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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 804 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House has 

lost confidence in the performance of Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Nancy Nord, and urging the President to request her 

resignation. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 6, 2007 

Ms. HOOLEY (for herself, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 

DOGGETT, Mr. HOLT, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mrs. MCCARTHY of 

New York, Mr. MURTHA, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. FILNER, Mr. 

NADLER, Ms. LEE, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. STARK, 

Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. BERKLEY, Ms. MCCOLLUM of 

Minnesota, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. 

WYNN, Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. WEXLER, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Ms. CLARKE, Mr. FARR, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. 

UDALL of Colorado, Mr. WU, Mr. RODRIGUEZ, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. 

RAHALL, Mr. REYES, Mr. BACA, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. 

WATERS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. KANJORSKI, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, 

Mrs. BOYDA of Kansas, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. HOLDEN, and Mr. MICHAUD) 

submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 

on Energy and Commerce 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 

the House has lost confidence in the performance of 

Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Nancy 

Nord, and urging the President to request her resignation. 


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Whereas, at this critical time before the holiday gift-giving 

season, it is vital that Americans can trust and know 

that products they purchase are safe; 

Whereas there have been over 21 million children’s products 

recalled this year and it has become clear that acting 

Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Nancy 

Nord is part of the problem, not the solution; 

Whereas, although the Consumer Product Safety Commission 

is an agency in distress, with only 401 employees down 

from over 1,000 in 1980, when asked in a Senate hearing 

if an increase in funding would help to better do her job, 

Chairman Nord refused to give an affirmative answer; 

Whereas it has come to light that Chairman Nord has traveled at the expense of the industries the Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with regulating, including trips sponsored by lobbying groups and lawyers representing the makers of hazardous recalled products; 

Whereas Chairman Nord is in effect protecting the companies 

that manufacture these dangerous products rather than 

protecting American consumers; 

Whereas Chairman Nord is either unwilling or unable to do 

the job with which she has been entrusted and has rejected Congress’s efforts to expand the agencies authority 

and resources; and 

Whereas, as Chairman Nord made a statement refusing to 

resign, she has placed the onus upon Congress to urge 

the President to ask for her resignation: Now, therefore, 

be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 


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1 (1) has lost confidence in Consumer Product 

2 Safety Commission Acting Chairman Nancy Nord; 

3 and 

4 (2) urges the President to request her resigna5 tion and to nominate a new candidate more capable 

6 of serving as the head of the Consumer Product 

7 Safety Commission. 

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