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Rally Comments and Questions
April 1, 2009 by Dawn
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Many thanks to the folks that put this whole rally and webcast together. I am a small manufacturer of girls special occasion dresses sold directly to the consumer via our website and if the CPSIA is not amended along the lines discussed during the rally, I will have to close my business like so many others have testified.
I was not able to attend and was very appreciative for the opportunity to be “present” via the web. I thought the presentation was professional, informative and moving. I hope that the congressional members will take the substance of this rally to heart and amend the bill so that that it will protect children but not destroy our livelihoods.
Thanks again to all of you who where able to take the time to show up and speak for so many of us that weren’t able to be present.
Best Regards,
Angela Reyes
Eve and Ellie
A huge round of applause and much thanks to the organizers and speakers. The information came across as serious and urgent. I think everyone did a wonderful job of presenting the problem, offering realistic solutions and, for the most part, without any finger pointing.
It is definately time for the grass roots movement to redouble our efforts, and I am right there.
As a one woman business involved with children’s products, I cannot thank those involved enough!
I watched the Rally with 15 of my students crowded around my computer monitor (my big plans for watching it on a big TV or projector were crushed by my lack of technical skills). Each of them wrote something afterwards, which I hope to type up later in the afternoon and post.
Very exciting! I hope we get somewhere with all this!
Great job!! Due to the innate complexity with the CPSIA, while we are painfully getting acquainted with the catastrophic implication of the CPSIA, public are still by large in the dark.
This rally has provided so much information, insights, and real-life examples in exposing the unpoplar and senseless facts about CPSIA that some have tried very hard to hide. And it’s present in a way the general public could understand.
Great job!! ( Sorry I couldn’t be there at DC )
Great job by the planners and participants! A huge THANK YOU for your monumental effort. Even the technology cooperated and I was able to watch the entire presentation from home – I’m sure along with hundreds/thousands of others. I can’t wait to hear more about all of the individual meetings with Reps. I hear CNN was there – I will look for their coverage (finally). Thank you, thank you, wish I could have been there!
Thanks so much. What a highly professional presentation from everyone. Congrats to the organizers for the line up of all areas of industry that are impacted by CPSIA – some of which we had not thought of. We will continue to work in the state of Montana (happy to see Denny Rehberg as a speaker).
Thank you for all the hard work involved in this rally and the open hearings. We’re living far away in Japan, so I couldn’t follow it live, but I’m hoping for the video. Thanks for fighting the good fight on the domestic front.
I don’t chew on things! I can’t even fit the books I read in my mouth.
Things I don’t like about CPS“I”A:
1. I can barely find shoes and clothes because the prices have gone up
2. My mom had to get rid of her books.
3. I am 10 and it says 13 and up, and 12 and under.
4. I just don’t like it.
Things I like about CPS “I”A
1. …I guess nothing!
This law is stupid. I take this as an insult. Why to age 12? Children stop “eating” books at 1 ½! It is insulting to parents too! You have to physically eat lead to get lead poisoning! Are you really trying to make new jobs? No! Millions of people will lose their jobs after this bill.
Hardly anybody gets lead poisoning in America, so re-make this bill!
People are getting injured due to the fact that kids have to get too big bikes and such!
The law is stupid ‘cause all of the lead is coming from China. There’s only 4 factories in the US that can test for lead, and when those 4 factories fill up then all of the things will have to be sent back to China where all the lead problems are coming from in the first place.
The CPSIA was meant to protect children, but I think it’s doing exactly the opposite because the law is making it illegal for kids to get ATVs that are the right size. So the kids are having to ride ATVs and bikes that are adult sized – and too big for them, thus raising the injury level.
Parents should be able to make their own choices without the government in their way. But now Congress has passed a law that tells what you can and cannot buy. How dumb is that? Another thing is that they have to test the same shirt in different sizes. It’s the same material….It insults parents and kids.
Now to the penalties. These are soooo unconstitutional. A fine of $100,000. That’s outrageous and that’s not all. Five years in jail. Five years. Both of these for selling one item. One item with lead in it. CPSIA hurts kids and that’s the truth.
Old books that are out of print are going to completely vanish, be eliminated. And twelve and younger? My two-year-old cousin doesn’t chew on things, let alone a twelve year old! Businesses are going to have to stop, people are going to be laid off, and we are already having issues with jobs! Some people can’t afford to test objects for lead, so what are they supposed to do? This bill should be repealed, there are no amounts of amendments that could fix this bill.
Who is going to eat a book anyway? In order to ingest lead, you would have to eat the whole book. And even then, it would probably not have enough lead in it to do anything.
They are outlawing children’s ATVs. That means that the truly devoted ATVers would ride ADULT ATVs. Which is more threatening, lead or oversized ATV’s that younger kids could easily wreck?
The law is unconstitutional. The government has no rights to not allow us to sell children’s products. It isn’t drugs. It isn’t illegal stuff.
There are a total of two cases of lead related deaths in recent years. Neither of which were due to books, toys, ATVs or car engines. They were from jewelry, from China.
12 year olds do not eat random toys…testing for every color, product and size for lead is excessive and unneeded…Don’t take away One Fish Two Fish.
Many people will lose money and jobs from this law, because where would they put all their old toys and books? They will have to throw them all away because they can’t sell them.
If you touch something with lead in it you will not die. And you will have to ingest a lot of it!
This law makes it impossible for people who make and sell crafts to, or intended for, small children, to continue selling their products. These handmade products, which are created individually, now must be tested before they can be lawfully sold. Not only are the tests required impossibly expensive for these people to pay for, but they destroy the product in the process. How can these products be certified if they cannot afford testing, and the product ends up destroyed, anyway.
Also, lead poisoning occurs when lead is ingested. Simply touching something with lead in it does not put a person at risk. Why, then, are products such as books, bikes, and even clothes suddenly dangerous? Very few children that I am aware of, especially of the ages for which these products are intended, are chewing on their books and toys!
The cost and frequency of testing the law requires is outrageous. And the penalty is too costly.
Books – everyone reads, even little kids. It helps them learn. Why would you want to keep them from learning? More importantly, why would you want to take away Dr. Seuss?
Bicycles – they’re made to have fun. A little kids isn’t going to eat it. Give them some credit, they’re smarter than you think.
Companies are going to have to cut back on their workers and during this time we need to keep as many jobs as we can. We can’t get through this without them.
Its inadvertent consequences hurt businesses, the economy, and children.
It completely takes the parents’ ability to choose toys for their children out of consideration.
Washington is incompetent!
I am offended that Congress feels we the people can’t make decisions for ourselves. By passing CPSIA, politicians have taken away parents rights to decide what products are appropriate for their children.
This law is also insulting to the children that it claims to protect. No 12-year-old has ever died because there was lead in their library books. Though the original intent may have been good, Congress took it too far. This bill goes beyond children’s protection. All it does is take away their freedom to play.
Well, there you have it, a group of junior high and high schoolers comment on CPSIA after the Rally. I guess it’s a little obvious they’ve been hearing about this for awhile!
I was disappointed originally that I couldn’t make it to the Rally in person. But now, I’m actually happy about it…It was exciting to be able to share this experience with my Government Club students — and that would not have happened if I had made the trip.
This weekend I’ll be with another group of high school students in Montgomery — I’m sure they’ll be getting a CPSIA earful too!
I want to thank everyone who worked on the rally behind the scenes and those who were able to go and represent those of us who could only attend on line. I’m a bookseller who had to remove several children’s books published before 1985 from my used book inventory. They are now in storage, and I’m hoping I can put them back if ordinary books are exempted from this too-inclusive law. I shudder for those whose only family income is threatened by an unamended CPSIA. My heart goes out to those families who have relied on used clothes, toys, and books to stretch their dollars in providing for their children. I hope our Congressman will correct this onerous situation.
We homeschool, and the rally was watched from start to finish by my children and me as part of their day’s school work.
They are lovers of old books, and are highly indignant about that portion of the bill, as well as the fact that their mom is going to lose her ability to make what we need to keep up their music lessons come August. I sew custom-made, one of a kind doll clothing and children’s clothing, and there is no way I can afford to test and track. Should my children be penalized by being forced to give up their music lessons because Congress wishes to keep them “safe”??
Arrived home safely after the Rally and the children are all tucked in. What a great day to be in DC! My children also enjoyed being there and hearing different people talk about the CPSIA problems and learning a bit about how our voice can be heard in the congress (John Adams was a hero in this area of petition). The oldest and I had great discussion in the car both before and after the Rally.
Carol Baiker-McKee is now known as “the Dr Seuss lady” to the 6 yr old. Congratulations! And they liked meeting Mr Gears (aka Rick Woldenberg). Ok, so now you know what the current favorite toy is from your company.
The toddler enjoyed all the banned toys–wanted to take several home with her but we left them for their owners to collect and only took home the ones we brought with us
) They are very much like other hand made toys we have purchased for our own and other people’s children over the years. The products (particularly the “non-toys”) highlighted today will be sorely missed if this law isn’t fixed so people can continue their business in good conscience.
I believe the ATV/motor bike scenario is the most frightening with the reality that some children will be riding adult sized vehicles. It’s a very real tragedy waiting to happen after all the work that has been done to make these safer for kids by sizing them appropriately. I really feel for those parents who are tempted to skip a size in order to buy one of these for an older child so they can continue a family activity.
Many thanks to all who helped organize the Rally. Will come again if needed and we’ll keep after our people in Washington DC to be informed on this issue and other “precautionary” based legislation.
Leslie D’Amico – Well, I see this went well!
The real reason for the ban on youth model dirtbikes and atvs is to keep young people from being introduced to off road riding in the first place. If the enviros can keep kids from riding in “their wilderness” they figure the parents won’t be as likely to be riding there either. The fewer riders there are the easier it is for them to close public lands. Wake up people! Do you honestly think some politician in Washington DC really thinks your kid is going to eat his dirtbike?
Where can I watch the video of the rally yesterday?
Crystal,
One video is here: http://www.youtube.com/repjoebarton
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! What an extraordinary effort by everyone involved! It was amazing to see just how organized and on task everything was especially having been pulled together in such a short time. As unfortunate as the situation may be, I love that this was used as a civics lesson! Onward!
HI!
I am wondering if a yard sign can be added at cafepress. It would help with getting the word out. Also, if I want to ask local businesses to put up a small poster (say 8.5×11), how would I go about printing that? Which graphic should I download to use? I think all I have found are blog banners and I don’t blog, yet. I am hoping to get these put up around town. This place prides itself on it’s liberalism and I imagine they wouldn’t be happy to know that book banning is part of the CPSIA. That will be the big talking point around here with university folk.
I may even look into taking an ad out in the weekly paper with signatures from local businesses and individuals (I have no idea what that might cost but it’s time to get the word out). The daily has not carried a single CPSIA story and they own the weekly–will start there as it’s a community paper. Walter Olsen was on the local radio here one morning but I think that was it.
We have a precautionary senator so the battle will not be easy with him. The other voted for DeMint’s amendment and I sent him a thank you note. I figured he would so I had not contacted him earlier so it seemed right to let him know I was paying attention.
Thanks
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