Round of questions. We expect you to answer them fully and to the best of your ability. The commission is fully formed and five members. According to that commission, deaths and injuries and Property Damage if incidents stemming from Consumer Product cost the nation more than a trillion dollars. Thats an economic cost, the cost to human beings and lives and families is even much more and unknowable. You have a mandate to protect consumers from risks associated with 15,000 Consumer Products including household products, toys, Sporting Goods and more. They were established by the safety act in 1972. The jurisdictionally independent agency chargesen with forcing various federal statutes geared at protecting consumers. Central to the commissions function is the use of voluntarily Consumer Product standards instead of mandatory regulations, requirements when appropriate. This approach allows the agency to have a collaborative working relationship with consumer advocacy groups, manufacturers
From u. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission members on hazard quus products and consumer safety. They spoke about recent recalls including a fisher price sleeper that was associated with the deaths of more than 30 infants. This is about an hour and 15 minutes. Good morning, everyone. The subcommittee will come to order. Welcome to todays oversight hearing on consumer Product Safety Commission. Thank you to all the commissioners for being with us today. I am meezed that were having an on time start. We have votes at 11 30. There will only be one round of questions. That doesnt mean the witnesses cant pretend they dont have all the answers in the first round of questions. We expect you to answer them fully and to the best of your ability. The commission is fully formed and five members. According to that commission, deaths and injuries and Property Damage if incidents stemming from Consumer Product cost the nation more than a trillion dollars. Thats an economic cost, the cost to human
Associated with the crime family. That all happens tonight on cspan2 book tv. Now here is Merrill Gordon on the life of bunny mellon. Okay. I think were gonna get started. Thank you everyone for coming. My name is cody and i help with the events here at the culture on columbus and we are so pleased to be hosting mel gordon for this conversation on the life of an american legend, bonnie bunny mellon. We are nestled here on the Upper West Side and weve been here almost three years. Some of you may remember the space. We are so happy to be here and to be able to celebrate this great and important work. Do take note that cspan is here recording the talk. During the q a session, if you will give us a couple seconds to run the microphone to you so shes not talking to no one on the recording. After words if you give us a couple seconds to set up we will have a signing at the front near the register. Eyeing courage you to pick up a copy or two or three so we can continue to be here and celebra
You. Boy, going outside after those new years parties, sheena, it slaps you in the face. Happy new year. Happy new year, guys. My resolution is to listen more. I dont listen enough. And selective reading and hearing. Thats a problem. Sometimes you need that. With certain people, yes. With certain people you have to be selective on what you hear and see. We always listen to you, sheena. You have to listen to me today. Were talking about a weather alert day because of the cold. Look at the temperatures. These are actual temperatures. This is not the windchill. These are actual temperatures right now. If we get down to 12 degrees in washington, we have quite a few hours before we hit our low, that would be the coldest morning on new years day since 1968. A lot of the areas looking at the single numbers for the windchill. Look at the windchills for the area. 7 below in 1 below dulles. 5 degrees in washington. Well see whats coming up, guys. Thank you so much. Chris lawrence is at the live
2018 finally here. Were working for you this morning to help you keep the new years resolutions. Aaron and eun off on this 1st of january 2018. Im david culver. Im molette green. Happy new year. We have on our fancy clothes. Just to make it look like we had a social life, at least for me. Keep the celebration going into the new year. Even though well freeze if we dont bundle up, sheena. Its cold. Cant show off the fancy things outside. Got to cover it up. You will literally freeze. Turn into a statue. Were talking about kiwindchill so dangerous that exposing the skin for 30 minutes could cause frostbite. This is dangerous cold across the area. Down to 3 degrees below zero in in manassas. 1 degree at dulles. Martinsburg feels like 0. Quantico feeling like 1 degree. 2 degrees in clinton. As you wake up, if youre stepping outside around 7 00, 8 00, 9 00, you want to bundle up. Temperatures in the mid to low teens. Its really the windchills that were worried about. Were looking at windchil