Pamela Gilbert, a partner at Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca and board member of the National Consumers League (NCL), is among the voices featured in a joint letter signed by 100 stakeholders calling on the Trump administration to rescind its attempted removal of three Democratic Commissioners from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
The letter—led by NCL, Consumer Federation of America, and Consumer Reports—urges the administration to reverse its May 8th action, which sought to unlawfully dismiss Commissioners Alexander Hoehn-Saric, Richard Trumka, and Mary T. Boyle. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit later blocked the attempted firings, ordering the reinstatement of all three Commissioners.
“This unlawful effort to dismantle the leadership and bipartisanship of the CPSC will significantly undermine the Agency’s ability to protect the health and safety of the American people,” the letter reads. “Silencing the voices of subject matter experts with whom you politically disagree would have a chilling effect on the CPSC’s functions.
Gilbert, a nationally recognized consumer advocate and former Executive Director of the CPSC, emphasized the critical importance of the agency’s independence in a statement:
“The Consumer Product Safety Commission was intentionally created by Congress as an independent agency to ensure that public safety, not politics, guides its decision-making. Undermining that independence threatens the agency’s lifesaving mission and puts children and families at risk. Health and safety agencies must be able to rely on expertise and the law—not the whims of political shifts—to keep families safe from dangerous products.”
Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca has a long history of fighting for consumer rights and supporting public institutions tasked with safeguarding the public interest. The firm is proud to support efforts to preserve the CPSC’s ability to fulfill its mission without political interference.
Read the full letter here: https://nclnet.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Letter-Rescind-Order-Firing-CPSC-Commisioners-7-21-25.pdf