and that's always the cpsc's goal. if you don't do it right it can cost an enormous amount of money and it doesn't save lives and that's what we want to avoid. >> mr. pritchard. i guess i should ask this question of you. the list that ms. carmichael read is impressive. it's impressive because of the young age of so many of the people who were met their demise. is there, do you placard these machines with an age restriction? or recommendation for training under certain ages? >> we do. the industry's recommendation is that in order to drive an rov you need to be at least 16 years of age and have a valid driver's license, these are not toys. these are not meant to be driven by children. this is on the machines. it's part of the free online training that's available to everyone. it's certainly part of the hands-on training. children don't belong behind the wheel of these vehicles. we've covered a lot of ground here in sort of very short form. one thing i do want to clarify is that when we talk about a voluntary standard, t

the cpsc is responsible for consumer products, not military vehicles. i believe this legislation is a delay tactic, pure and simple. it would delay the implementation of the cpsc's consumer focussed rule and enhanced safety and increased consumer information. it's not as if this rule making is moving too fast. the risk of rov death is not a new one and the public comment period for the rov rule making is currently open. there's nothing preventing the supporters of this legislation from making their concerns and their suggestions known. that's the way the process is supposed to work. what we cannot do is usher in a long delay for the sake of delay. the 335 rov-related deaths and 506 injuries from 2003 to 2013 i think it's time to act to enhance rov safeguards, not tie the hands of the cpsc. again, i look forward to hearing from our witnesses, thank them for coming today and i yield back. >> thank you, general lady yields back to chair recognizes miss blackburn five minutes for an opening statement, please. >> thank you mr. chairman. and i want to say tha

i think the focus of today is can we get this right between industry and the cpsc and if the cpsc just won't listen to industry, they won't listen to the folks who make these vehicles, maybe they'll listen to the academy of sciences. >> chair wishes to dhaing all members of the panel. i'll echo what mr. guthrie says. e extend our condolences for your loss. seeing that there are no further members wishing to ask questions with before we conclude i would like to submit the following documents for inclusion in the record. statement for the record from the consumer product safety commission a letter -- we did mr. olson's letter. a response letter from chairman elliott kate to chairman olson. i remind members they have ten business days to submit additional questions for the record. i ask the witnesses to submit their response within ten business days. without objection, again my thanks to the panel and thank you for staying with us through a long morning. without objection, the subcommittee is adjourned. >>> on the next washington journal, tim murphy of pennsylvania joins us to talk about

i think the focus of debate is is can we get this right between industry and the cpsc and if the cpsc just will not listen, they will not listen to the folks who make these vehicles can maybe they will listen to the national academy of sciences. >> very well. the chair wishes to thank all members of the panel. ms. crow-michael, just a quick was sick and i'm sure every member extend our condolences condolences for your loss. scenes are know for the members wishing to ask questions before we conclude i would like to submit the following documents for inclusion in the record by unanimous consent. statement for the record from commissioner marietta robinson from the cpsc a letter we already did mr. olson's letter and response letter from chairman elliot kaye to chairman olson. chairman olson. person to commit with an remind members that 10 business days to can submit additional questions for the record i asked the witnesses to submit a response within 10 business days upon receipt of the questions. without objection the again my thanks to the panel and thank you for staying with us throug

the product in cpsc's jurisdiction are inseparable from our lives.we believe we provide an excellent return on investment for the american people. we run a lean operation and we cover thousands of different kinds of consumer products that the budget in the millions, not the billions. we are very appreciative of the continued bipartisan support for the commission and our work. we saw the support in the overwhelming nearly unanimous vote to pass the consumer product safety improvement act of 2008 and the near unanimous passage of an update to cpsia in 2011. your support has allowed our dedicated staff to drive standards development, to make children's products safer to increase our enforcement effectiveness, and to better educate consumers about product-related hazards. our staff has also been hard at work trying to reduce costs associated with third-party testing while also assuring compliance with the law. congress' inclusion of the $1 million is part of our funding for the current fiscal year has enhanced those efforts. i have emphasized prioritizin

cpsc is responsible for consumer products, not military vehicles. the proposed rule is irrelevant to military rovs. i believe this legislation is a delay tactic pure and simple that it would delay the implementation of the cpsc's commonsense consumer focused role to reduce rovs rollovers enhance safety and increase consumer information. it's not as if this will make it is moving too fast. the risk of our of the death is not a new one and the public comment period for the rv rulemaking is currently open. there's nothing preventing the supporters are making their concerns and their suggestions known. that's the way the process is supposed to work. will begin to work. what we can do is usher in a long delay for the sake of delay. at 335, the 335 rv related deaths and 506 injuries from 2003-2013, i think it's time to act to enhance our the safeguard, not divans at that the cpsc. i cannot look forward to hearing from our witnesses. thank them for coming today and i yield back. >> the chair thanks the gentleman the. the chair recognizes the vice chair of

the cpsc would not release further information about this theory.scientists saying fit bit has the right to limit release of government information it can test or would reveal trade secrets. >> it's a scientifically valid proposition. >> we went to a professor of chemical engineering at uc berkeley. he says exposing sweat to an electrical charge would produce toxic compounds. like sodium hydroxide the same ingredient used in drain know to dissolve clogs. drain know has concentrations ranging from 1 to 40%. >> a high ph solution could very severely burn your skin. >> here at lawrence berkeley laboratory laboratory, the professor shows how electricity can cause a chemical reaction, he uses saltwater in place of sweat. a nine volt battery replaces the five volt fit bit charger. bubbles form on the pencil tips, that's the chemical reaction. >> if you have a small amount of sweat, you can have very large concentrations. >> a drop of saltwater on a ph stick, turns this square red. that means it's highly corrosive. >> it would burn your skin. >> this could

irritant makes sense to me. >> fit bit says this is not an agency report and testing conducted by cpscd with the determination of the cause of the allergic reaction. test results found no issues with the battery and confirmed these are not the source of the reaction. the consumer products safety commission never revealed it's theory that could be the battery to blame. we demanded information under the freedom of information act, good work. >> thank you. >> new details tonight on the indictment of house speaker dennis hastert. a source says he lied about paying to cover up decades old sexual misconduct when he was a teacher and wrestling coach in illinois. the report says he sexually abused one male student and possibly another student. he paid about half of $3.5 million so far. >> the national weather service texas got enough rain to cover the whole state. this morning a highway flooded and a crane removed the cement barrier. the highway remains closed. hundreds were rescued and dropped into a field. drones are searching for survivors. 27 people in texas and oklahoma have died a 6-year

. >> fit bit says this is not an agency report and testing conducted by cpsc that never disagreed withermination of the cause of the allergic reaction. test results found n issues with the battery and confirmed these are not the sourcof the reaction. the consumer products safety commission never revealed it's theo that could be the battery to blame. we demaed information under the freedom of informationact, good work. >> thank you. >> new details tonight on the indictment of house speer dennis hastert. a source says he lied about paying to cover up decades old sexual misconduct when he was a teacher and wrestling coach in illinois. the report says he sexually abused one male student ad possibly another student. he paid about half of $3.5 million so far. >> the national weather service texas got enough rain to cover the whole state. this morning a highway flooded and a crane removed the cement barrier. the highway remainsclosed. hundreds were rescued and dropped into a fie. drones are searching for survivors. 27 people in texas and oklahoma have di a 6-year-old boy was pulled from a riv