[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 35 (Friday, February 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   PASS THE REGULATORY TRANSITION ACT

  (Mr. BAKER of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BAKER of California. Mr. Speaker, get a load of this story in the 
L.A. Times of last year.

       The Consumer Product Safety Commission is planning to issue 
     regulations to require manufacturers of industrial five-
     gallon plastic buckets to redesign their products. Concerned 
     that infants could climb inside them and drown, the CPSC 
     studied the issue for five years and recently issued a 101-
     page report. In the report, the CPSC staff notes that one of 
     their suggestions to the industry--making buckets so that 
     they deliberately leak--is being objected to by bucket 
     makers. According to the report, ``Industry representatives 
     claim that they can envision no use for a bucket that 
     leaks.''

  I have heard of a cup that is half empty. I have heard of a cup that 
is half full. But only the Government would require a bucket that 
leaks.
  It looks to me, Mr. Speaker, like buckets are not the only thing 
leaking over at the CPSC.
  Welcome to Bill Clinton's America.
  It is this type of story that has Americans so angry and demanding 
change. And that is what we will give them when we pass the Regulatory 
Transition Act, which will give the business community and individuals 
a much-needed break from costly regulation.


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