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Tainted Imports

Date: Sept. 25, 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Business and Consumers Trade


TAINTED IMPORTS -- (Extensions of Remarks - September 25, 2007)

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SPEECH OF
HON. JOHN BARROW
OF GEORGIA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

* Mr. BARROW. Madam Speaker, I rise today because I haven't been able to open up a newspaper in the last few months without reading about another product coming into this country from overseas that is tainted, poisonous, or dangerous in some major way.

* Tainted pet food, counterfeit alcohol, poisonous toothpaste, children's toys with lead paint . . . the list goes on and on.

* Frankly, I'm tired of hearing about these dangers only when it's too late to do anything about them without spending valuable time and resources to fix the problem. We need to do a better job of ensuring the safety of these imported products across the board.

* As a father and a consumer, I hope that in the coming weeks we'll devote the time necessary to figuring out how to identify these problems. We need to act before we read about more recalls or worse--when someone gets physically ill because of lax regulations or enforcement. We have a duty to ensure that the stream of commerce isn't polluted.


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