CPSIA – CPSC Enforcement Officer Speaks

In a July 29th blogpost , CPSC Commissioner Anne Northup reproduced a letter she received from a CPSC Field Agent.  Like so much data rejected by the Validation Bias Democrats on the Commission, I am sure this letter will be ignored.  Why not decide for yourself if it’s relevant? “I just had an opportunity to read your July 20 statement concerning lead ppm . I just wanted to say thank you for saying what some many of us in the field are feeling everyday while having to carry out compliance efforts in face to face scenarios with business owners. We don’t have the sanctuary of a phone, a computer or geography to shield us form [sic] the reality of their world. Since passage and implementation of CPSIA many of us, [geographic location removed], are facing more and more resistive and hostile receptions as we carry out our day to day activities with businesses. This seems to be specifically for the reasons noted in your statement and not just within the limited scope of lead. For the most part these are people with children of their own trying to make a living for their families that have no desire to put out an unsafe product. We are becoming the face of the reason they believe that opportunity is becoming more difficult and/or failing for them. It is so disheartening to go out on an assignment and spend an hour listening to a business owner berate us about how ridiculous some of our regulations and/or procedures are and not have one argument to present in return because they are right . It is reassuring to know there is still some hope at the Commission level that some day we can return to a state of reasonable regulation and focus on safety, not philosophy and bureaucracy.”  [Emphasis added] I wish I shared the Field Agent’s optimism.  Hey, buddy, those days are looooooong gone.

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CPSIA – Pryor Amendment (as amended) to be Hotlined in Senate Tonight

According to my information, the Pryor Amendment , as amended to address the needs of resale goods stores , will be hotlined in the Senate this evening (passed by unanimous consent).  The bill then proceeds back to the House which remains a “house-divided”.  Not unlike other showdowns in this disgusting spectacle over the past three years, it will come down to a nerve-wracking poker game where you are the pot.  Who will win the day?  If the Pryor Amendment becomes law, you can assume the chances of passage of a common sense amendment of the CPSIA just went from 0.03% to 0.01% (not my joke, unfortunately – I am not as clever as some of the other cynical observers of this mess).  If the ATV’rs, bikes and resale goods victims are cut out of this mess, the rest of us will be the chosen losers.  There are no winners. It will be up to the House Republicans to not hand a historic, economy-wrecking victory to Henry Waxman. They know what’s at stake.  We are all depending on a sensible outcome of a quick Conference Committee.  The National Debt crisis victory should increase confidence. I only wish we were the subject of such public scrutiny. The next few days will seal our fates, once and for all. More to say later this evening.

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