On October 2, 2025, after the federal government shut down, the Senate received President Trump’s nomination for a new commissioner at the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission)—William “Billy” Hewes III, former mayor of Gulfport, Mississippi. This recent nomination came as a surprise, since for the last few months, it was not clear if President Trump would in fact nominate a replacement for former Republican Commissioner Douglas Dziak (who stepped down in August, before the end of his term) or seek to fill the seat vacated by Mary Boyle (one of the recently fired Democratic commissioners whose term ends October 27, 2025).

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