More than 21 million toys made in China have been recalled this year. Should the head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission resign?
Asked by: DCPundit from Washington, DC
Asked of U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Nov 6th, 2007
Answer from: U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
“I came from the kitchen to the Congress. I came as a Mom wanting to make sure that public policy did whatever it could do that parents couldn’t do to protect its children and the trust that parents across the country would like to have in the federal government is completely unjustified when we see how lax the Consumer Product Safety Commission has been with its acting chairperson saying we don’t need any more resources and we don’t need any more authority.”
Answered on Dec 6th, 2007
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There is a choice! More than
Posted by Mother on November 30th, 2007 at 9:25 AM
There is a choice! More than 1000 toys made in Europe and USA.
http://www.squidoo.com/toysnotfromchina/
Not nearly enough
Posted by Anonymous on November 28th, 2007 at 7:51 AM
As a mother and taxpayer, I am appalled by the lack of oversight that has led to thousands of dangerous toys being made available to our children. Safety of our children should be a priority!
Do we have enough regulators?
Posted by DCPundit on November 9th, 2007 at 9:48 AM
During the Reagan Administration this agency had as many as 1,000 employees. Now they are down to a little more than 100. It's no wonder they cannot test every toy. Perhaps Congress should think of giving regulators of our toys - and food - some more teeth!