Ann Marie Buerkle (/ˈbɜːrkəl/ BUR-kəl; née Colella;[2] born May 8, 1951) is an American nurse, attorney, and politician.

She served as a commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) beginning in July 2013 and was the agency's acting chairman from February 2017 to September 2019.

Buerkle defeated turkey farm owner Mark Bitz and activist Paul Bertan to win the Republican nomination.

[14] Buerkle, who received substantial Tea Party support in 2010,[15] was described as having "[ridden] the tea party wave to Washington, winning an upstate New York district that leans Democratic on promises of reducing the size of government and repealing the health care overhaul.

[19] On September 16, 2011, President Barack Obama named Buerkle to serve as a U.S. representative to the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, which started in late 2011.

Making matters worse is that as complaints about the invasiveness of TSA searches continue to increase, significant amounts of state-of-the-art technology is sitting, unused in warehouses in Texas.

"[21] In May 2013, Buerkle was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

[4] On June 18, 2019, Buerkle withdrew her nominations to become the full-time chairman and to an additional four-year term,[24] following accusations of incompetence and mismanagement surrounding a 2019 data breach,[25] candor to Congress concerns,[26] and controversy over a settlement that avoided the recall of unsafe strollers.