CPSIA: Senate Contacts Update

At the end of my post about the CPSIA, I asked you to contact your representatives if they voted for the Act and ask them to reform or repeal it before February 10.

This is especially important if one of your Senators is on the Commerce, Science, & Transportation Committee, and especially if he or she is a Democrat, as they make up the majority:

Senate Democrats (listed in alphabetical order by state, except for the chair)

• [WV] Chairman John D. Rockefeller IV: (202) 224-6472
• [AK] Mark Begich: 202-224-3004
• [AR] Mark Pryor: (202) 224-2353
• [CA] Barbara Boxer: (202) 224-3553
• [FL] Bill Nelson: 202-224-5274
• [HI] Daniel K. Inouye: 202-224-3934
• [MA] John F. Kerry: (202) 224-2742
• [MN] Amy Klobuchar: 202-224-3244
• [MO] Claire McCaskill: (202) 224-6154
• [ND] Bryon L. Dorgan: (202) 224-2551
• [NJ] Frank R. Lautenberg: (202) 224-3224
• [NM] Tom Udall: 202-224-6621
• [VA] Mark Warner: 202-224-2023
• [WA] Maria Cantwell: 202-224-3441

Senate Republicans

• [TX] Ranking Member Kay Bailey Hutchison: 202-224-5922
• [FL] Mel Martinez: (202) 224-3041
• [GA] John Isakson: (202) 224-3643
• [KS] Sam Brownback: (202) 224-6521
• [LA] David Vitter: (202) 224-4623
• [ME] Olympia J. Snowe: (202) 224-5344
• [MS] Roger Wicker: 202-224-6253
• [NE] Mike Johanns: 202-224-4224
• [NV] John Ensign: (202) 224-6244
• [SC] Jim DeMint: 202-224-6121 (was one of only 3 Senators to vote against the CPSIA)
• [SD] John Thune: (202) 224-2321

Source: Zip-n-Go Blanket.

The CPSIA is a shining example of slapdash, knee-jerk legislation that was given a politically-popular title and passed without most of Congress having bothered to read it or understand what unintended consequences it might have. Call your representatives and make them understand that the CPSIA will kill the children’s market in the name of protecting it.

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Yvonne posted this on January 24th, 2009 @ 5:02pm in News/Politics | Permalink to "CPSIA: Senate Contacts Update"