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IV 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 804 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. Sánchez 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 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

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.