[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 804 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 804

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House has 
     lost confidence in the performance of Consumer Product Safety 
Commission Chairman Nancy Nord, and urging the President to request her 
                              resignation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 6, 2007

   Ms. Hooley (for herself, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Markey, Mr. Cohen, Mr. 
  Doggett, Mr. Holt, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mrs. McCarthy of New 
York, Mr. Murtha, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Filner, Mr. Nadler, Ms. 
Lee, Ms. Loretta Sanchez of California, Mr. Stark, Mr. Abercrombie, Mr. 
  DeFazio, Ms. Berkley, Ms. McCollum of Minnesota, Ms. Jackson-Lee of 
 Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Wynn, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Wexler, Ms. 
Linda T. Sanchez of California, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Farr, Mr. Cummings, Ms. 
Woolsey, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. Wu, Mr. Rodriguez, Mrs. Napolitano, 
Mr. Rahall, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Baca, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Waters, 
   Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Kanjorski, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, Ms. 
Roybal-Allard, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Moore of Kansas, Mrs. Boyda of Kansas, 
   Mr. Inslee, Mr. Holden, and Mr. Michaud) submitted the following 
 resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House has 
     lost confidence in the performance of Consumer Product Safety 
Commission Chairman Nancy Nord, and urging the President to request her 
                              resignation.

Whereas, at this critical time before the holiday gift-giving season, it is 
        vital that Americans can trust and know that products they purchase are 
        safe;
Whereas there have been over 21 million children's products recalled this year 
        and it has become clear that acting Consumer Product Safety Commission 
        Chairman Nancy Nord is part of the problem, not the solution;
Whereas, although the Consumer Product Safety Commission is an agency in 
        distress, with only 401 employees down from over 1,000 in 1980, when 
        asked in a Senate hearing if an increase in funding would help to better 
        do her job, Chairman Nord refused to give an affirmative answer;
Whereas it has come to light that Chairman Nord has traveled at the expense of 
        the industries the Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with 
        regulating, including trips sponsored by lobbying groups and lawyers 
        representing the makers of hazardous recalled products;
Whereas Chairman Nord is in effect protecting the companies that manufacture 
        these dangerous products rather than protecting American consumers;
Whereas Chairman Nord is either unwilling or unable to do the job with which she 
        has been entrusted and has rejected Congress's efforts to expand the 
        agencies authority and resources; and
Whereas, as Chairman Nord made a statement refusing to resign, she has placed 
        the onus upon Congress to urge the President to ask for her resignation: 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) has lost confidence in Consumer Product Safety 
        Commission Acting Chairman Nancy Nord; and
            (2) urges the President to request her resignation and to 
        nominate a new candidate more capable of serving as the head of 
        the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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