Ann Marie Buerkle Is Trump's Pick to Lead Product Safety Agency: What to Know
Since early February, Ann Marie Buerkle has been a beneficiary of the new administration, elevated by President Donald Trump from her Republican…
July 26, 2017 at 01:36 PM
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Since early February, Ann Marie Buerkle has been a beneficiary of the new administration, elevated by President Donald Trump from her Republican seat on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to the role of acting chairwoman.
But, so far, Buerkle's only a nominal leader. While the Democratic heads of other five-member commissions resigned after Trump's election, the CPSC's former chairman, Elliot Kaye, elected to stay on in one of the four remaining seats. The unusual dynamic has prolonged the Democrats' majority and occasionally put the agency's acting leader on the losing side of votes.
That could soon change for Buerkle. This week, Trump nominated the former New York congresswoman to serve as the commission's chairwoman in a permanent capacity, putting her in line to lead the agency when Republicans take a majority.
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