National Whistleblower Center: Whistleblower Protection Provisions In Jeopardy
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 16, 2008
1:44 PM
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CONTACT: National Whistleblower Center
Marshall D. Chriswell (202) 342-6980
Stephen M. Kohn (202) 342-6980
mc@whistleblowers.org |
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Consumer Product Reform Legislation Conference
Meeting Set for Thursday, July 17, 2008
Whistleblower Protection Provisions In Jeopardy
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WASHINGTON - July 16 - House and Senate members will meet in conference tomorrow to discuss the Consumer Product Safety Reform Bill, H.R. 4040. It is expected that the future of the whistleblower provisions of this law will be decided at this time.
This Legislation is Congress’ response to the massive consumer product recalls, on everything from lead-laden children’s toys to toxic toothpaste, which had angered Americans and prompted calls for reform.
The most important aspect of this legislation is protection for whistleblowers. Other provisions of the bill, such as increasing the Consumer Product Safety Commission budget to add hundreds of new regulators and inspectors, can only be effective if these employees have the freedom to tell the truth about defective and dangerous products.
In a letter to the Members of the Conference, Stephen M. Kohn, the President of the National Whistleblower Center stated:
For this new law to work, we must have eyes and ears on the factory floors. These are the eyes and ears of honest employees, and without protection they cannot alert us to the dangerous or defective products that will end up on our supermarket shelves.
MEMBERS OF THE CONFERENCE
Boxer, Barbara- (D - CA)
Phone: (202) 224-3553
Pryor, Mark L.- (D - AR)
Phone: (202) 224-2353
Inouye, Daniel K.- (D - HI)
Phone: (202) 224-3934
Klobuchar, Amy- (D - MN)
Phone: (202) 224-3244
Fax: (202)228-2186
Hutchison, Kay Bailey- (R - TX)
Phone: (202) 224-5922
Sununu, John E.- (R - NH)
Phone: (202) 224-2841
Stevens, Ted- (R - AK)
Phone: (202) 224-3004
Dingle, John (Michigan)
Phone: (202) 225-4071
Waxman, Henry (California)
Phone: (202) 225-3976
Rush, Bobby (Illinois)
Phone: (202) 225-4372
DeGette, Diana (Colorado)
Phone: (202) 225-4431
Schakowsky, Jan (Illinois)
Phone: (202) 225-2111
Barton, Joe (Texas)
Phone: (202) 225-2002
Whitfield, Ed (Kentucky)
Phone: (202) 225-3115
Stearns, Cliff (Florida)
Phone: (202) 225-5744
The National Whistleblower Center is a nonprofit educational and advocacy organization dedicated to helping whistleblowers. Since 1988, the Center has worked with whistleblowers to improve environmental protection, nuclear safety, national security, government ethics and corporate accountability.
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