Children's Product Safety
H.R. 1319, The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
An Urgently-Needed Package to Address The Coronavirus Health & Economic Crisis
Passed House of Representatives February 27, 2021
Amended and Passed by the Senate on March 6, 2021
Senate Changes Passed by House on March 10, 2021
As the holiday shopping season kicks into full gear, we must reign in the excessive power of companies and fully fund the Consumer Product Safety Commission to improve product safety and better protect consumers. To report a dangerous product or to check if a product is recalled, go to SaferProducts.gov.
One of my key achievements since coming to Congress was the passage of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), which became law in 2008. CPSIA represents the most significant improvement in children's product safety and support for the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in decades.
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Energy & Commerce Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair, Congressman Tony Cardenas (CA-29) Vice Chair of Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee, and Senator Richard Blumenthal (CT), Ranking Member of the Commerce Manufacturing, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee sent letters to both Facebook and Craigslist to protect Americans from the sale of products that have been deemed unsafe and deadly to infants.
WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, cheered the passage of seven bills out of the full Energy and Commerce Committee which had moved through her subcommittee. The legislative bills deal with artificial intelligence, senior and pandemic scams, and consumer product safety.
WGN covered a press conference I hosted today to talk about the danger of leaving children in cars, and legislation I've introduced to prevent those situations, the HOT Cars Act.
Today, the full House considered bills that I ushered through my subcommittee, the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee (CPCS).