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WASHINGTON (AP) - A manufacturing trade association executive is President Bush's pick to be chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Democrats and consumer advocates on Thursday voiced concern that the nominee would be too beholden to business interests.
Bush nominated Michael Baroody, executive vice president of the National Association of Manufacturers, to head the commission charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products.
NAM President John Engler said Baroody will bring "impartial judgment" to the agency and will be an advocate for sound policy to enhance consumer safety. "No one who knows Mike Baroody has ever questioned his commitment to fair play and, most importantly, good government," Engler said.
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