Category: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

Republicans Introduce Bills to Prevent Biden Administration From Banning Gas Stoves

March 21, 2023
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Two House Energy and Commerce Committee Republicans announced on March 20 they are introducing legislation to prevent the Biden administration from banning gas stoves. The legislation was introduced by Reps. Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.) and Debbie Lesko, (R-Ariz.) in response to the Biden administration’s two-pronged push to ban gas stoves, and might go to the House…

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Baby Pillow Maker Sues Federal Regulator for Alleged Overreach

September 19, 2022
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An Oklahoma-based family-owned pillow-making business is suing the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) after it tried to shut down the company when two infants died after parents ignored explicit product safety warnings. The lawsuit claims regulatory overreach and seeks to curb the powers of the CPSC, an administrative agency. The legal complaint (pdf) in…

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Chinese Company, Others to Pay $91M for Defective Dehumidifiers

October 29, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—A Chinese appliance manufacturer and two of its subsidiaries will pay $91 million for failing to notify the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that millions of dehumidifiers sold to U.S. consumers were defective and could catch fire, federal prosecutors said Oct. 29. Gree Electric Appliances Inc.. an appliance manufacturer headquartered in Zhuhai, China,…

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