IV 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 803 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House has 
lost confidence in the performance of Consumer Product Safety Commis-
sion Chairwoman Nancy Nord, and urging the President to request 
her resignation. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 6, 2007 
Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. HARE, Mr. HOLT, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. CARDOZA, Ms. 
ESHOO, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. COURTNEY, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Ms. 
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, 
and Mr. WELCH of Vermont) 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 Chairwoman 
Nancy Nord, and urging the President to request her 
resignation. 
Whereas the mission of the Consumer Product Safety Com-
mission is to protect the public against unreasonable 
risks of injury associated with consumer products; 
Whereas, since 1974, the first year the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission (CPSC) went into operation, United 
States imports have quadrupled, and the CPSC is re-
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sponsible for overseeing more than 15,000 types of prod-
ucts, yet it now operates with approximately 400 staffers, 
fewer than half the number of staff when the agency was 
established; 
Whereas 80 percent of the toys Americans buy are Chinese 
imports, and in recent months more than 20 million toys 
manufactured in China were recalled because of lead 
paint and other hazards; 
Whereas, instead of prioritizing and addressing serious 
threats to public health or dealing with the CPSC’s own 
limitations, Commission Chairwoman Nancy Nord stub-
bornly pushes back and actively opposes legislation to 
grant the CPSC much needed authority and resources. 
Whereas Federal employees in regulatory agencies are gen-
erally prohibited from receiving any ‘‘gift,’’ including pay-
ment or reimbursement of travel expenses, from someone 
who is seeking action from, doing business with, or regu-
lated by that agency, or whose interests may be substan-
tially affected by the performance or nonperformance of 
an employee’s official duties; 
Whereas prohibiting gifts to Federal employees is aimed at 
preventing a government employee from becoming be-
holden to anyone in the private sector who might affect 
the independence or judgment of that employee; 
Whereas Chairwoman Nord and her predecessor, Hal Strat-
ton, took nearly 30 trips at the expense of the toy, appli-
ance, and children’s furniture industries who had inter-
ests before the Commission, and the airfares, hotels, and 
meals of such trips totaled nearly $60,000; 
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Whereas the CPSC made travel bookings before the trips 
were approved and the CPSC’s ethics official traveled 
with the chairwoman as a guest of a regulated industry; 
Whereas Chairwoman Nord was reported to have taken a trip 
totaling $3,730 to San Francisco in 2005 sponsored by 
the Toy Industry Foundation, an association that rep-
resents the makers of 85 percent of the toys sold in the 
United States; 
Whereas Chairwoman Nord was reported to have taken a trip 
in February 2006, which was paid for by the Toy Indus-
try Association to attend the American International Toy 
Fair in New York; 
Whereas, in February, Chairwoman Nord accepted more than 
$2,000 in travel and accommodations from the Defense 
Research Institute to attend its meeting in New Orleans 
on ‘‘product litigation trends,’’ according to the agency’s 
internal records; 
Whereas the CPSC Inspector General Christopher W. Dentel 
has asserted that he will take steps to see to it that the 
relevant records detailing travel expenses are secured and 
an investigation initiated; and 
Whereas Chairwoman Nord is the wrong person to lead the 
CPSC as its chief regulator as she has shunned her regu-
latory responsibilities: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) has lost confidence in Consumer Product 
Safety Commission Chairwoman Nancy Nord; and 
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