[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 10, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E413]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING KIDS IN DANGER

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                       HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 10, 2023

  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to celebrate the lifesaving work 
of Kids In Danger on the occasion of their 25th Anniversary. 
Headquartered in my home state of Illinois, Kids In Danger is a 
nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting children by fighting for 
product safety.
  It was founded in 1998 by Linda Ginzel and Boaz Keysar, the parents 
of sixteen-month-old Danny who died when a poorly designed and recalled 
portable crib collapsed around his neck in his childcare home. Kids In 
Danger's mission is to save lives by enhancing transparency and 
accountability through safer product development, better education, and 
stronger advocacy for children.
  Kids In Danger is celebrating 25 years of impact by educating parents 
and caregivers about recalled and dangerous children's products through 
research, and community outreach and engagement at the local and 
national levels.
  Shortly after its founding, Chicagoan Nancy Cowles became Kids in 
Danger's Executive Director, enabling the organization to take on 
bigger and bigger challenges. She sought out and worked tirelessly with 
parents who had lost their children in preventable accidents such as 
furniture that had toppled on them. A skilled organizer, advocate and 
spokesperson, Nancy always puts the parents first. I am proud to call 
her my dear friend.
  Kids In Danger's advocacy has brought about many hard-fought 
victories for children such as the 2008 Consumer Product Safety 
Improvement Act including Danny's Law requiring strong standards for 
cribs and other nursery products, and most recently, the Safe Sleep for 
Babies Act banning infant inclined sleep products and padded crib 
bumpers, Reese's Law which will help prevent button and coin cell 
battery ingestion, and the STURDY Act, requiring a strong standard to 
prevent furniture tip-overs.
  Kids In Danger also partners with university engineering programs to 
incorporate design safety into the engineering curriculum, and launched 
a free online course to help children's product designers and companies 
integrate safety into their design and development process.
  Congratulations to Kids In Danger for protecting all our children and 
grandchildren from hazardous products.

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