House Proceeding on Dec 19th, 2007 :: 4:27:36 to 4:30:59
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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.

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John D. Dingell: i urge my colleagues to vote yes on this historic piece of legislation on this historic bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance

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Speech By: John D. Dingell

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John D. Dingell: of his time. the gentleman from illinois reserves his time. the gentleman from texas. mr. barton: we want to talk about this bill a little bit. not yield it, reserve it. mr. rush: i reserve the

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John D. Dingell: balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. barton: madam speaker, i want to start off by congratulating chairman john dingell. i have with me

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today's "congress daily," the little, one of the news periodicals that tracks what we do and on page seven, the headline is "house panel easily passes consumer safety legislation." it goesen

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John D. Dingell: to say that dingell said he plans to approach the speaker and ask her to put the ll on the suspension calendar because it passed committee 51-0 and the next paragraph, a leadership aide said it's

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John D. Dingell: unlikely that the bill could come to the floor before congress adjourns for the year. well, i just want to congratulate the chairman for going to speaker pelosi and getting her to agree

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John D. Dingell: to put this bill on the floor before we go home because this bill shows how the congress should shd -- should work. it didn't pass 51-0 because of certain dipity. it passed 51-0 yesterday in the

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John D. Dingell: energy and commerce committee because staffs on both sides of the aisle at both the full committee and the subcommittee met for countless hours to negotiate the many compromises necessary

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John D. Dingell: to put the bill together. i want to especially compliment conswela washington, the majority council, chairman dingell's council that has worked so hard on this bill. if president washington

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John D. Dingell: were still alive today, he would be very proud of her for the work that she's done because she's not only had to work with the minority staffers and members, she's also had to diligently

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John D. Dingell: work with the majority staffers and members as they sometimes were -- each side was pulling her in different directions and it's good to know she's all in one piece and doing well. this

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John D. Dingell: bill will strengthen the consumer product safety commission. this bill will create a state-of-the-art testing laboratory to test the products and the toys that we sell to the american public.

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John D. Dingell: this bill will enhance the recall ability of the consumer product safety commission. this bill will enexpand the number of commissioners so that -- will expand the number of commissioners so we have

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John D. Dingell: a full commission again. this bill increases the fines that the consumer product safety commission can levee -- levy against companies that sell defective products. this bill has the toughest lead

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Ellen O. Tauscher: standard in the world per products. i wish it were my line but it's not. chairman rush line on the lead standard in response to an amendment in committee to make it even tougher said that

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Speech By: Ellen O. Tauscher