House Committee Leaders Call for CPSC Nomination
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden, R-Ore., and Energy and Commerce Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chairman Bob Latta, R-Ohio, urged President Donald Trump to prioritize the nomination of an individual to fill the upcoming October vacancy…
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on the Consumer Product Safety Commission. In a May 22 letter to Trump (here), the lawmakers note that the commission will operate with three Democratic commissioners and two Republican commissioners until Democrat Marietta Robinson’s term ends in October. “Without such [nomination] action, the Democratic Commissioner will remain in a one-year holdover term exacerbating the current imbalance,” Walden and Latta said. “We urge you to identify and nominate a commissioner to the CPSC as soon as practicable.”