Kansas congressman tries to limit consumer watchdog
By David Goldstein
WASHINGTON | Uncle Sam’s consumer watchdog will make it easier for shoppers to investigate product safety, despite a Kansas congressman’s effort to muzzle it.
U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo, a Republican freshman from Wichita, had hoped to block the Consumer Product Safety Commission from launching a new online database next Friday that will allow the public to view product safety complaints.
“The federal government is going to get involved in running a database, which I am conceptually not opposed to, but want to ensure that the material it puts on it is helpful,” Pompeo said.
His amendment, which the House passed last month as part of its budget bill, would put the project on hold through September, the end of the current fiscal year, to give Congress a chance to make changes that both he and the business community would prefer.
Yeah, because protecting those corporations is far more important than protecting the American public, right Congressman Pompeo?Okay, so here you have this representative out of Wichita and, keeping in mind that the Koch brothers hail from there and what have you got?
Pompeo’s top donor to his campaign for Congress last year was Koch Industries of Wichita. It contributed $79,500 from individuals and the company’s political action committee, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
Koch spent $220,000 in 2008 in lobbying fees related to Consumer Product Safety Commission legislation and the consumer database, among other issues, federal lobbying disclosure records show.
Nice, huh?Say, Kansans---want your government back?
Link to original story: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/03/05/2702023/kansas-congressman-tries-to-limit.html
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