Jamie Leach: Her family built a safe product. The government destroyed their business

On this episode of American Heroes, host Kathy Hoekstra speaks with Jamie Leach, a registered nurse and cofounder of Leachco, Inc., a family-run Oklahoma business that spent nearly 40 years creating safety-focused baby products trusted by parents nationwide. Despite a strong safety record, federal regulators targeted one of Leachco’s most popular products—not for a defect, but because it could potentially be misused.Jamie recounts how the Consumer Product Safety Commission refused to engage with the company, publicly labeled the product dangerous, and destroyed decades of trust almost overnight. Instead of going to a traditional court, the agency prosecuted Leachco within its own system and even appealed a favorable ruling to itself.The result was the closure of a small family business and an ongoing constitutional fight, now supported by Pacific Legal Foundation. Jamie warns that unchecked government power doesn’t just affect one company—it puts every small business at risk.