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 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.
[4] 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.
[5][6] Among other things, Feldman has advocated for science and risk-based regulations, agency engagement with stakeholders, and regulatory burden reduction.
[8] As the Senate commerce committee's senior sports attorney, Feldman worked to expand and modernize the United States Anti-Doping Agency,[5] 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.