Washington Journal--Reported artilce that head of the Consumer Product Safety

[Skidmore]

is refusing an increase in its budget by congress to help the agency be able to handle the larger volume of products on the market. Wonder who instructed her to do this? Who made this decision? Who's in charge of trying to poison America?

Edited to correct agency name in title and to add article link.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/washington/30consumer.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin
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Bigger Budget? Agency

By STEPHEN LABATON
Published: October 30, 2007
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 — The nation’s top official for consumer product safety has asked Congress in recent days to reject legislation intended to strengthen the agency, which polices thousands of consumer goods, from toys to tools.

On the eve of an important Senate committee meeting to consider the legislation, Nancy A. Nord, the acting chairwoman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, has asked lawmakers in two letters not to approve the bulk of legislation that would increase the agency’s authority, double its budget and sharply increase its dwindling staff.

Ms. Nord opposes provisions that would increase the maximum penalties for safety violations and make it easier for the government to make public reports of faulty products, protect industry whistle-blowers and prosecute executives of companies that willfully violate laws.

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[Felinity]

1. Kick

I hate it when women are bad. Just another fox "guarding" (wink, wink) another chicken coop that belongs to the citizens of this country.

[unhappycamper]

2. Nancy & Rs go wayback.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Nord

Before joining CPSC, Nord was the Director of Federal Government Relations for the Eastman Kodak Company. In her career, she also has been general counsel to the Council on Environmental Quality at the White House, an attorney at the Federal Communications Commission, and Republican Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Commerce Committee, specializing in product liability and consumer protection legislation. She has also been the Director of Federal Affairs for the Eastman Kodak Company, a lawyer with the Washington, DC law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, the executive director of the American Corporate Counsel Association and the Director of Consumer Affairs for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.