House Proceeding on Dec 19th, 2007 :: 4:22:51 to 4:25:06
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JosÃ© E. Serrano: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: union calendar number 306, h.r. 4040, a bill to establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products

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Speech By: JosÃÂÃÂ© E. Serrano

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JosÃ© E. Serrano: and to s re-authorize and modernize the consumer product safety commission. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from illinois, mr. rush, and the gentleman from texas, mr. barton, will each

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JosÃ© E. Serrano: control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. rush: i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include

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JosÃ© E. Serrano: extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. rush: madam speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore:

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JosÃ© E. Serrano: the gentleman is recognized. mr. rush: madam speaker, today is indeed a grand day. today is a day that we show the american people that this congress, this house of representatives, gets

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JosÃ© E. Serrano: things done. today the house will vote on sweeping bipartisan legislation that will protect our children from defective and dangerous toys and comprehensively reforms the consumer product

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JosÃ© E. Serrano: safety commission. the bill before us today, h.r. 4040, the consumer product safety modernization act of 2007, was introduced by chairman dingell, ranking member barton, ranking member stearns

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JosÃ© E. Serrano: and myself. this historic bill authorizes desperately needed resources to the commission and dramatically rewrites the consumer product safety act as well as the federal hazard substances act,

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JosÃ© E. Serrano: both of which are administered by the c. -- cpsc. after decades of neglect, h.r. 4040 finally restores the cpsc to its rightful place of prominence and gives it the necessary tools to grapple

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JosÃ© E. Serrano: with the global marketplace and protect america's consumers. particularly our children from dangerous and defective products. this b ill represents eight months of work, five hearings, a subcommittee

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Joe Barton: markup and a full committee markup on which the final vote was 51-0. as chairman of the subcommittee on commerce, trade and consumer protection, i am extremely proud of our collected efforts during

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Speech By: Joe Barton