j en jrh.^ uilK Ihe riljndjrdj
H^ I tie hi by wjlher riileindhing been iniluled under Ihe CF^A rjlhcr
Ih^n Itie FEI5A, Ihc Cunnlianun nighl h^ve Luruidered fucuijllv relying
npun Itie ii>1iuiljry "tdikd^rdL Thl* wunld hjve IriFRcrcd Itie rcpjrling re-
Ljuiremenl luider nj^liun 15 i>l Itie CPSA jnd ueulil hjie cejiuLled in Ituil
v<jLiuiIjc> ntdikdiird being referen^'cd in Ihc Ci>de <jE Kcdenil Reguljliuni .u
une upim 4 huh CP8C tiJH relied j While 11 u iinhnewn whclhcr Itie repurl-
ing pri>vliii<jn ^ikd Ihc CFH referen^'c wuuLd t\ii\— pcevenled dny uf Ihe re-
^dlh uf iku ih'e in plying bdby w^LherH Itujl miurred ^Eler Ihc jLLepldnL'c uf
Ihc vuliinbirv iljiidjcd bv Ihc CummiAiu n. 14 m puiHibLe Ihdl Incy luiild
hjve ndde d di ElcrcikieL^ '
^Im rdun,^ i» n-hotE ihr ^IbadaiDTr niAsdxrJ hr IsTcmcJ d i-Fircd ^ihcc ECch irrL Cnok-
miih^BTi ^LL^Ti Z^ HihiVt 1i4ini b^dBij lii4 TTH^Ti^ far "i-rT^ninj: ihc r^TDCvmM nf ih: mn-
dxuTr HiHTiiAid m l^\^r at ^ie cuff ^ifn^y MbadxrJ ihr bltnofl "The C'DinaLiFh^ii] iciADir. p*^-
CTF unic r flccixiM lij dF ibr CKiA Jo rtritir /'-ott i^# rrrartrrf xel.^ uavc aicd I P dt riAiurxl J>^
rircj lEHirrH iui ciiuippcd ^3lh xaODR d<" kt dt c^umxkal ^^smi id curiAi] iIe ■ipli^xHlxii]
ruk ECc FLXLcd Furllr: r [FIF^iAPZFXBd b^LiiEilbcL^h^ lb: TDhjaibi^ lunjHid lhiui ■ lufFi-
CKai ■kpcL^id, niairKHnJ cukh mx^ bdw rrjiulxic iln uc al LOTTriiLcJ nn r dpxzv Ltak fh om
t/rry frwni ^r# /ij WLikivl lix^ lbh iLc3r hABdnirdh^ ihc cxiiicikK al u y rd< rklruk [linpLflFvi
□ I}-: dtviihII likicnDi dI Iiuifl ^I 'viil^f liicd Ailfuil In llh] Cbxi|r CimHi-ibi nc f
F3iAikF VE-Acd ihc K 'o^ I u n *F ■ rriAadxioTr FEXBdani an icb o^ na ■ 'alumiM r' HiAsdxFj ■ f
IniDLBfl l3Ev: Fcdciv I CMFfrm mral fu^c FH^racvpL >* ibr capzni Eclxm If? in^liL 'ppL" ■ ■ ■■ ^bvki
Id ■ n^ UDMrjivlxicd pr^iEb) ■ nj cnj im^ xm^ kdcrxl pncinpi»a Ihxi Inii DiiBrlrzd n ibr inxadD-
iDi-r FixadDni
^ ]q Ih ■ L* ^*rqk DbLLBH ibai UAlal ilr: x^*pL»n pf iLc 1^^ I pur: nj^f hlf. ^kbzk ^dcj ihr
r^FMiTian,^ ir^qiirfmrni whk rrFpr^i >* rflp-^ ufun v*ltjnixr^ HipnlardF h ic^ii»a ]Fj ai ibr
C E71-\ lb: C'p^mi4.^x J:]l lu cJil^iP i un ip ^m Ve mTy pxriiculpT d imin:i»n "A brn ii "axk wi rou-
riAmiq X rvknixLunj: PFip^kcikcril^pi'ictanf px^ 4p]lixip r' HiPTiibid iK^vrc, vnij iho-f
y mc pdsT: niri d» iLPiumrr ctppzgiEncrH virrr plipchcd i* iclixncr L^z^Dnd qhr iniDLXD ixm pF ihc
rukiiH Lmi^ ^*i udliI ^^^1 JiJ ik TpinnLiFivii] j:* I^k^ xxd rr^r^ F^-fi PCLitnHxnd iJrniaF^
lis 1^* C*aunL4F»n pri dhk ia wkuk il rp f JricTmnnd ihpi ibrir r^TP^Ixm xnd iriTnixniun
hxj ^rpdprtc di vtL^ per an p hp li-nip r' Hipnixid Tlx C^p^miinx A.1A ihii in*rJrr id Hrrr
ntibzv u qbr pJTnzpzd initiFirrn ihxi ikc nr m rcfurLipfl r^q uLluf-hl "apuLJ xpp^ m I he m
^ Tkc bxK^ Tixlkr 'u Iloilp r' up nJxrd kp f ^< a lxflfuitt: nixl ix ibr d rxoipiE drcicp e lx mju-
Fxy IP chiLlFi □ pIxIitd Fi H' iFiFiini Ifiip ^f'l h IHITf.
" Errx aF dp pIItzt chxi^ci pr^ miiic Ip ihc r^]Exxcc lupvaFUPi ^ C'pi^r^ fk I bbjnkik C*Dk-
miiKX hIh uU cppidrr ckvxmv ikc pr*DurK per pf ikc r^ Ixd Li#»a mxxdxrj ■ ip ilr: lcxi pf
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ULIinjIcLy il ii fur CijiiEn"Ai lih dc^idL^ ivticlticr 11 Tvjuti li> jg^m Lhjngir
Ihi Liil4:cpLiy h-liiL^L^n v<jlLmljc> .mil iii.iiid.ilu cv ■l.milji di. 5iiii<.L^ Cijucntu
IdHi jddcLiCL-il Ihi" iiihul', njnv ■ndu^lriL-'' li.ivt' <jflL-n luughl Lung dnd iijrd
lu di'viBi .1 \uLiiiibirv dandjrd in urdcr l<j ^vuid j ni^iidaTur> i>iiCj 1 1 ivuiild
be InflruLllvc lu knuw Ihiir rcdsuni Ei>r nul wjii4iiig j ndjidjIuTy ri'giilj-
llun. ii il iiinpLy Itic dbd'iTi' l<j Lccp Ihc illumjn <jE Li>nlr<jL i>vcr Ihcic pr<jd-
iiLl7 I >tiy 'ilLiLiiuii' bndiut 4tic Cunnu'i'jTi "huuld nul OLicpl j v<j]iiiiljr>
Mljnd.ii'l ijluliun Ituil pTuvidL-' lidi ttiEcly fur Ihc LuiuiiiiDcr 4ti.iii il Luiild
ji-hicLC iJiruugh rulcDuLing, iihL^lhcr 14 funn^LLy rclin upun 4tic vuliuildry
■Ijndjcd <jr ikjIl Or u indu^lri rL-luibinl bi giv: CF^C grisilcr cnEi>T<-CBkciil
puivcn uvcr Uiclr prud ui'tiT WlLilcv<:r Ihc n'jnjm, w-: iJiuiild DiLiVi: lhwc-
liillv III Ihit ^r-n. The jbllily lu luu I'jiiLy IraiLilUrin vulunlji^ idjnd^rdi
inbT m^ndabjrv uniH ^uuld T<:inL<v<: any iii<.L-nlivc ■uniifdilurcrt li^\i: lu d-:-
vclup ii>luiilary Hljjidjcili lu jvuid l<:di:rjl rcRutiliun flhcci: uuuld likely
be nu i:Efb-LlJV<: njlimlaTy tbln wjlhL-r iddndiird ludav had Iticr^' iuhl been
Ihi ccal ItiriJl uE manaili^Ty rL-Eiitiliunl. llivL-n Itic ^ullci'i Ihc Cumni"-
■lun thiM hid <jv<:r Ihc ycari in gelling xarium indiuilrieH lu ddupl iflnliic
vuLmiljci ridndardu In urder lu avuid Eedendl regn1jlii>n, wc wunld nul
wanl lu luic Ihi Icviroge vf i:iirn:nl]> tuv<: in Itidl nr^rdj And ti\i:n Ihc
■tirinhij^ ntiuiineii uf Ihi Cummiii'iijii, uc uflcn ihid ihi rcmjniM'ii <jf in-
duiliy lu dcvelup a 4i>rkab]c iljndjrd — i^'-/<ii:ci Ihcy hjvc bien nmh
mure wi]]iii|; lu luiiiniil wtu'n wiirkiiig ihn j vuLiiiildc> iljiiiljcil lh.m ivticji
Ihiy dre fjLing Ihi pi ihnulidliun ihf^.i iTijiiddlur> rult. nez-hucLii ivtiuld
dltiu be dn jtAiLLC if jny ''i|:iiiii<. jnl nunh^T uE vuliinljiy "Idnd^rd" riudd^nly
hdd 111 be enliin.ed Ji iTi.ind j lury "Lindiird". I] very mm- mjnddluiy regnlj-
llun LTcalcd eHpcL I jlnhiti m l uitiunieriH .ind iiHlii4r> .ihki: Ihjl itie Ci>iJi-
niitniun m ruing lu h: jble lu keep nu ni.uinpl> ing pcuduuld uul uf Ihi m^r-
kelplM.^. An unr budgebirv re tiu linen dnd i>uc perjiiiimel deilinc, jnd Ihe
nunhi-r ul impurled prudnLlK gTuun, Itud id Icai jnd Icibi uf d rcdlinlii. ci-
pnljIiuiL
UhiLe I dih nul believe Ihi <.ucrt'iil iliilulury Lingiu|:e Ljn be un.'d bi rIvc
lucDiii] rcliJULe un n vulunl.irL vl.ind.ird .Lny ^un'^'ij iiL-niLe lievuiid LIiu impiF-
■iliun i>f Ihc ccpurlmg ubbg.il lun!^ m n.^.lri>n \5, i Ihinh Cuhkhii 'kb'jiild jd-
dreai wh:lher ulhcr lu nseii uenLid ihuuld liirv fcun furndl Cumniidiiun rt-
liJULE in .1 vuLiuiljci ii4dnddrd in Lieu uf j nunddluci i>m jnd LlejrLy Wdle
iln vieu't un Ihc injilcr. C'lngreiiH '^huuld dl"!! i-uinnder ^jving Ihe Cummuf-
■lun Ihc jbiLilv lu du livu-ilep cuLenijlim|; linvledd uf Inceu-ilep I when Ihe
CUnni'vitiii. Ill ilii di"!. reliun, Iculi j 'hurlcr pci>Leiii m^y be j ppci>pci.ilej
One i.iK' mi|^hl be where Ihe Cummi'i'iiu n believci dn J4u.-i|ii.ile vuliuiljry
■Ijjidjcd uuibi Ibditid un dilive 'd.iEf pjcliupdliun jn Ihc devcli>pmeiil uE
Ihe ubinddrdl lh.il jddrerfBiH j cedl nrk uf iniiuy bul whiLh, fur tiuiiie rcd-
tiun, u nul being dduij luleLy lumphcd wilh nwti where Ihc Cuininitiriiun^ en-
furL'emeiil puwerti ^uuld injke j dignifiL^nl diflecenoc in lb.il LumphjiiLej
I iby '■■gnifiLanI'' be<-juie urte lunld dLujvi nijhc Ibe jrrnnienl Ihdl n'e
hjve BtuTe cnEuruemenl luuld in Ibe in.iniljlury Belling Ih^n in Ibe lul-
iiiiljr> une.
CungreA jIiiu necdd lu Luruider Ihe effe<-l Ihe precnpliun i>f 'ridle regnld-
lluru, Wdnd^cdi, dnd iildle oivil luiirl duliunii lin lighl uf Ihe new Inlcrprc-
Idliun b> Ibe Lurrcnl Cunntoiiun in Ibdl jredl lunld b.ive if rclLarkie un
^unieniiiiM-dex'e Lu ped vulunldrv ■Ijnd^rdi were eHlcrkdcd bc>und Ihe CE?A
dnd luu Lj^LLilly iur:d In lien uE fnll-bluwii federj] rulcmjhing pru^eed i ngi.
L du rkul believe we u^nl lu rtsmfiiif-d rii en wilunl^rv iljiKljrdi rihulineLy
bnuniing Ibe LciLing inidedd uf Ihc EliniT in pcule<.ling i-unMuncc fisim
frudihl niz.irdi Ihdlmdy pcc^enl jn unce.ifljn.ible ruL uE injuci ur dejih.
hjl wunld run LunlniTy lu Ihc purpune fur wbi^h Ihc Cumnuflun vran cn-
Idblidbed Isei' fuulrtule 1. jbuvel.
Id J Mnkc II unln^-Fiil Ig bi\ lo Eumi^k n (crlilknU of ruin pLinncc •/-ith a in^ndii-
iGry lOmdnrd nailer amy iViii\e dIiti In i^lcicd by CPSC hit amy vuLunOii^ lUiHkiid
lElird upun b> Ihe Coiiiniii-.»n or lo ii-.Ln: n bite [enlEkDH' if imn plDiii'E ICFSA
SriluLD 1^ ana rclEvnni -(dii'n^HhTuiIici -.cniiKciC
Haljonnk': ^p|il>?^ CP^^ lerlilknlc iu|iiiiiMD«'d< udlbimLy nniii nil CP?C iDii-
u?i, Dud ir?ali kiIiidciii} lUmdiirdi brmiilly rcLiid upon by ibf CumBi^inin ai
eqiiivuk'd* <u mniidiimiy anxLirl iiiki> iinHliiid-. Fui lorlilknuua purpuiEi
I Jgree lu Ihc eiileni il eHlendd Ibe lerlifi^dliun pruvidiun lu m^nd^luiy
■IdrHTirdd under uur ulher ildlulcir An lu eHlcrkdiiig II lu relied upun vul-
Ik CH, ^liEi^rl^ if im." VDUiniir- Fundi i^i bk iddil ■ Ik chichi hM nl I-n
•MmAm^nr. IIbw: nUBdirlikic cftcLKcl- hurid in ill CIB
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iuildr> iljiiil^cili, Ihjl ivijiilil il4:pciiil upun nlbil di'^lmuii CunKrcA mjlnti
wllh I'c^dcil I'l L^pjTiilLnf; IIil- r^j^h .mil Ihc incjmng ul iiuiJi ritjndjrili.
Sct' my jiLtv/T lu IIil- pri'vi'jii'i prupu'tilL
l?J Mnh: ii uati'vEiiL Id bi\ <n piDLnSe laEirnmlion m limply mpDnie Ig □ tUb-
pi:«nD Inim IbE Coin miiiiDi] fCFS^ S?4ii)D it ^md icL^vudi ^ralicni oFollifr iUi<-
I HQh'i:, nlUiuugh I wuuLd lilu lu ii<:c Ihc Lii^uigi' uhcn 14 in dnfli'd ivilh
n'gjinl lu kIliI oumlilulcn j -|iiiii']y~ T<:iipi>iiiitj
RalionDl?: PnhLuSui ?ipliciL cnrroi^Bcnl iD«hDi]i^iii Fdi blLuic ehh icipoiiil Ig □
CniiiBimEiD lubfocnii m liBizly b^bian
I higni'.
tFl rmklbil lUx kpiLiB)^ iiader nil lUiliil?^ Dim in iilcrEd by ibc CoBiniiiKiB Ig Ihr
UBf Ellen L D^ uiutr Ih? CPSA |Sei'U« Wb'I
HaltDnDl": Conhrmt GlbEi CE'SC ilnlulri (c nDii- ilEF:l.piLiB)j pinvi^iEiDi dTCE'SA
I dghE.
Sier'ar t Ciiil ^aid Civ/ilial Pifralllii aid OII\ir lfei/rci'\r*
•a' Add micl brfEiluiE at a fGUnlml ^diiioiml [niDiiiiil irmedk uiutr ^my ^Ui:-
ii» ndiDiiii^Kml by Ihr Cdiiiid i i^eid f^eiliDii 2i dTCPSA amd ieLeliiiiI ietIuhii if
aiber iCiliiKil'
HalionDl?: Allfiv^ CPPC Id m m niiuiE •bai. nay ^id Eicod criniiniilly vnbliiT
□i'iiv]i> 1^ iiDi [Ediiii'd ty pErpElmlDT.
I aSr^'i.
'b^ um lb? CFIiC lb? □iKhDi]i> id impoi? p^uiLliEi oE up <d a? milla'n ^nnai-^
Imlivrly I'vilbGul kcsd br D?hiiud?b< oT JuiIiik n'tirnL and laiiDliui] uT Icdcnil
CDUi-l n iKiD t uiutr C PSA , FHSa ^md FF'A fpEnnlly •kjhII ildl bE mb^L EHhjidiciDl
lEvie^k:
HnliDiiDk': SliEDmliim iwii pcnaiiy piDi?^i b> nrDvuiR C P5C Ig piixcEd ndiDiiii^
ImUvdv luibur ik.iD vci IiiJhiiiI ihi»ii iji ■□■l cj-c-
I ^m undcLidbd un Ini' prupuiEilj DiiL^n IIliI Ihii cc^uirb:' .in jdmiDL'Icj-
livc pruLi'cdint Ihal luuld Ijkc i|uili' j bjl i>f 4iBki: ^nd jgcuLy cc'ii>urLi'i
lunc Df Ihc rcaMLiU" ivc vj cjrciv hjic .idiiiiiiiHlrj liv^ pcuLicdin^i in Ihc rc-
Gdll ar<:ii| ^nd Ihcn uijiild be lubiL^.^ I<j judiiul rcxiiMi, I'n nul ■iiri' Ihu
wi>uld drcdjjiJjnc Ihc pruicmi. I ^Iw w<jrrv jIxjuI Itic 32 nillii>n Ljp bc^i>Di-
mg .1 baiTicr lu Juiilu.c Dcp^rliiicii4 rclcn-jiM, lurlhcr liniling Inc imc uE
dD} imrcdscd pi:iia]ly du^hjrilyj
tm Incim-o ikL 43p DH civil pcnnli^i iind?c Ihe CE'SA, FHSA, and FFA Id IIU
niriiDn Id k pbsicd m GVEr4 >c^i^. f^e: Icn ^0 dFCPSA.Sccuh S dFFILSA.Sh-
liDn [JGlFFAj
HaltDnDl": QidIiiiI phD^«-in mliH?i likf likitd Gf un m aimgcablr iiii|jr m ubbh!-
riniy icfGcli fmm lirni] dc IIidI ididg Elrmi may ilDp mbmiiuBg □o'Eiiiicy npGcli
Ui]ifi]niiii> niDii nr ^Uiiiilf ■ "idIjm cnFoircBEDi icoli iGB^iilf di br Dlf piului^
undf c Com miiinH] JunKlic^KiB.
I ■mvi: gDiic un rcGurd ticvcnjl Iidich a' iiuppuc4iiig Ihc GUDipldi: clini-
iid4ii>n uE dn> liviI pciLilly :jp^ The iivi] pcn.illv pcuviriiun .lir-^v Ijyi guI
l^luri lu he LijiiMidcrcd m di'lecmiiiin^ Ihc jdiuuhI 'lEdny pcn.illvi Ihc na-
lun: ul Itic pcudu^'l dclcLl, Ihc tKv^nlv ol Ihc ruk uE injury, Itic L<LLmTcii<.c
ur j1>itciiLC i>J injury, Itic iiunbi:r ul dclnlivc pcL<dLL<.li di^lnbul^d jnd Ihc
iippcupridlcnciH <jf luih pcnjlly in ceLiIigh Iu 4tic (izc gI Itic biuiiiid uE
Ihc picijn ihargcd." Hjvmg a Btuncldry Lap un lup i>l Ihutr: IdGlum Ip^r-
liLiiJjrly iilK d tdm^ll Lap I iicrv<:ii nu ubcEuI piirpL<ii<: ulhcr Ihdn bi dijIii: iI
cddcr ^c iGiDpjnici lu imludc Itic nah uf p-jlcnlidl LunmiiDcr hdnn in
Ihclr iDtdl uf duing buMinciHj
Bn'^imi Ih: Cuiiii[ii:«'il<ii "Icivcn fer ncgulialcd iivi] pcii.i]l> iiclllciiiciili
whcncicr putbiblc, Ihc ctnilcmc uf n Gdp mcdiu Ihdl, even in Ih: atixl
c^rcgiuiui i..i>ci, Ihc Ldp ^muiml ■■ where Ihc dgcn^v lidH lu (birl iti ncgir-
lidliunM. Unlcfli wc ^rc Killing lu Idlu: Itic ljbc bi Guurt, <•■: jn: jlwayn
Suing lu be ricllJinc Ihc idtic fiir lean Ihjn Ihc liviI pcn^llv Ldp jnd iinic
Ikc up ilsclf in "u luw, guing lu li>ucI mil iDKbilly be Itie din<:r<:iiLC uEi>nly
.1 J<:w himdccd IhuuMdJui dulldCL ^'c uElcn f ina u umclvci j^Lcpling P^i>~
dilic:' beli>iv wtuil w-j Ihmk ii jppcihpctjU' lx'<. .lU:'!- Ihc •.•jsI i>I i^cllini Ihc
rcljlivcli mijll ini. r^'iDcnliil Jiii<jim' lhrL<ii|:h .l li-iij;lhi <.ihucl pi'i^^'cdi ii|; u
hdI ivurlK Ihc liBkc jnd rciijur<.Li. Our ncgulultnf; ruum ii Ihiu cxircncly
limilcd dnd ubviuuii l<j cvcrv i.<jnipjn> wc dul nilh. ii^c jIaj hat— lilllc
niun bi Btdkc mcjiuncJuj d uIihgI luiui in .■'"ic'iiig <.ivjl pcnullv jni<jiiiili
diuung Ihc IvpcH uf vjijljliunn jnd Ihc inziH uf Itie lunipdnm invDlvedj lji-
dibli^ lumpljiiu Ihdl Ihcy i^iuidI dix.em j nliun^lc Ei>r uur i.i\il pcnjlly
dniHiunii. II liic mp 4'dii nul pulliiig uiuidluial luiuilnd inln un Ihc wdy Ibi?
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■Ij^Lilury fjLlijrt Htiuulil wurh lu dt'li' cnlni pdi.i1lii"i, Ihi bjii l<jr uur dir-
^■Auiu wuuld !>: mure ^ugcnl jnd IIiie- Tn<jCL^ olmihUH. EE^'itiovjI l>I IIil- •.jp.
<jr nmiig il (ig mf u. juILl, mjiild pul tliL- di'i'ii<.> in .■ 'rirungL^r ncgij liiiliia
puialiun, jlluiv ui l<j <nikc ■nun' rcLBuned D Ltl lii<jI luiu ^Bkung vluijbjm jnd
Ihi pcimLlibn jtAKtiBi'd jgjiiul Iticui jnd uuuld mdki: buinncdi Diur: hbm-
Idnl bj iQnun' Ihiir iblL-ly nipijn'ibi LlIil-i I<j <.i>ii''ui[ii'rir
If WE jr: guLng lu ritill }:uie j L-ip, I ■ic nu pjrliLuljr h:dKi>n l<j phomr
il In. Wc tuivi' Li>np] Ji n^il fur >cari Ihdl iv<: i^dliv ilu nul gd 4tic rcpurbi
Ih^l W-: ihuuLd h.- fuelling uiHlcr i<:lIi<jii I9j If ivi' middcnLy gul ^ riiirgE uf
n'piji-lii, I Wijulil Giy "brdku." Ttic whuLi' pjiii4 uf Ihc riljff^ i^ldllcr rcpurl-
ing inuilEL !■ It try l<j gel iJh: iiiiijibi:r <jf rcpurln up bndiut we hiiuw mi:
dn: iiu4 tKcing all Ihc inLidcnl rcpurti wc ihuLild be ■Ei'iiigj
Oil Ihi wtiijlc, Ihin pri>pjAil [■ bcllcr Ithin ni> Lhjngc, bill, given tiiju li>nG
wi: have bibui^d under IKih ]<jw :jp. ^nd lirkie uc Finally hdvc Ihc <jppur-
luiiil> jnd Ihc inlercHi in CUraccv Il> dih lumelKiug ^buul lI^ I uuuld tiupc
wc wuuld njLe Itie irin>raLil Lii.in|:e p<jiiiil>]c.
Id I Ciitnlf Ihsl ibc ]iil ul3 -.L^luiiir> Uiilur^ ihi tc CHiBiKlcrcd b> ibe CFSC ib dc-
HzmilDLiiD □ [iviL pcmiLly nmmoil imdrr Ihr CPSA, FISA di FT^ Ii iidI eicluiiLT
|?«<liDn SL-bUd gECPSA SerUmi ^cl^J^Jt of FHS.- ?a<liDii Sro^^U^I oE FFA|
Hnlioniil?: Klnkci clear ikm vblle CGBiniMKiB niiiii CDniHtr Eicidi i ?n umcmii'd
m Ibe ilnliile li miiy ■□ ill dliricuH nddm^ iLiber bcuo^ m appiDpniiic <d Ihe
pnrlirnlni BiKlcr under (on -idcislu'n
I .lErcc IIliI Ihii pruviHiun necdi lu be iljnfjcd, bul I lahc ibj pi>iilii>n
dH l<j hIliI Ihc i>rigiu.il inlcnl ul Cungremi uj' ullK regard l<j Ihc cmlIu-
■Lvily uE IhutK pruviiLU rti. Ldil >cdr, Ihc C<jiunimii>n Luufidcrcd uhclhcc
^crbiln ulhcr ft:l^ii Ibdl are ni>i b^led in Ihc iIjIuIc nhuuld be Li>rtiidercd
in d'ue'uiug Liii] penallienj The Cumnntbiun hjn gunc uiil El>t publiL Li>Bk-
menl i>n Ihcub addiliundl l^lunij A lupy <jf mv rildlcmcnl dunifliLug Ihc
Ei<jpi>iitd fjilum L^n be fuiind dl KllpL''wwwLi.piH.{iHV<^r.^iljlcBkcnliriitiiiL
unGrcnH nd> ujnl l<j review IKe fjLl<jn uurrenlLy in Ihc ddlulc lu tKC lE
jddLli<jn.il f.i<.l<jrii dec wdrrdnlcd IiulK di Ihc nunber ul vj<jI j llun" bv Ihc
'Aiiiii' i-i^mpjnyi jnd lu Lljiifv whclhcr Ihc Cuminmiun hj' IKe ditrLrclii>n
Iw tuppliniinl Ihc (Liluli>rv lid.
In dddilii>n lu Ihln prupu'^il I nuuld like It nc-: Ihc Cungrcdi iljrifv Ihc
reference In Ihc snund ■cnlcik.c i>f tKuliun I^(i4d|'l| uf Ihc CPSA wilh re-
gard lu Ihc iljiue ^ny rctiled Bcrlci i>f i lul jliuni.'' II wuiild riccm lu Bkc
Ihdl if n •-•laipany vjuIjIci nullipic piwuqLinn uf tKi-liuu 16, fur cidinplc,
ticlln d pivduLl Ihdl vjijljlci .1 m.inddlury djndjrd, Ili" EjI'ii-Ii Ellcd d ..cr-
llfiudlc wilh Ihc Cu DiDiLfiun iiljlm|; Ihjl IKe piMdu^l nccb' Ihc iljuddcd,
jnd fjili iLi Flic d riCLliun 15 r^'p-irl iihuul Ihc Ijilurc lu ..uinply nilh Ihc
■liindjcd, Ihdl Ihc Cijimnizennhn "lyiuld b: jbic lu tKck d "cpji^le pcually
jiUijiinl fur c^Lh Hii^h ulfcn't' jnd Ib^l Ihiy ikul dll be riucpi up under unc
uivil penally idp jjnuuiilj There dre differing upiuiunii hm lu wbdl Ib^l tieu-
ijnd ricnleme mejn* — riUBkc will ^rgue Ihjl iKe lUdHLnum penally will be
Ihc ibiinc mr nijller huw nuiny vluljlLurti uliut wilh rcgjrd lu Ihc time
prudihl — and I believe IKih Bkdv be whv we nu cdrelv gu dflcc jnv ulhcc
peudllv Ihjn uiki lur Ediluce lu llle d neillun IB repurt If Ihcre were nu lIvIJ
peudllv Ldp, Ihii uuuld nul be an lkuEj
I dbu du nul knuw whv, if d peT«in "hnuwingly dikd willfully" viuldlci
tieuliun IB, Ihcy dlriu h^ve It reuelii: nuliLi: u i ihi rhumplidrkie frun Ihc
Cunmnuiun belure IKev dre lubfcil lu d pulcnlidl ^nmLUdl pcrmll). Cun-
greiAi <niy 4dnl lu reeiciiiiLrk' Ihc ikced fur Ihm rei] mrement.
Sieliai 3 mealOi
•a' Cliinl> IbDl ibe CFSC niiiK ^ppniJE Ibr cuniuiD^r rcBcdy ficfuHl rrpnlr ur
TEpkuKiDeDi ^ piupuied by □ Irm m □ niiiiidiiUn} mall iindei SecUiB IQ if the
CPSAurimliDTi IS uF (he FHS.^:
HaltcaiDl": liTnIn ilenr •bai CunmiiiiiDi] ii IbE EIbeI nrbiUi uFllif' lEniEdy m miE
miUiHE' if niaiidiiun} ieteII^ IieteII^ ikni hie niaiidii4Ed nEler bfi'd kcifiiEilicai ,
□□ nd in mi 1 1 ml lit: !□» braiinp. CuniiiiiiiiDi] itmew Dnd lub^i ihh judKiEl icmewI
t j|;rei:j In Mdy uf !!4HKI, I vuled lu endurxc di-^EI k'|; iildliun Ib^l wuuld
have Riven Ihc <.uinini'ALun Ihc jbilily lu urder m.inuEiLlureri, diilnbulun
ijr rcldilur" lu Ijkc whaluv^T ulher ji-liun Ihc Cumm iiiiLi>n delui i[iLr>:i iii in
Ihc publiL inlercHl, il IKe Cuniin uflun dcleniiLiie' IKal Ihc renied> ^huicn
bv tiK lumpany in j maiHlalurv mjll m nul in IKe publi.. inlereilL A '-upy
•II IKe drall leginlaliun and Ihc prcdi relcaiic Ih^l jiLunp.juied Ihc vule un
Ihc IcEinlaliun I.111 uell di Ihc ddlemenl in uppumliun b> Cumnntbiurkcr
Hjit} SKeild Dull/ udn be fuund dl IKe fulluwlng liuh hll|n'''wu WApm .guv/
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llbniryTDi j.'hillDt'lhi LLi lOnikillulOO.hlDilL Thu Ice ida^Lun d]^ ^■■■nin.ib'il Ihc
^■vi] pL-ndLlv ^.ip .mil IIil- rt'L| iiiri:iiii:ii4 vi ikjIili' uI nuihumphjiiLi' in Ihc
^nmiiuil puiiill^ pr<jvuii>iiii.
Cumpanm h,i\— ii'i<:il Ihc fd^l Ihal Ihcy •..in clnl 4tic rcDicily 11 4tic .igcii-
^y piutiiicil jdnlnud nlivc jlIiuh. jh j hiHU fur artiung iil4ti Cummmnijn
■Eurf Ihii4 Ihclr pn^fEcccd vuLiuiljry rcLall olIiuh pbin ii o" mihK jh Ihcy
will duj Stiff In ctiiu Li>iulmii>:d bv Itic ibilii4urv LuiuKuncnLiH <jf Eailin
Iw iicgu4i^lc .1 ii>luiilary rcLdll even wh:n rilaff bi:HcvL-i Itul Ihc rcBkcdv u
injdciiuileL B^i. JUBC line m i>l Ihc emcnL'c Iji rcmuving j tuizjrduui pr<jd-
ULl Eruni Ihc md rLclp] j^^, tidving l<j gu Ihruugh jn ddDimldnliii: prijL'Cdi
lin i>ddi4iun bi 4tie iuhI riu^h d pniieini cnldiJil, hai led lu leni 4ti.iii n>biu4
rc^dlld un LiiLainun. 14 In Inic Itidl 4tie jgemy L^n rcl jn mjuii^ I lun l\t ilup
fiilurc dl'riribii^iun uf Ihc prudii^l during Ihc pcndcnLy uE Ihc jdnini'lcd-
II vc pruL'ccdlng I bul Ih^l ducn nul gel Ihc prudii^l uul <jE Itic hiinili i>l luii-
■iimei'i wtiij jliudv ihWTi IL
Undcc Ihc Coifuncc Pr<jdih.l Sjfcl> AlI, if uc ^il lu ncgululc n ^uupcn-
II vc rcL jII n ilh d <.i>npjiiy, n-j Ldn Ijkc Itie uidller Lj ^n ^Diimiilrjllvc
prj^'ci'dinE h^lun: ^n ddjnuiidmlii c Law judgej If dl Ihc cud uf Ituil pci>-
^ccding, Ihc CuDnniidu n delccmnd Ihul n rc^dll uE d pnpdii^l li rci|iur<:d
III Itie piiblii mlcml, Ihc Cumminiuii mjy ~urdcr Ihc m^niilj^liircr ur dny
dliriribiilur ur reldilcc ufjiuLh pnrdiiLl 'o tair oA'ctrcurr aj Ihi foflonnig ac-
IjiiiT' lf\ff prinuN 'I^ uJruiij '^ir vrdt-r it dir-'clcd ••lerl- . . -" The clnliun u
jiTiijiig Ihc upliun" uf ccpjir, rupljLunitnl sic r^'fimd. The iIjIuIc gijci <jii lu
t£iy, ~kii urder undcc Ihu '^iibMC'. I lu n i[i.i> j]ti<j cci|iiirc Ihc pcjivjn lu whum
il dpplicn Li Hiibiiiil J ptin, talmfarlorj lo Iht^ Cuainrri'Hrurj, f<jc Ijliiif; ^lIiuii
under uhkhcicr <jf Ihc pccLedinf; ^rdRrjphii i>f Ihi" vuhvci. Iiu n under
whiih ii<.K peimin tuii cle<.1ed lu .ilI. |E mphii"]' ^ddc^Ll Thui, by djiule,
Ihe Cijjiiiiii'Aiu n ljujiuI cciiuiTe j icrljin r<:iiicdy bul I bclicLi il <-jii iiHifl
Ih^l whdiever remedy ii ^nuiicii be itiIiiIjl lu ry Il< ditiievc ^n clJeLlive ri^
udll NcvcrltielcKH, m^hing II ilcdr Ih^l Itie CummuBnuii in "Itie findl jrbh
Icr" un Ihe Lhuiuc uf d reLdll remedy wuuld be helpful in Ihe vulunljiy re-
^dll nc|;i>li^ljuii djge, even Itiuugh Ihe Cummi^iiun tuii rarely Ijkcn Ihc
■Icpii ncLetfAirv lu gu lu Ihc munddlucy rcL^LL itdge.
Ibl Aulbunjc CE'?C m order funker hoIiIkdIioi] oEdLDiumcn and addlmaal cur-
lEcuvr niKiD iFiuB^UBfi I HIE noi ^eguiiKly pioKCKd ty ibe dh^dqI lumi'livr
□ CIKID.
RalnMinl?: Pmvid?^ ^lenr milliurLly Id Ibc Cditi miiiiDi] lu •aVe nddilnuiL diieid
if lEiTiedy Hi ■TiiliiiLI> impkincii Ud piuvn laiuEliiienl Id ntqiEilely pKHETl 4ub-
mnien
I believe ive dircjdy hjve Ihu jultiuclly jnd we tuive imuled m ■evemi
udnen in Ihc p.iil Ihul <.ihmpuniei l.ilie .iddiliundL dLliun if Iheir uri|;in.il re-
udll rcBkcdv 11 nut clfeLliveL Huucicrk 1 Huppurl dn} Lhiingc Ihdl ivuuld
■Irengltien uur dblllly lu bcl In IhinjirQiL
Siel<a\ 4 l'\fii'mat\ai and Hip^rfz/ig
!□! Peiiiiin' icmht^ undei ^<(llD^ K ^henrvEi □ nuiDuEicliiicr. di^uibulcic ur ic-
□ibc ubcaiai inlbiBDlun] ^hHb immmbly luppoili ibe (onduinn Ibal n pndiKl
bi\t ID ['>iDpl> ivilb III a niaiidDl£ii} lOmdiir] cfl fan ndupied ty Ib^ ComiDiiinD
undf c any ^cnluu il □daiBlilen, ur 4iiF n jdIuhUij} lOmdiinl itltid upon ty Ibe
Cdhibii^iod und?i nay ^miiUc i< ^m m i^Un
RaliDnDl:: Add^ irpuclmg irquiicBenii be vulnma^ uf ■□■dnluiy ilnHkiiil^
undf e □■[ ilDldle^ ai »eI] ai ir^luBlniy lUiHkiid^ ufua ivbick Ihe CoBinniKiB may
icK
I ^rec mlh eiilcnding Ihc repurling rciiiiiremenld uE i»:lIIuii IS lu uur
ulhic iIjIuIciIl
Ibl K(i|iiiic iioy irCiibe nr dnlntumr uTamy timi\imiyi pmdui lu piuvid? lu Ibe
f lien I pmciKDht, Ibe name niid oddn]^! of nay izumpnay ^hu luppld ibe pnidiHl
lu iirh mlnrer ur diiinbu4[a' limild Dnieiid ?«:liDn 16 dFCFSA k
HnliDnDl?: Sub laEinnaiuD ibuiild tr ib Ibe hpHi^ dT Ibe icUilIci dc diiUibubie
Arm^ lu II viull qIId^ CFSC iu iBick ulbei fuiiiblf luuli^i br pmdui lu pel lu
nun mnien
I dgree, dllhuugti I wuuld ddd "inpurlcr" lu Ihc luL
Ir I ileguiie any mnDutirluiEr. lapDiiei di dlilnkuiur Hif ii ronMinier picdul Id
piuvidc, lo Ibe e'lea* pmiii'iiklc, Ibe njime iind jdditi' uE amy en lily Id ivliick II
iDid ue Dlber^iw niude nvDibikle 'ub piiiduci be icnle ICI'S^ SeilioD l&|
HnltDnDl": Sirh lafiniiaiKiD kbuuki be in Ibu kniidi DFlbe nrnnubcUinT rnfuirer
ue dlilnbuiur. Acieii lu il ^ould ^bi." CFSC Id idrBli^ ulher f Diilble miUei br
Ibe picdiicl Id pi lu lUD^umci'^.
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I dgri'tL While llm, and Ihir prupi>u] libd jbjvi' It, .ipp-,11 l\i btr luvtri'il
III ntLliuii IQUIIiSl. Itic C'jiigri'tn niLiKi ii.ml lih ^on'iidL^c d n'p.irjic rcf-
CT<:iiLi' lu IhcDi III l^lal l<j mjki: lI Ll<:.ir Ihdl ljiLiir<: lu jbiili' St^ IhctK r:-
L|iii hMiii'ii^i arc pn^hibilcd dibi jnd lu fpur Lumpdnibn b> ubtain and n'lmn
■Lich infurBtaliuii.
SrrJriir 3. Binrfi^f of ViolaI\ue Imporft
!□! Fcmili Ihr CnniniliuH Dr CuiIgbi Ig irquiic lb? pDiUap ^''i' bond luffviEat
IG fay 6i\ Ihf df ilnrlvii dFq ihiparni of (oniuTncr picduli ^hcir Ibc cipcnic
iTiay t? ^utiamliiiL iir lb?i? hie cdhcetb^ dm* □ Tlib nmy iliHip|iaii or nbDHkn Ihr
ihipmcnl
^liDnnl?: Ai^ui?! Ibnl \fCPPC id ml □ddmi illipDiaL DFvK^kilLiv picdiicli. fiiBil^
IG d] K] HIE □VDilntle linni ibe impmrcr. Ai □□ ciDniple dFiH? need, dlipaml dE vn-
liiil\^: fLicidrlii can ibvoLi? ^i)jdlIkdiiI c4u<i.
I hieni'.
Ster'or S. Forrign InlfTiil SnlwM
•a' If a cuB'UBCc pirdiic* li lold oc GlIriEd loc ^ile Ig ifiiiiiiincn 14 Ihr inlcmrl
by am ciilily UkliiimI 'iui^kLc Ibc ITdlUkL SciU'-.. •S\\i' i^lily -h^l bL i/M.-iuc-l Ih-- □!■□-
uEh lurFlm fuiU'r and ibul] iDDiDinLn ikL^ Gn|jiiiiil ur □ CHify uE ibc ncoiili ittilmij
IG iirh lulci »ilhiB ibE Ualied Smici.
HnlionDk': Alh^i CPSC l£i imrk CKmlGinuTEil iDiErkel kIIti mid h^iluei Ibnl
lETOidi nazEiiniy lu imrk ilkH ta\e% awe □inibbLc ib ibu UallGd Scnl?^.
I du nul hnuiv kIliI I'lifjri.cDicnl luuh v— uuuld have bi rcdLh FurElgn
inbrnd tKllcm, and ^■^^■' Iti^ilr I an nul lui^ uhal •m w-: uuuld m^Lc uE
Ihi tfilci i^Lurdu, ^pjrl Erum Ijking il upun uurtKlvci lu nulllv pucL tuitnr"
if WE dii<-i>vcrcd .1 prubU'ni ivLlh d prutfihl. ] dpprcLidlc. a' A<.lLiig ChdLC-
mdn Hjril pul lI, Injl Ihn f mure <jf j pLiic m.icki'i , Ihin an .u.luiL "ijlu-
liunL i Ihinh ■ti>'(l luruiiii pruduLli hIlLL end up <.L>mnR Ihcui^h a UJi. tint-
Inbiilur dH uppuBcd bi Being tiiiil dir<:Ll]y lu Ihc i.<jiuiiHicr, due lu Ihc pr<jd-
ULl h^vlrc lu ilcar CiuluBtii ^nd l^nlim havlnr lu be pjid. Tlui ii jn dcca
Ih^l mil DCdr luulLiiiicd wjlih ^nd Ihui^KI. nuw miLh uf an duliiu] prub-
IcDi 11 IH jl Ibc mumunl I du nul knuwL
Siel'^\ 7 I^Y(a^7^ al\'Fi Dltrl^*u^r Pifarm
lal nudu? ibE nDiFE pEiixL oE CPSA ietUh &:b^ fiam ^ dnyi Vr U doyi hhI
□ILoiv be ch-TiiGBK BDlicE iHh a limi by IbcCE'^C
RalicnDl"- nuduimi limclniB? bKiliCiIri limrLy ietuLI^ soA nxc^im ^lii C«b-
luiy iiicdEi of rlerlicoi K com mim niiliDn
Ttic cnliru raliuiuiU' fur utiliuii B'b'l uf Itic CPSA nCT'dn lu be j^viriilbdj
Cungrt:" ahjiild du^idc nhjl kind <jE iiil<jri[i^li<jii lI lunla lu ■L'kuin<'r^ lu
hjvt' dbuul p<i It'nl I J Lly hiini^ji dijii^ pi ihdii<.li .ind ivhL-n Ihdl luEi em.iLLi^n
■tiijuld bL^-unit' available. Ttu' t'l DiniLl Lli nijy wani lu L<juh .1I iL-rlibn ^lE rbc
puiv<:n lb.il haic bucn granli'd lu Ihc Kiliuiu] Hi|;hiiav Tcallii Sjf<:ly Ad-
nunjilrjliun INHTSAI and lumndcr Jiuw UHlcndin: riiDiLbir puwcn l<j Ihr
CPSC lULild unhmic uiir ^unnumcr pTulnliun dbijilu'i. Fur oianplc, any-
Gnc Gan gu unlu Ihc NUTS A 4cb iilc, lypc m Ihc naku, inudcL and >isir <jE
jn jLiluBtubiLc ^nd rujd '.'uibumur Lunpljinla abjul Ihc •..ir. Tbc lubi-
plainli dec nul <.cnvjrcd, nuc .iru Lhiy \ccilit'il, .ind Ihcy d<j nul imcdnui ily
rciLill in a mj]]j They jcu j lu mp^ndiiuii ul luniniuiili by •j-ntnn uE <—Mia
whi wcr: iGULirmd cnui^b abum iiunic fujiurb <jf Ibcir i^r lu T\.\'i a gudi-
plalnL II !■ n Gur biiycr^ bunanzjL Cunp^rc Ih^l lu CF^C where lu np] Jinln
drc hcpl tKLrcl leiu.i:pl fruDi Ihc m jhuIjl Iiu^t I Jiid ^unxuiiiui'i unly liii<jw
jbuul n prubLum wilh a pruduLl fcum CF^C when Ihc jgunLy hai uaiucd d
ru^jl], dnd Iben Ibev univ knuu wb^l Ihc jqciil> and Ihc i.<ji[ipaii> have
dgmd l<j Didhc pubLiiL I L-dniuil IhmL <jf dny guud rcjBun wby Ihicc iib<jLilil
be a d ilJereiiLU u jIb uhal d Lunriumer Luuld be du are uE ivben he u Ihinli-
mg uE bLLying n p^clLiulaT ur l<jr ivhu u haiing d prublcn ivLlh unc he aJ-
rcjdv uuml jnd, fuc eiciinpic, ivb^l j pruipeLlive ur LucrenI All-Terrain
Vehicle lATV I owner >. uuld know dbuul Al\'Jl
rJirr^A alMU ha!^ Ihc jbihly l<j pubJinh inili^l deleLl dclerniiiialiuni ab-iul
•1 vehiLle m Ibe PedordI R^i^ivli^c lui' uveryune lu bcCj I Ihink a lul uE Ihc
fuul-drjggmc and r^'luLliinLO Ig pr<jVLde Ihe ^chlv wilh mfurmaliGii ivuLild
dimppear lI lu np.jnie'^ limw Ihal Iheir ]j<.k uE Luuperaljuii in a recall
^uuld mull in Ihe puhlu. hnuwini^ Ihal Ihe jceniy ubiEl has node n delcr-
niiiijliun llbil Ibeir pruduLl preienli j ha^^cdT
Tbe infunnaliLin icun (iiLii jn upen pr<j<-ciH ivuiild nul unlv benclil Ihc
uunnumer, 11 ivuiild bcnelil Ihc CunnliBUGn, fuc lI Luiild nul help bill gen-
enili? Inpiil frun ulhcr LunHLUnEm whu bud bud niDiildr prubleum micb n
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prjduLl, hill wtiij did nut, El>t ivtulcvir n.^.i''i>ii, rL-purl II lu Itic Cf^Cj We
jrc j]wj^7 luoliini l<ji' wd^i lu ipijl sul^nli^L p cuhlcinii dl Ihc caTlicd put-
■iblc mjincnl. II f uElcn nul caiv l<j rb-Luini^L- wticn j pripduLl imiiliMil
gut's frum h^iiiE wh^l oilqIiI ■Linplv be .in jDcrrjIiun nivulviiig ^n uniuuiil
lnb'ncliun ■^''tiibiMi d ^undincc jnd <jiic pruduLl, lu iln Jt^inR J lynlcnli?
prjblini wilh a pruduLl ■■m Ihil rcijiiiTi'H j^Iluh by Ihc Cunnifpijii. The
mure Ih^l v.: learn Erum Lumumcn dbuul Iticir prudml I't.pcricih.d, jnd
dn: able bj nharc ivLlh Itic publiL, Ih: td<jci: IiLcIv wc arc bj inup d prubJcn
bcEurc it L^LiKH ■crii>ui haruiL Ttic Cunm^^iij n ih fui^'bd It upcnb' un ^
'ubi'd lu hni>w" bjfiH arkd, ipddiv cni>i>h, Itic njntuHkcr ih rkul un Ibc -fici'd
lu hnLjiv" liHl uiifll ^Elcr d Ti'ualf lh ElrbilLzcdj
I Imup' ■UBkc drgui 1b.il being dbic lu pi>jvidc InEumidliun It CI^C dud
hdving 14 hcpl utm:! frun Ihc piibliu iH^nichuw cni'jiir^i'H EuUct dlA li>''urb
hi lumpanLi'H Ih^n lbcr<: wuuld b- ulticru Int. All I Lan >tiy ih Ib^l Lunind-
nibn jn: rbi|iui^d, b> Ijiv, Iu r<:i>i>rl litIjih inlu ratal luh Iu Ihc C<jniiiiLiciL<n
jnd lu n'ripund Iculhlully jud <.i>npLc IcLy lu <jiit inEuTiii j liun rc^ucHl".
Cunpjuiici ijn Imp lecIjlh luIu cm jIluh uuI <jf Ihc publiL -y bv jppcir-
eili:ly idcnlilyin^ luIu cm jIluh hlluIi km lindc ntLrdi, uhiih Ibcv wdnl
I u>nFidi'iilul iind Ibc Cummiiuiuii i^n \imi Ihc Ijiv cnlUrLiMiii'iil ciLi'p-
liun lu Ibc Freedom <jf Inlunn^ljun AlL, lE lI f<:cL' n ilhb<jldirtt icrlain inlur-
mdliun in nc^cnuiy. Whal mure .LBinirjnLe Li>np.i cuc^ mi'd lur Ihcm lu pru-
vidc Ihc inEurm.1 Inhii Ihcv ^rc rci|iiirt'd l<j provide, I du ni>l knu w. bul Riven
Ihc ijflcn viri diffiLiill lime hie tuiM <jbl j Lciini: mlurnidliijii lr<ji[i vjim <.i>m-
Sanm rhiu, I dtiubl vltlu lihL^ lh.il Uibl pl^y" muLh ul j ci>le lci enLum^Ring
imlinfiicc. Tbe prtikmijii due Lome inlij pl^y al •! laler hIjrc lh Ihc proi-
eini, aJtec Ibe Li>npjciy hj!^ dgcci'd li> j re<-jll and when il u irving lu pjinl
Ihc briQhlc:il piiluci: uf ilii produ-Tii FdiLmi. The climiiialLuii uf fl|bl u nul
guLiig lu i^Huli LU Ihc ^i:ii<.> d ucemn^linR IjIhc uiIo en jI luh dbuul d piMd-
ulI i>r J Lui[ipjii>L Nu puipu'e uuuld be "crved b> lh.il and il uuuhf unly
fiirlhcc lunluMC lunjiiineciL ConMiunerH wjnl liincly, ^Luumli: w^eningH
dbuul pniduLlH lb.il m^y Liiua- b.iriii lu Ihcir lamiliec inlormdlion Ihjl ih
nul fillered Ihruuch vjine <.i>rpi>rdlc publiL ecldlion' lirm.
Spcdhmc ul publii. ccIjIiohh, I jIhu Ihinh our i'C'.jII njli'.c:' mjv mil be
dcHigncd in a w^y Ihal garncen lh:in Ihc dllcnlLun Ihcy deiicrveL TEiev h.iie
been lurm^Li7ed and humugenized uver Ihc yejrt lo Ibe puinl when: lhe>
look lihe lorpurjle prev cimc^hch dbuul i^uarlcrly pculil", ralbcr Ihan Hcri-
oiu "ufclv wjcningH Ihal peuple rkced lu heedL I IhinL v- need lu luuL dl
IhcHC rclciscH III d diElcrenl wdyj Tu Ihc eiklcnl ntdlf IceIh Ihcy are lun-
Hlmined in ndLing Ihe relcmcH inui^ ^llcnlLun-gelliiig bndiue uf 6lbl,
Ihcii Ihdl iH line atuTe rcjioii lo uh^nge S4b|.
Ib^ Bi|iDi]d Ihe ciemtiKiB^ Ir^m. CPSA icrlun] S|tJ Ig nulnde |i| vmkiliDiii DEoiiy
CPSC mnHblGiy iCmiiiird, km or iclifd-upm] julimlDiy lumdnid ThiI JuiI CPSA-
pnuDulple] iciiiidiiidil and lii| pmhibiled kIi UHtr nay iCilule iidiiiiDiilrrB] by
Ibe Cgbidliikib:
RaLionDl:: Blileiidi appliriiiiLD uF WKLion lilbl eicmpLiDn <d rEltcd-upiLD inluDciiry
lUmdnrdi hhI ibinlKk •bai. iitoh Ubj eicmpliDn nini lo pmkibiud ni' undrr
any CPSC 'iniiiie
If Home verflun uE dlbh lh reljincd land nubjCLl lo ivh.ilever deiipon Ihe
CunrreiH m^heH at lu relied iipun vulunljiy ddrkdardil, I ^rei: lb.il ive
nbuuld exlend Ihc eikcinpliuiu lu Ihc ulhcr Hldlulcib
Ic M Bciid !<e4 iLon ^e I oE Ibe C PSA lo nllniv ibeCFSC <u ihnrr mruiBDUin] ivLlh
any 'i<liei ruleril u^iKy fir !□» eBfirccmeBl puiTHh'ei and ihh ^linrc any pndiKl
iat<v- III Jled iB(imiji»n wilb amv ledeisl. iciiic, kkdI oi brciRD RiivprnnicBl •/-ha
liDi i:iiiitb-bed Ibc ibiliiy ihi proiec* -.ub mruiBDUuii rmm prEmmui? pub Ik diirlo-
MiiE and 'vbiiiiDn'ei lu pii'lral inch in buD^licin ,
RalicnDl". CliinfLe'. luil CF5IZ tan ibawr nay lalbfiiiiiiKiD •/-ith ^nrmmenl ea-
Ibireaeni pDjUiEii, buI jml ''icpmli." Adding farign ffi-trmnieaii iDin^hn gkibnl
mm kelpliKE
I dgeee m prirhipdl, bill I wuuld like lu nee Ihc eiuul Idngudge ul Ibe pru-
puiicd Hldliilury LKingeL
Id J Clnnly ikul hT<»iB &b i dr<i nu< pnhliitil ibe div:luiiin: oE mlbiBDlHhn lu br-
ei|jD ^jEinmeDii CHhiiCLmin^ puidui. BDiiiiEr: lured ^iikin Iheir uwm nDlnnml ler-
i]iur> by 4UBpiiDici QUI mb^l Ic L' jS jun-dniKiD:
Ralu'nDl" l4«(flBire. irliibsl in.irli^pLice amii Dlditim lilimlLDni "hciE dirrfl
L'5 Jun-dxitiD 'IMM (irci^n nunubcinitr may xhl Ik
I ^ree, .iiAumiiii; we nlill b.ive j flibi piwiHiuii dnd .uflniiing Ihdl Ibe
pi^Lidinc pcuputil duen nul dlrcody Luver lb.il itbueL t uuuld dbu w^nl lu
mjke 1 1 ilear Ihjl IhiH peel j ihh un^- lu inluiBtdliu n Ibdl Ihc dgerhy eleubi
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lu ditTLluK', Bu IIliI V— jn' iii>l pill in Ibi: pufiliun, l<jr itzumplL-, i>f having
lu dm-lijai iiil<jn[iiili<jii Iai IhL^ lu k L^cnminl ••! j lor^'ign in.muEjL lurL-r jl n
tKiuiliic puiiil III a rcLd LL ihtihlidliijii wilh Ihi iiiij>i>rlcr uE llh: prudihl.
Ir| Pmvidc Ihnl icpnni <d Idc Cdid mii^iDii undei ietUh U iNdIC be giira Ihe
!□■? [OH !>]<[□ Uh ai iTfGwii imder kcikjb 'IT.
HalicnDl": iHnniui ih^zduve Ig ^nvnt': piomp* amd lull iBlnrmniKiD U> CPSC
^lnlci VKlion 1-1 pnjM-.»Di CDnu^HMil ivLlh di-lLnp -((lu'n '.i^ piiivi^»Di
I ilu nijl hiii>iv ivtuil Ihm prupurfjl ^IlL^mpii lu ilu <jc uhjl il dmi'iiili'.
I iVijLiliI like lu m'l' i<:lIi<jii 37 .iiiiL-ndL-il 4i> I'lijbLc IIil- Cijihihi'alu n lu gi'l
mun: infu rui j4ii>n iTum LiU'fiiili filL^ jg^Liul m jiiiiI.il liir<:j'i. Cungn'tii
■tiLJuld doii'iiil ■I'-^Lun 37 uf Itic CP5A lu r<:LjLiirc rcpuTlin: when Ihh'i' ur
mun: iiidliiilLi.il Ijiviuili imulving Ihc tfiBku prjdihl arc liibd fur when uni?
^LiiBi d^lLi>n lnufuil [■ liibdl Liulcjd uf wticn lhc> ar<: '<:1llbdj Given huw
lung Lantn Lan be idcung <jiit, il in fdirly ed^ J<jr maniifdi^urem bj aii>id
Ihi iiuren^ rcjKi cl liu; CL'^ulrcmcnl jnd, indeed, o-e eel feo- rupucli h>jiii IL
The SI-ni<jii4K pcri<jd '^ihuLd be eKpjndeil ihr eliinmjied .i' il ^^^•^^^ nij <ii^-
£li1 pLirputi:, ulhec Itmi lu laibe lump^nicH lu bb iredlivc abunl Ibeir dc-
lnylng burllLiiL
iTHJ^ir pi'iL'E^ ropy lEFDVu
Stfr'a\ J S'rarjfrrr Oiirali /feguial^r, Pnvra
BiLiBiiiPh: llu] irquLicnieBl |bp4 iidi Ihe winat of iiiuiiig qd adiniii'E nGUie of
piDMbol iiileiDDkiiia I^NPEl pinr Id Ihe iiiimii^E uT a bdIiik if piDfa>?d iiile-
innKiBg iNPRl lelpUa^ m lUiBiiiiid] or loiii uoder Buy ihiiiUe iidBiBiiKml ty Ihe
Coma i^^LDD
RaltDnpl": BnpbLei CorniDiiinn o i-.-ik and ppdnU inDndiiU<i> iLandnidi niGie
eilKiiMilLy ^heic ivmninled Cimi llll-^HhIl CHiiild iIlII Id lIi dimcliL^, liiiic AMFR
^vilh [?na[d ineiiker poh^liiiL mDJiducHiij hit iclvd-ppnn mluncniy -Luiidnid
I a|;rt'CL C<jii|;i>"ii '^hijiild |;ivc Ihe Cu mmLfiun Ihe d ljii celi<jii lu ibte luu-
■Icp rLilciii.ikLng in jII i>I iI? idjlulc^ inj^ledd uf Ihccc-ilcp rLilciii.ikLngi. An-
ijlhcr CMiinpLe uhere Ihe Cumin uhiljii inighl dcLide lu ■li^jmhnc 4be pw\f-
eim .ijid use Ihe Iwu-ilep pw\t-—m' lln jddiliun lu Ihc example given earlier
under Ihc d ■">. iLiiHLihn ui xuliiiitirv Wjnd^rdil ih when Ihc Cunnlanun \m
niiikijig J in end men III 1u Lucrcnl ceguLi liun" Ihal d<j nul ihjnge 4be uverall
Ihribl \ti 4he regiiLilLun.
CrniDi CPPC QPikDJiiy <d pniiiiid^U ngulniLaai Inr Ibe eifiiEiil ETiEineiDEDi if
any lUilule lI □daiBlilen Ijiiil □! ikc CrSC wy/- hai phIt StKlicn lU dE Ihe
FIBAt
Hnli[<iiDlr: Clniifiei Ihpl Cditi ■i^iiC'ii naa luvc cnFoireBeDi irpulniKiD' m iKldi-
litm Id 4GB1PBEI picdiicl miely lUiBdnid^ iindei ^ny if 111 ilnlulei ^her: ^nr-
inaUd loiDTiy oul idliiud.
I higreeL
SrrfriFr 3. Ehr/iriare L''iiicrt*a/\ Rigulal'ivy PiquireitKil
CGim'l diiKii]i> in nilEiDiikiB^ piceEii telweeii Smnai ^ and ^ if [iliSA by
ebBiBQiln^ loe leguiiciTieB* ikni Ihe CFSC FdIIl^ ike piDteduiei of Ihe Feitnil
Fotd, Dnn^nd Chhib^ilt Sti
BuIt'iMC: ElLIDLIl□<c^ innlu'ion l^jiweeB nilciniikiBir imdci Fi»], Drug and Cot-
iTielH Acl □□d iBlunmil ititBuling pneEdioti a ibEiiviie lulled Fh' bn Iheie icf Iidiii
I dgreE.
Srffim 4 Sinke Sethm 30'dl T^CPSfl.
BiLiBiiiPie Ibe lequiicnieD* Id Bph: fiiidiiigi, »ilh publir nnire, kebiE rqiikiliiig
under ibe CFSA m nlher ^l□lple^
HnltDnpl?: By elim uidiiiik two ilEp pmeeding. □fi'"- loi mil? eipedlied iiinnHe
dECFS^ [Ddiei ibpB VHSf FFA orPFFA ^iniidDid ivkeit ^□miaii'd
I dD iurt n^wf: wilh Ihin Lh^ng^L Tbe rule lb.il ti required lu be itnued
under tieuliun SOTdt uhuch at Ihc ibiinc lime jh Ihe prupuied rule, iii> il m
nul d Im-iF-iilep piM^ecding in Ibe "eiiMC Ihjl 11 <..iiifl.-' >. Liimil.il l\c dcla>L The
UDDimcnl period <jii Ihe riile lih expLiin whv Ihe C 'immiicien "h^^ Lheien lu
regiiliile iindei Ihe CFSA riiitii nghl jl<jng wilh Ihe lime lei ^emmenlH <j£
Ihe pr<jpi>'itd rule iticIlL Unlil riii<-h I line .!■ jll <jEi>uc "Idlulei jce lumbliked
inbj ene Lumpi^hciuiic '';ilel> 'lalule anO luilil luih liate .i" <-hui>''ing enc
■Id^ule ever ^nulher ll>r pcuL'educj] i>r e4ber jdi~jnljgei duappcjm, [ ibink
II in inp-jrldnl Eur 4be Cunnp iBinen le Lunlinue bj etqiLiin uhy il h.u' ihenen
lu prvieed iinder Ihe CP5A hh uppused bi uike p£ Ihe ulher nululeti. Seb, fur
ISl
tv^mplc, Ihc Pn^putml Rule lu Rcguljli UndtT Ihi CuiLiuiDcr PcifiIlilI Safi^
l> A<.l EEmhi u E Injiuy Atf4<L lalid Wilh Ntkl Lb-]'iirpi>A- LiRhl^'ib T tui I C^n Be
Dpcnili'd b> ChiLdTi'ii, S^pl^uibir J4r, I9BH ii^lil- uE Ihi Ti^crj] IbgLil^r,
\^Iliid^ 93, FJinnbic ISB, p^-" 62393-62391 hi Ipi'.U ww.<. p>.^uv^biuiiilu/
frnuli^bVfci^-l'ci'lmuLlJitiiiL Tnu lunbilni n llii>T<jiigh and ■nlurm^liV': ci-
ELandliijn <jE vhv Ihu lijz^rd wdH rtEul^lcil under th: CPSA Ji i>pnL<tr:d bi
Itc FHS.l ur hht'PPPA.
Stel'^r 5. Tfralv C/nfOrT/iily
BiLiBiiiiiK Ibc Si day dauUinr tar p ubllili mg lianl mlei EmuUvE Older L^Uillf
lEqiJm iDiiiiBiini lb day coninieiil peruxL r?0:LiDn V^dJoTCE'SA J
luilionDl?: Conhrmt nilern^kiBg pmifii Ic nDlice irqumBEnli undei Niirlb
AnieniiaD FiceTiiidr AgnearBL
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Sier'ar 7 JirJirD-ii^ivi ^oifi1Ia^y SIll^\da^•it
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"kDlK? ^md tinnnea'T pmvi^uDi af So:t\un iMbl uf ibe CPSA InHer Gikcr. ciiilmg
picnzquinhM Ig ?-nlicn Vbt hit nif i, e^ - '^' lli^i^ l< i> f iUibI mniubilfiiy rtil?-
nrnkiBi^ iind<i''i3y cick
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Ihi Gucrcnl tbtmiLC bctu'eeii vuliinljiy ^nd nandjlury Hljjidjrdti. IE il din's
deilde Ihal il w^nti bi nJ-tpl .i tayidcni 4li.il uijlm il cjmcr fur Itic Cummuf-
■lun lu Lunxirl cxj^ling lulunljiy iiljiid^rdi inlij nijiid^l<jr> i>niti, I hen Die
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Sier'a\ S HiilrT/ini'ng Afir>ionli
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lbLi.^il"PPISW|
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whn Icvbr i hdngbn Cungretai mdhen lu uur ncaluleik
HILL HI nn St' IL BiTii'tiM
Steliiwi J CPSC Juiiit<*liai
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v^ Ibf CPST [<Lvr''diEil •nc' niGU<i vcKieI" uquipBCDi 4? g . id&uiI cnnKzir Dud 4I11I-
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vbelbrr iiiiir minim in-iim or GUI-oFf nr pmkkiDi
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give up dny jurind iillun ullhuul d guud rcdnunL
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r DID men ml milly krbi? Ihc uLliniDlf imniuD^T
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lb? Cgbj^cii (OIK Din:iill> nilb ill ^iitin l-uoii 1 loO^IB
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carjcLuaian or HE^iinas
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