is refusing an increase in its budget by congress to help the agency be able to handle the larger volume of products on the market. Wonder who instructed her to do this? Who made this decision? Who's in charge of trying to poison America?
Edited to correct agency name in title and to add article link.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/30/washington/30consumer.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=sloginsnip
Bigger Budget? Agency
By STEPHEN LABATON
Published: October 30, 2007
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 — The nation’s top official for consumer product safety has asked Congress in recent days to reject legislation intended to strengthen the agency, which polices thousands of consumer goods, from toys to tools.
On the eve of an important Senate committee meeting to consider the legislation, Nancy A. Nord, the acting chairwoman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, has asked lawmakers in two letters not to approve the bulk of legislation that would increase the agency’s authority, double its budget and sharply increase its dwindling staff.
Ms. Nord opposes provisions that would increase the maximum penalties for safety violations and make it easier for the government to make public reports of faulty products, protect industry whistle-blowers and prosecute executives of companies that willfully violate laws.
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