Consumer Product Safety Nominees Approved
Added Northup, “I have served in the Kentucky Legislature for nine years and then in Congress for ten years and in all those years I felt that my degree in economics and my professional work was only half of what I brought to each challenge. The other part was being the mother of six children.” Northup continued, “When our children were young, they only received toys twice a year: on their birthdays and Christmas and even that was a financial challenge. I worried about what my children needed and how I was going to pay for it. It never occurred to me that I should also worry about the safety of the toy.” Northup concluded, “I had never heard of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, but I had faith in the American system of protection. Families need to have faith in the system again. They have to be able to count on us.”