Robert (Bob) S. Adler's Statements

2021

	October 05, 2021	Dissenting Opinion of Acting Chairman Robert Adler on Commission Vote to Implement Roughly 50 Amendments to Fy 2022 Operating Plan Without Notice or an Opportunity for Deliberation or Discussion
	September 29, 2021	Further Statement of Acting Chairman Robert Adler on Fiscal Year 2022 Operating Plan
	September 27, 2021	Statement Of Acting Chairman Robert Adler On Fiscal Year 2022 Operating Plan
	September 23, 2021	The Fifth North America Product Safety Summit Joint Statement
	September 08, 2021	Statement of Acting Chairman Robert Adler Opposing Termination of CPSC Rulemaking on Flammability of Residential Upholstered Furniture
	July 27, 2021	Statement Of Acting Chairman Robert Adler On Petition Requesting Rulemaking On Commercially Bred Dogs Sold To Consumers
	July 20, 2021	Statement of Acting Chairman Robert S. Adler on Vacation Rental Platforms, Agencies, and Websites
	June 15, 2021	Statement of Acting Chairman Robert S. Adler re: Vote on Final Rule to Establish a Safety Standard for Infant Sleep Products
	June 02, 2021	Statement of Acting Chairman Robert Adler on the Passage of the Final Rule on Infant Sleep Products
	May 06, 2021	Statement of Acting Chairman Robert Adler on Flocked Toys
	May 05, 2021	Statement of Acting Chairman Robert Adler on the Recall of the Peloton Tread Plus and Tread Treadmills
	March 25, 2021	Statement of Acting Chairman Robert Adler on Passage of 2021 Mid-Year One Plan
	March 04, 2021	Letter From CPSC Acting Chairman Robert Adler on Agency Resources
	January 05, 2021	Statement of Acting Chairman Robert Adler on Kidde Inc. Civil Penalty

2020

	November 18, 2020	Statement of Acting Chairman Robert Adler on the Referral of a Civil Penalty Case to the U.S. Department of Justice
	November 10, 2020	Statement of Acting Chairman Robert Adler on the Passage of the FY 2021 Operating Plan
	September 29, 2020	Statement of Acting Chairman Robert S. Adler on CPSC’s Fiscal Year 2021 Operating Plan
	September 28, 2020	Joint Statement Of Commissioner Robert S. Adler And Commissioner Elliot F. Kaye On Recalls Of Unstable Furniture
	July 06, 2020	Commissioner Kaye and Acting Chairman Adler Statement on Petition 19-A for Classification of “Vacuum Diffusion Technology” as an Anti-Entrapment System under the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act
	May 12, 2020	Statement Of Acting Chairman Robert S. Adler And Commissioner Elliot F. Kaye Regarding Opei Petition To Amend Warning Label Requirements Of CPSC Safety Standard For Walk-Behind Power Lawn Mowers (CP 19-1)
	May 04, 2020	Commissioner Kaye and Acting Chairman Adler Statement on ASTM's Revisions to Safety Standard for Handheld Infant Carriers

2019

	December 05, 2019	CPSC Acting Chairman Robert Adler Commends Amazon, buybuy Baby, eBay, and Walmart for their Commitment to Safe Sleep for Infants; Companies Pledge to Discontinue Inclined Sleep Products
	October 24, 2019	Dissenting Opinion of Commissioner Robert Adler On Organohalogen Amendment to the CPSC FY 2020 Operating Plan
	August 06, 2019	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler and Commissioner Elliot F. Kaye Regarding Petition CP 18-2: Labeling Requirements Regarding Slip Resistance of Floor Coverings
	July 26, 2019	Dissenting Opinion of Commissioners Adler and Kaye Regarding the Statement of Policy on Enforcement Discretion Regarding General Conformity Certificates for the Requirements of the Refrigerator Safety Act
	March 20, 2019	Dissenting Opinion Of Commissioners Robert S. Adler And Elliot F. Kaye On Motion To Add A Project On Children’s Furniture Tipover To Fy 2020 Performance Budget Request To Congress

2018

	November 19, 2018	Dissenting Opinion of Commissioner Robert S. Adler and Commissioner Elliot F. Kaye Regarding the Civil Penalty Settlement with EKO Development, LTD. And EKO USA, LLC
	November 09, 2018	Dissenting Opinion of Commissioner Robert S. Adler and Commissioner Elliot F. Kaye in the Matter of Britax Child Safety, Inc. CPSC Docket 18-1

2017

	October 18, 2017	Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler on the Approval of a Final Rule Prohibiting Children’s Toys and Childcare Articles Containing Specified Phthalates
	September 20, 2017	Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler on Vote to Grant Petition HP 15-1 Regarding Organohalogen Flame Retardants
	July 25, 2017	Joint Statement from Commissioners Adler, Kaye, Mohorovic & Robinson congratulating Ann Marie Buerkle
	May 30, 2017	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler On FY 2018 CPSC Budget Request to Congress
	May 15, 2017	Statement Of Commissioner Robert S. Adler on the CPSC Proposed Mandatory Standard Regarding Table Saws
	February 16, 2017	Statement of Commissioners Adler, Kaye, and Robinson Regarding The Civil Penalty Settlement Agreement with Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
	January 05, 2017	Joint Statement Of Chairman Elliot F. Kaye And Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding Petition Cp 16-1: Labeling Requirements Regarding Slip Resistance Of Floor Coverings

2016

	November 03, 2016	Joint Statement Of Chairman Elliot F. Kaye, Commissioner Robert S. Adler, Commissioner Marietta S. Robinson And Commissioner Joseph P. Mohorovic Recommending Parents And Caregivers Not Use Padded Crib Bumpers
	October 26, 2016	Commissioner Adler and Staff Meeting with Expert Panel on Crib Bumpers
	July 20, 2016	Joint Statement of Chairman Elliot F. Kaye and Commissioner Robert S. Adler On Civil Penalties
	April 12, 2016	Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler on the Petition Regarding Modification of the Commission's Standards for the Flammability of Clothing Textiles in 16 CFR Part 1610

2015

	July 17, 2015	Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler Regarding a Direct Final Rule and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Determinations Regarding Heavy Elements Limits for Unfinished and Untreated Wood
	January 16, 2015	Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler on the Request for an Extension of the Comment Period for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles

2014

	September 29, 2014	Statement on the Final Rule for Magnet Sets
	May 19, 2014	Acting Chairman Robert Adler Introduces Senior Safety Initiative
	May 14, 2014	Statement of Commissioner Adler regarding the Dissenting Opinion on the Consent Agreement in the Matter of Maxfield and Oberton, LLC and Craig Zucker, individually and as an officer of Maxfield and Oberton, LLC, Respondents
	February 14, 2014	Statement of Acting Chairman Robert S. Adler on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding an Amendment to the Regulation on Information Disclosure Under Section 6(b) of the Consumer Product Safety
	February 13, 2014	Statement of Acting Chairman Robert S. Adler on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding an Amendment to the Regulation on Information Disclosure Under Section 6(b) of the Consumer Product Safety

2013

	November 15, 2013	Joint Statement of Chairman Tenenbaum, Commissioner Adler and Commissioner Robinson on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Voluntary Recall Notices and Corrective Action Plans
	September 17, 2013	Statement of the Honorable Robert S. Adler (along with the Honorable Thomas H. Moore and the Honorable Inez M. Tenenbaum) on the Final Interpretive Rule on Civil Penalty Factors
	September 17, 2013	Joint Statement of Chairman Inez Tenenbaum and Commissioner Robert Adler on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Certificates of Compliance
	September 17, 2013	Joint Statement of Chairman Inez M. Tenenbaum, Commissioner Robert S. Adler and Commissioner Thomas H. Moore on the Votes to Approve the Final Rule on Third-Party Testing and Certification
	September 17, 2013	Joint Statement of Chairman Inez M. Tenenbaum and Commissioners Robert S. Adler and Thomas H. Moore Regarding the Fiscal Year 2012 Performance Budget Request
	September 17, 2013	Joint Statement of Chairman Inez M. Tenenbaum and Commissioners Robert S. Adler and Thomas H. Moore Regarding the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database Final Rule
	September 17, 2013	Joint Statement of Chairman Inez M. Tenenbaum, Commissioner Robert S. Adler and Commissioner Thomas H. Moore on the Vote to Approve the Notice of Requirements for the Phthalates Provision of the CPSIA
	September 17, 2013	Joint Statement of Chairman Inez M. Tenenbaum and Commissioner Robert S. Adler on the Vote to Approve Provisionally a Civil Penalty Settlement with Kolcraft
	September 17, 2013	Statement of Chairman Tenenbaum and Commissioner Adler on the CPSC Staff Plan for Retrospective Review of Existing CPSC Regulations
	July 19, 2013	Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler Statement on the JPMA Petition Requesting Commission Action Regarding Crib Bumpers
	May 22, 2013	Further Supplemental Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler on the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement with Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
	May 16, 2013	Commissioner Adler's Supplemental Statement on CPSC's Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement with Willliams-Sonoma Inc.
	May 09, 2013	Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler on CPSC's Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement with Williams-Sonoma Inc.
	April 18, 2013	Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler on the CPSC Fiscal Year 2014 Budget
	February 22, 2013	Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler regarding the Section 1112 rule
	January 22, 2013	Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler on the CPSC Fiscal Year 2013 Operating Plan

2012

	December 10, 2012	Petition CP12-1 for Classification of "BeeSafe System" as an Alternative Anti-Entrapment System Under the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act
	October 22, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler regarding the Civil Penalty Statement Agreement with Aqua-Leisure Industries, Inc.
	October 10, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding CPSC’s ATV Safety Summit on October 11-12, 2012
	August 29, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler: Retraction of a Statement Made at the November 4, 2009, Commission Meeting on the Pending Decisional Matter: Brass Lead Exlcusions Petition
	August 29, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler on the Commission Report to Congress Pursuant to the Statement of Managers Accompanying P.L. 111-117
	August 29, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler on the Final Interpretative Rule Addressing the Term "Unblockable Drain" as used in the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act
	August 29, 2012	Statement of the Honorable Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Children’s Product Rule
	August 29, 2012	Supplemental Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database Rule
	August 29, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Proposed Extension of the Compliance Date of the New Mandatory Full Size and Non-Full-Size Cribs Standards Under Section 104 of the CPSIA
	August 29, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Adoption of the ANSI/SVIA 2010-1 Revision to the Mandatory All-Terrain Vehicle Standard
	August 29, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) for Table Saws
	August 29, 2012	Further Supplemental Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler Regarding the Approval of Third Party Testing Rules for Children's Products
	August 29, 2012	Dissenting Opinion of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding a Civil Penalty Settlement Agreement With the Hewlett-Packard Company
	August 29, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Final Rule Amending the Mandatory All-Terrain Vehicle Standard
	August 29, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding CPSC’s ATV Safety Summit on October 11-12, 2012
	August 29, 2012	Statement of the Honorable Robert S. Adler
	August 29, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler Regarding the Stay of Enforcement of Certain Testing and Certification Requirements
	August 29, 2012	Statement on Lead Regulation under the CPSIA - Commissioner Robert Adler
	August 29, 2012	Statement of the Honorable Robert S. Adler (along with the Honorable Thomas H. Moore and the Honorable Inez M. Tenenbaum) on the Final Interpretive Rule on Civil Penalty Factors
	August 29, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler on the revised proposal to define "public accommodation" in the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act
	August 29, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Compliance Date of the Final Standards for Full Size and Non-Full-Size Cribs Under Section 104 of the CPSIA
	August 29, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Extension of CPSC Stay of Enforcement of Testing and Certification Requirements on Lead Content in Children's Products
	August 29, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Technological Feasibility of 100 Parts Per Million Lead Content Limit in Children's Products
	August 29, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler on the Revocation of the Interpretation of the Term "Unblockable Drain" under the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Space Safety Act
	August 29, 2012	Supplemental Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Approval of Third Party Testing Rules for Children's Products
	August 29, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Requiring Child-Resistant Packaging for Imidazolines
	August 29, 2012	Adler Regarding the Power Tool Institute's (PTI) Request for an Additional Extension of Time to Submit Comments on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) for Table Saw Blade Contact Injuries
	August 22, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler: Retraction of a Statement Made at the November 4, 2009, Commission Meeting on the Pending Decisional Matter: Brass Lead Exlcusions Petition
	August 22, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler on the Commission Report to Congress Pursuant to the Statement of Managers Accompanying P.L. 111-117
	August 22, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler on the Final Interpretative Rule Addressing the Term "Unblockable Drain" as used in the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act
	August 22, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler on the revised proposal to define "public accommodation" in the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act
	August 22, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Compliance Date of the Final Standards for Full Size and Non-Full-Size Cribs Under Section 104 of the CPSIA
	August 22, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Extension of CPSC Stay of Enforcement of Testing and Certification Requirements on Lead Content in Children's Products
	August 22, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Technological Feasibility of 100 Parts Per Million Lead Content Limit in Children's Products
	August 22, 2012	Statement of the Honorable Robert S. Adler
	August 22, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler Regarding the Stay of Enforcement of Certain Testing and Certification Requirements
	August 22, 2012	Statement on Lead Regulation under the CPSIA - Commissioner Robert Adler
	August 22, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Establishing a Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database
	August 22, 2012	Statement of the Honorable Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Children’s Product Rule
	August 22, 2012	Supplemental Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Publicly Available Consumer Product Safety Information Database Rule
	August 22, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Proposed Extension of the Compliance Date of the New Mandatory Full Size and Non-Full-Size Cribs Standards Under Section 104 of the CPSIA
	August 22, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Adoption of the ANSI/SVIA 2010-1 Revision to the Mandatory All-Terrain Vehicle Standard
	August 21, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler on the Revocation of the Interpretation of the Term "Unblockable Drain" under the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Space Safety Act
	August 21, 2012	Supplemental Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Approval of Third Party Testing Rules for Children's Products
	August 21, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Requiring Child-Resistant Packaging for Imidazolines
	August 21, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Power Tool Institute's (PTI) Request for an Additional Extension of Time to Submit Comments on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
	August 21, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) for Table Saws
	August 21, 2012	Further Supplemental Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler Regarding the Approval of Third Party Testing Rules for Children's Products
	August 21, 2012	Dissenting Opinion of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding a Civil Penalty Settlement Agreement With the Hewlett-Packard Company
	August 21, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Final Rule Amending the Mandatory All-Terrain Vehicle Standard
	August 15, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding CPSC’s ATV Safety Summit on October 11-12, 2012
	July 17, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler on a Final Rule to Substitute the Term "Representative" for "Random" in the Commission's Continued Testing Rule for Children's Products
	April 25, 2012	Statement of Commissioner Robert S. Adler Regarding the Petition of Joseph Ertl, Inc., for an Exemption From the Lead Content Limits for Certain Components of Its Ride-On Pedal Tractors

2011

	April 08, 2011	Joint Statement of Chairman Inez Tenenbaum, Commissioner Nancy Nord, Commissioner Anne Northrup and Commissioner Robert Adler on the Pending Government Shutdown
	April 06, 2011	Letter from Chairman Inez Tenenbaum, Commissioner Thomas Moore, and Commissioner Robert Adler to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Regarding Potential Changes to the CPSIA

2010

March 03, 2010

Separate Statement of Commissioner Robert Adler on the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act