[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 18 (Wednesday, February 6, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E104-E105]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




         TRIBUTE TO CPSC EMPLOYEE BILL MOORE ON HIS RETIREMENT

                                 ______
                                 

                         HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 6, 2013

  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
distinguished career of my constituent William J. (Bill) Moore, Trial 
Attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at the U.S. Consumer 
Product Safety Commission, and to congratulate him on his retirement 
after 36 years of service at the CPSC.
  Bill was born in New Jersey and has lived in Maryland most of his 
life. He began his career at the CPSC in 1974 as a law clerk while 
studying at American University's Washington College of Law and became 
one of CPSC's treasured compliance attorneys.
  Bill worked chiefly in the Office of Compliance and Administrative 
Litigation and, most recently, in the Division of Compliance within the 
Office of the General Counsel. Over the course of his long and 
distinguished career, he helped to negotiate numerous major product 
recalls in a variety of product categories, including durable infant 
goods, toys, furnaces, electrical appliances, and outdoor equipment. He 
also served as lead counsel in some of the Commission's most prominent 
corrective action litigations, including those on gas valves, worm 
probes, BB guns, and toasters.
  As an attorney working at the Commission shortly after its inception, 
Bill was instrumental

[[Page E105]]

in ensuring the enforcement of the newly-drafted safety regulations. 
When the agency banned refuse bins that were tipping over, pinning 
down, and killing children who were playing around them, Bill was part 
of the team that travelled the country, engaging in enforcement 
litigation to have the unstable bins removed from public use. He later 
worked with the Commission's Office of Compliance to lay the groundwork 
that led to the guidance to eliminate soft bedding in cribs and to have 
babies placed on their backs for safe sleep. Bill was also instrumental 
in drafting the certification requirements for bicycle helmet and 
cigarette lighter regulations. During his tenure, Bill negotiated over 
$16 million in civil penalty fines, the highest cumulative amount of 
civil penalty fines in the agency's history.
  Bill has played a major role in protecting the public from 
unreasonable risks of injury posed by consumer products. He has 
provided guidance to other attorneys and compliance staff as they 
pursue legal strategies against manufacturers, importers, distributors, 
and retailers of dangerously defective and hazardous products. Over the 
years, he received many well-deserved distinguished and meritorious 
awards for his outstanding work.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating Bill 
Moore and in extending our nation's gratitude to him for his honorable 
and productive service.

                          ____________________