House Proceeding on Dec 19th, 2007 :: 4:25:06 to 4:27:23
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Speech By: JosÃÂÃÂ© E. Serrano

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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

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Joe Barton: this entire process. h.r. 4040 has two titles, title one specifically addresses children's products by establishing the strictest lead standards in the world for children's -- children's products

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Joe Barton: and requiring certification and testing. title two overhauls the cpsc itself, -- giving the agency much-needed resources and strengthening its underlying organic statute. at both the subcommittee

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Joe Barton: and full committee markups, the bill underwent significant changes. we strengthen thed lead standard, raising their -- strengthened the lead standard, raising testing to 12 years of age, required

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Joe Barton: cpsc to taylor their aggressive action plans to fit consumer needs, bestowed enforcement authority to state attorneys general, banned corporate sponsored travel for cpsc employees and preserve state

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Joe Barton: common law rights of action. all of these excellent changes were made at the behoeft of the members of the energy and commerce committee who offered their valuable input on how to make this

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Joe Barton: underlined bill even better. madam speaker, i cannot emphasize enough the bipartisan nature of this bill. from the very beginning we drafted this bill in consultation with the consumer product

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Joe Barton: safety commission, consumer groups and industry. madam speaker, i want to sincerely thank the divisioned chairman of the full committee -- distinguished chairman on the full committee on energy

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Joe Barton: and commerce, my dear friend from michigan, mr. john dingell, for his leadership. this bill simply would not be possible without chairman dingell's guidance. of course, i want to thank the

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Bobby L. Rush: distinguished ranking member of the committee, my friends, mr. barton, and the ranking member of the subcommittee, mr. stearns, for their incredible leadership and unwavering cooperation.