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LETTER TO THE EDITOR -- STRICT STANDARDS NEEDED ON ATVS MADE IN CHINA
By : Senator Ted Stevens
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June 18, 2007 - Wall Street Journal - Your article on the Consumer Product Safety Commission's recent warning over ATVs (all-terrain vehicles) imported from China ("Chinese ATV Is Called Hazardous," Politics & Economics, June 6) aroused my interest. During a meeting of the China-U.S. Interparliamentary Conference in Washington, I urged members of the National People's Congress, led by Sheng Huaren, vice chairman of the Secretary-General Standing Committee, to establish strict safety standards for ATVs exported to the U.S. Our delegation cautioned that Congress stands ready to enact restrictions on ATV imports if such standards aren't established by the People's Republic of China.
This issue was discussed at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing last month, and I am working with Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas on legislation to improve safety standards for ATVs sold in the U.S. We hope to convince Congress to approve legislation directing the Consumer Product Safety Commission to address this pressing issue. Regardless of where ATVs are made, strict safety standards are necessary.
As important as it is to ensure safe ATVs, it is also essential for the Senate to approve a chairman for the commission, which can only fulfill its duty of protecting consumers from unsafe products when it is fully operational.
Sen. Ted Stevens (R., Alaska)
Washington
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18th - current Opinion Editorial
Author : Senator Ted Stevens
Wall Street Journal -
Your article on the Consumer Product Safety Commissions recent warning over ATVs (all-terrain vehicles) imported from China (Chinese ATV Is Called Hazardous, Politics & Economics, June 6) aroused my interest. During a meeting of the China-U.S. Interparliamentary Conference in Washington, I urged members of the National Peoples Congress, led by Sheng Huaren, vice chairman of the Secretary-Gener...
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13th - Improving public safety communications is matter of life and death in emergencies
Author : Senator Ted Stevens
The Hill -
Great progress has been made during the last two years regarding the advancement of public safety’s communication needs. One key legislative initiative was the digital television transition legislation that established a date certain when 24 MHz of prime spectrum will be put into the hands of first responders. The legislation also requires that 60 MHz of prime spectrum be auctioned and directs ...
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