IV 
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 Commis-
sion 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 Cali-
fornia, 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 Cali-
fornia, 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 resigna-
tion. 
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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 trav-
eled at the expense of the industries the Consumer Prod-
uct Safety Commission is charged with regulating, includ-
ing trips sponsored by lobbying groups and lawyers rep-
resenting 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 re-
jected 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 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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(1) has lost confidence in Consumer Product 
Safety Commission Acting Chairman Nancy Nord; 
and 
(2) urges the President to request her resigna-
tion and to nominate a new candidate more capable 
of serving as the head of the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission. 
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