Consumer Advocacy Groups Oppose Elimination of the CPSC

The Trump Administration has proposed elimination of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), a bipartisan independent agency created by Congress that handles numerous product safety questions. An elimination of the agency would take crucial data-driven safety rules that protect people around the country from dangerous and defective products and immediately leave those rules vulnerable to political aims. The CPSC’s own 2026 budget request to Congress was the vehicle for the proposal of both agency elimination and an alarming reduction in consumer safety funding and staffing. This budget request, as well as an earlier leak of Administration documents that revealed a plan to get rid of the CPSC, have been strongly condemned by the Consumer Federation of America and other groups. There is still recourse if you or a loved one was injured by a defective or dangerous product. You should consult the seasoned product liability lawyers of Moll Law Group to determine whether you have a viable claim. Billions have been recovered in lawsuits with which we’ve been involved.

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The CPSC budget request proposes that CPSC functions be transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Meanwhile, the HHS is also experiencing a dramatic reduction in both funding and workforce. There have been layoffs, grant cancellations, and disruptions to public health programs around the country. In its criticism of the budget request for elimination, the Consumer Federation stated that it was fantastical to think that a new assistant secretary position could effectively utilize HHS administrative and support functions in the face of HHS’s huge budget cuts. The budget request, it says, will impair the ability to discover, respond to, and ultimately stop dangerous products from entering homes.

There are also 121 consumer advocacy groups that have called on Congress to reject the plan to collapse CPSC into HHS on the grounds that moving the agency could delay and weaken oversight, including the taking of important safety actions around dangerous products. The groups have asked Congress to maintain CPSC’s independence in the interests of household safety, and they’ve also asked Congress to fully fund the original fiscal year 2026 budget request from CPSC rather than follow the transfer plan. With the funds from the original budget request, the CPSC could conduct detailed investigations of emerging dangers, inform the public more clearly about safety problems, modernize its outdated technologies, stop dangerous items at ports of entry, and improve enforcement of product safety laws.

The group has argued that folding the CPSC into HHS could result in significant delays in recalls, investigations and warnings for the public. The move could result in decisions stalled by months or years due to the need for additional approval from the HHS Secretary and the Office of Management and Budget.

It can be important to bring a product liability lawsuit in the event that you are injured by a dangerous and defective product. Products can be defective in terms of their manufacturing, marketing or design. Theories of liability under which these suits may be proven include negligence, breach of warranty, statutory violation, breach of contract, and strict liability.

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