Peter Feldman (attorney)
{{About|the Commissioner of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission|other uses| Peter Feldman (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Peter A. Feldman
| image = Feldman Official Portrait.jpg
| office = Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
| president = Donald Trump
| predecessor = Alexander Hoehn-Saric
| termstart = January 21, 2025
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|5|22}}
| birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date =
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| party = Republican{{cite web|url= https://www.rnla.org/6788 |title= Member Profile - Peter Feldman |website= Republican National Lawyers Association |access-date=18 Feb 2021}}
| education = Colgate University (BA)
American University (JD)
| office1 = Commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
| termstart1 = October 5, 2018
| predecessor1 = Joseph Mohorovic
| president1 = Donald Trump
Joe Biden
Donald Trump
| status = Acting
}}
{{Short description|American lawyer (born 1982)}}
Peter A. Feldman (born May 22, 1982) is an American lawyer and currently serves as the acting chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Feldman was nominated by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://energycommerce.house.gov/news/press-release/walden-latta-on-senate-confirmation-of-cpsc-commissioner-peter-feldman/|title=Walden, Latta on Senate Confirmation of CPSC Commissioner Peter Feldman - Energy and Commerce Committee|date=2018-09-25|work=Energy and Commerce Committee|access-date=2018-10-08|language=en-US|archive-date=October 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008062953/https://energycommerce.house.gov/news/press-release/walden-latta-on-senate-confirmation-of-cpsc-commissioner-peter-feldman/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cpsc.gov/Newsroom/News-Releases/2018/Peter-Feldman-Confirmed-as-Commissioner-of-U-S-Consumer-Product-Safety-Commission|title=Peter Feldman Confirmed as Commissioner of U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission {{!}} CPSC.gov|website=www.cpsc.gov|language=en|access-date=2018-10-08}} Previously, he served as a senior counsel to the Commerce Committee in the U.S. Senate.{{Cite news|url=https://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ID=365CB96A-39D8-42F8-B30E-96406B903146|title=Thune Statement on Senate Confirmation of Peter Feldman to the Consumer Product Safety Commission|work=U.S. Senate Committee On Commerce, Science, & Transportation|access-date=2018-10-08|language=en}} Feldman is a Republican, and worked as a staffer for various Republican senators.
Early life and education
Feldman was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 22, 1982. Feldman attended St. Albans School in Washington, D.C. He then attended Colgate University, graduating with a B.A., cum laude, in 2004. Feldman received his juris doctor, cum laude, from American University’s Washington College of Law in 2010.
Career
Feldman served as a senior counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation from 2011 until he joined the CPSC in 2018. In that role, he served as a key advisor on consumer protection, product safety, data security, and privacy issues to Senator John Thune, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, and was instrumental in drafting and negotiating bipartisan legislation and conducting oversight and investigations of the CPSC, the Federal Trade Commission, and private sector firms.{{Cite web|url=https://cpsc.gov/About-CPSC/commissioner/peter-feldman|title=Peter A. Feldman Official CPSC Biography|website=www.cpsc.gov|access-date=October 18, 2018|archive-date=October 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019042544/https://cpsc.gov/About-CPSC/commissioner/peter-feldman|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news |date=September 25, 2018 |title=Sen. Moran Applauds Confirmation of Peter Feldman to Consumer Product Safety Commission |url=https://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=95167ADE-4FE9-438E-862A-BACDF13B5649 |access-date=2018-11-05 |work=Office of Sen. Jerry Moran |language=en}} Among other things, Feldman has advocated for science and risk-based regulations, agency engagement with stakeholders, and regulatory burden reduction.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rila.org/news/topnews/Pages/RILA-Applauds-Feldman-Nomination-to-CPSC.aspx|title=RILA Applauds Feldman Nomination to CPSC|work=Retail Industry Leaders Association|access-date=2018-11-05|language=en}}
Feldman led the commerce committee's efforts on numerous bipartisan legislative initiatives, including the Consumer Review Fairness Act, the Better Online Ticket Sales Act, and the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/crec/2018/09/25/CREC-2018-09-25-pt1-PgS6283-7.pdf|title=164 Cong. Rec. 158, S6291 (daily ed. Sept. 25, 2018) (statement of Sen. Thune)|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=2018-11-05}}
As the Senate commerce committee's senior sports attorney, Feldman worked to expand and modernize the United States Anti-Doping Agency, conducted investigations into the U.S. Olympic Committee following the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal, and served as lead negotiator on the bipartisan Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act.{{Cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/crec/2018/01/30/CREC-2018-01-30-pt1-PgS589-2.pdf|title=164 Cong. Rec. 20, S590 (daily ed. Jan. 30, 2018) (statement of Sen. Feinstein)|website=www.congress.gov|access-date=2018-11-05}}
As a staffer for former U.S. Senator Mike DeWine, Feldman worked directly on the Virginia Graeme Baker Pool and Spa Safety Act, a bill that aimed to protect children by reducing suction entrapment accidents in pools.
Feldman's appointment to the CPSC began a Republican majority on the commission.{{cite web|url=https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/president-trump-nominates-peter-feldman-77755/|title=President Trump Nominates Peter Feldman as CPSC Commissioner Signaling First Republican Majority at Commission Since 2006|website=JD Supra|date=June 5, 2018|access-date=18 February 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{C-SPAN|121059}}
- [https://cpsc.gov/About-CPSC/commissioner/peter-feldman CPSC biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019042544/https://cpsc.gov/About-CPSC/commissioner/peter-feldman |date=October 19, 2018 }}
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Category:U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission personnel
Category:Colgate University alumni
Category:Washington College of Law alumni
Category:21st-century American lawyers
Category:Employees of the United States Senate
Category:Lawyers from Cleveland
Category:Washington, D.C., Republicans
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