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When President Obama last month called for government-wide regulatory reform, he recognized that many federal rules, no matter how well-intentioned, cost far more than they benefit. Some can be downright harmful. One measure ripe for regulatory review is the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). The law will be the focus of hearings this week before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
 
CPSIA greatly expanded the scope of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) in an effort to improve the safety of children’s products. The law does some good things, but it also needlessly burdens many small businesses, raises costs for consumers, and in some instances is introducing new risks to children. In other words, it is precisely the kind of rule-making President Obama should want reformed.

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