Virginia Graeme Baker Act

-From Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's (D) speech on Baker's granddaughter's death:

“Two and a half years ago, on a hot June day, 7-year-old Virginia Graeme Baker, granddaughter of former Secretary of State, James Baker went with her mother, Nancy, and four sisters to a family friend’s home for a graduation party. Graeme, as she was affectionately known, had worn her swimsuit to the party and jumped in the pool as soon as they arrived. Shortly after, Graeme’s older sister ran up to Nancy and told her that Graeme was underwater in the hot tub and would not come up. Nancy raced to the spa, but could not find Graeme in the hot tub’s dark water and thick bubbles. What she did next is what any mother would do. Nancy jumped into the hot tub to save her child. Sadly, she found her daughter lying unconscious on the bottom of the spa. She threw her arms down into the water to pull Graeme up, but could not wrench her from the bottom. As she desperately yanked, two men jumped in and grabbed Graeme’s ankles, they had to pull so hard to release Graeme that they broke the drain cover. Emergency units arrived immediately and performed CPR, but Graeme could not be revived. She was flown to Fairfax Hospital in Virginia, but it was too late. Graeme was pronounced dead. It wasn’t until the police report came out, that Nancy discovered what happened: Graeme’s hip or buttock had become suctioned to the hot tub’s drain. Graeme Baker, a child of one of the most prominent families in America, was the victim of suction entrapment. As with most pool and hot tub drownings, the fact that her death was entirely preventable makes the loss that much more tragic and infuriating. Despite the enormity of this tragedy, Nancy Baker overcame it. She committed herself to ensuring that this never happens to another child and embarked on a crusade to improve pool safety. Nancy shared Graeme’s story across America and testified before the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on the need for improved safety measures in pools and hot tubs.”