Users of the BOB Stroller have reported the front wheel falling off while jogging with the stroller but the company has denied that it is a manufacturing defect. (Dustin Franz/for The Washington Post)Two Democratic senators said Wednesday they plan to seek documents from the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s acting chairwoman about her role in the agency’s safety investigations after a Washington Post story detailed how regulators backed off from a threat to recall a popular jogging stroller despite hundreds of accidents. Ann Marie Buerkle, the acting chairwoman and a Republican, is awaiting confirmation by the full Senate to continue serving at the agency beyond this year. Her nominations by President Trump for both commissioner and chairwoman passed Wednesday from a Senate committee on a 14-12 party-line vote. Buerkle for months had hid the investigation from the agency’s Democratic commissioners and then pushed the case toward settlement, according to the Post article.

Source: Washington Post April 03, 2019 23:03 UTC