159 Advocates Send Letter Opposing Plan to Eliminate the CPSC
Media Contact: Lisa McDonald, Vice President of Communications, 202-207-2829
Washington, DC – Today, the National Consumers League, Consumer Federation of America, Consumer Reports, and 156 other product safety advocates sent a letter to Russell Vought, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, expressing their strong opposition to any attempt to eliminate, defund, or weaken the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
The CPSC is an independent federal agency commissioned by Congress to protect the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from consumer products through education, safety standards, regulation, and enforcement. According to a draft budget document, the Trump administration is finalizing a proposal to eliminate the CPSC and transfer the agency’s functions to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
“If implemented, this proposal would eradicate – not reorganize – our nation’s governance of product safety,” the product safety advocates write. “Congress deliberately established an independent agency exclusively charged with the safety of consumer products. Such independence ensures that product safety issues are treated like the public safety imperative they so clearly are. We urge you to preserve an independent, bipartisan CPSC and ensure the agency has the appropriate tools, resources, and personnel to carry out its lifesaving mission.”
A copy of the letter can be found HERE
A video of victims’ parents advocating to protect the CPSC can be found HERE
Letter cosigners:
National Consumers League
Consumer Federation of America
Consumer Reports
Access Ready Inc.
Action on Smoking and Health
Aden Lamps Foundation
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Aging Life Care Association
America Walks
American Academy of Pediatrics
American Apparel & Footwear Association
Appliance Standards Awareness Project
Association of Pedestrian & Bicycle Professionals (APBP)
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota
Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
Bicycle Colorado
Bike Cleveland
Bike Jeffco
Bike LA
Bike Oven
Bike Pittsburgh
Bike Walk Savannah
BikeWalkKC
BikeWalkNC
BioInjury
Breast Cancer Prevention Partners
California Bicycle Coalition
Center for Auto Safety
Center for Economic Integrity
Center for Economic Justice
Center for Medicare Advocacy
Center for Pet Safety
Charlie’s House
Child Care Aware of Virginia
ChildSavers
Citizens Action Coalition of IN
Claire Bear Foundation
CommunicationFIRST
Consumer Action
Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety
Cribs for Kids
Derrick Stone Safe Sleep
Detroit Greenways Coalition
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF)
Diversity In Aquatics
Earth Ethics, Inc.
East Coast Greenway Alliance
Economic Action Maryland Fund
Epilepsy Foundation of America
Families for Safe Streets
First Candle
Florida Bicycle Association
Florida Silver Haired Legislature Inc
Food Empowerment Project
Friends of the Concord-Lake Sunapee Rail Trail
Funeral Consumers Alliance of South Carolina
Georgia Watch
Government Information Watch
Green America
Hackensack Meridian Health
Haddie’s Calling
Hawai’i Bicycling League
Healthy Babies Bright Futures
HealthyWomen
Homestretch Nonprofit Housing Corp.
Human Powered Solutions LLC
Impact Teen Drivers
Jacob Bikes
Joseph A Sanzari Children’s Hospital
Just Strategy
Keeping Babies Safe
Kids and Car Safety
La Isla Network
Lead on Solutions, LLC
League of American Bicyclists
Living Streets Alliance
Local Motion
Madison Bikes, Inc.
Marin County Bicycle Coalition
MassBike
Missourians for Responsible Transportation
Move Redmond
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Napa County Bicycle Coalition
National Association of Consumer Advocates
National Bicycle Dealers Association
National Carbon Monoxide Awareness Association
National Center for Healthy Housing
National Coalition for Safer Roads
National Drowning Prevention Alliance
New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition
Oregon Consumer Justice
Oregon Consumer League
Parents Against Tip-Overs
Parents for Window Blind Safety
Paterson Task Force for Community Action, Inc.
Pennsylvania Downtown Center
People Power United
Pool and Hot Tub Alliance
Propel ATL
Public Citizen
Reconnect Rochester
Responsible Sourcing Network
Ride Illinois
Ride of Silence
Safe Infant Sleep
Safety Research & Strategies
Sciencecorps
Shane’s Foundation, NFP
Shepard’s Watch Foundation
Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition
South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center
Stop Drowning Now
StopDistractions.org
SwimJim
Tempe Bicycle Action Group
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSP)
The National Carbon Monoxide Awareness Association
Transportation Alternatives
Travel Goods Association (TGA)
Truck Safety Coalition
United States Swim School Association
Unleaded Kids
Virginia Citizens Consumer Council
Vision 2020 Project
Walk ‘n Rollers
Washington Area Bicyclist Association
Whirlwind Wheelchair International
Wisconsin Bike Fed
Yakima Bikes and Walks!
Alissa K. Sandler, Product Safety Advocate
Angela Williams, Product Safety Advocate
Ashley Haugen, That Water Bead Lady
Cindy Mense, Product Safety Advocate
Dr. Free N. Hess, Product Safety Advocate
Elizabeth Hemmerlin, Product Safety Advocate
Ernest Bach, Product Safety Advocate
Garrett Kellermab, Product Safety Advocate
Heather Stephens, Product Safety Advocate
Heidi Perry, Product Safety Advocate
Janet McGee, Parent Product Safety Advocate
Jayshree Kumta, Product Safety Advocate
Judith Solomon, Product Safety Advocate
Kelley Ladick, Product Safety Advocate
Lori Winkler, MSN, RN, TNS, CPEN, Product Safety Advocate
Marjon Manitius, Product Safety Advocate
Marjorie Murray, Product Safety Advocate
Mary Jagim, Product Safety Advocate
Michael Haggard, Product Safety Advocate
Pamela Gilbert, National Consumers League Board Member
Paul Susca, Product Safety Advocate
Robert W Browne, Product Safety Advocate
Sandeep Khatua, Product Safety Advocate
Sarah Sorscher, Product Safety Advocate
Sara Thompson, Parent Safety Advocate
Shayna Raphael, Product Safety Advocate
Stephen W Hargarten, Product Safety Advocate
Taylor Bethard, That Water Bead Lady & Esther’s Mom
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