The economy. Healthcare. National defense.
These are among the issues expected to dominate the 111th Congress, which convenes today.
But local issues — from getting a ship named after Fort Worth to ensuring that a new Veterans Affairs clinic in Fort Worth opens in 2010 — will have their own time and place, legislators say.
"I hope that we all work together," said Rep. Kay… Read more »
Congressman Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas), M.D., yesterday voted to support the most sweeping product safety legislation since the inception of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in 1972. Burgess helped craft the original House bill and the version ratified yesterday contains two key provisions included at his urging. The bill now goes to the President for his signature. Read more »
Rep. Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-Lewisville) issues the following statement following his "no" vote on H.R. 1108:
I didn’t support the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act when it came through committee and I didn’t support it today. This bill will do nothing to actually reduce the risk of smoking-related illness.
The FDA should have the responsibility of regulating products that are either nutritive or therapeutic—tobacco is neither. The FDA’s scarce resources should be used to actually help improve our nation’s health and not maintain the status quo. Read more »
The Consumer Product Safety Commission needs to alert everyone once again to a large recall involving magnetic toys that pose a serious danger to young children because the small, powerful magnets can fall out.
2.4 million toys distributed by MEGA Brands have been recalled and they involve the Magtastik and Magnetix Jr. Pre-School Magnetic Toys and MagnaMan Magnetic Action Figures. … Read more »
Congressman Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas), M.D., today urged Congress to work together to apply real problem-solving methods to repair the shortcomings revealed by the latest FDA self-assessment:
“I learned in my private medical practice that the only way to truly fix the ailments of my patients was to make sure the patient’s entire system was healthy. Putting a band-aide on a broken… Read more »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 19, 2007Contact: Alison Lynn Alison.Lynn@mail.house.gov202-225-7772
House Bill Ushers in the Next Generation of Product Safety
Legislation Rep. Burgess Co-Sponsors Passes U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today passed a bi-partisan bill to strengthen the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s… Read more »
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Mr. Speaker, I wanted to come to the floor tonight and discuss a growing problem that we seem to be seeing, a disturbing trend in food and consumer product safety recalls.
Mr. Speaker, the danger is very real. It has been widely documented, discussed in the media, in committee hearings, and around the water cooler at work. We have just come through a… Read more »
From the Consumer Product Safety Commission's website:
NEWS from CPSC
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Office of Information and Public Affairs
Washington, DC 20207
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENovember 20, 2007Release #08-086
CPSC Hotline: (800) 638-2772
CPSC Delivers the ABC’s of Toy Safety
WASHINGTON, D.C. - As gift-givers shop for that perfect toy this… Read more »
Today the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection held markup to consider two bills, H.R. 4040, the Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act, and H.R. 1216, the Cameron Gulbransen Kids and Cars Safety Act of 2007.
Congressman Michael Burgess, (R-Texas) offered two amendments to H.R. 4040:
the first amendment, which was subsequently withdrawn… Read more »
Thank you, Mr. Chairman and I thank the Chairman of the full committee who is exactly right, this will be recorded as a bright spot in the work of this committee this year. I want to thank Ranking Member Stearns for bringing the bill to this committee.
I am a cosponsor of the bill, and I would like to commend the leadership of this committee for the true bipartisan undertaking of H.R.… Read more »
