To head the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)—the government agency charged with protecting consumers from dangerous products—President Bush wants to appoint Michael Baroody. Bush will sneak him in as a recess appointment while Congress is away for Easter.
Baroody has spent the past decade doing everything in his power to limit the ability of regulatory agencies like the CPSC to protect consumers. As the head of advocacy for the National Association of Manufacturers, he was a leader in its lobbying and political work, and a key spokesman for its efforts with the Business Industry Political Action Committee and other groups to help elect anti-regulation candidates.
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