CPSC leadership
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Nomination of Harold Stratton to chair Consumer Product Safety Commission, take over as commissioner for remainder of term expiring Oct. 26, 2006, sent to the Senate March 13. Nomination will go before the Commerce Committee; no confirmation hearings have been scheduled. Bush Administration announced its choice in November, after Mary Sheila Gall's nomination was defeated by Senate Democrats (1"The Rose Sheet" Nov. 5, 2001, In Brief)...
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