Debbie Lesko: “This amendment strikes section 2 through section 18 of the bill and replaces it with a provision mandating the cleanup…”

“This amendment strikes section 2 through section 18 of the bill and replaces it with a provision mandating the cleanup of PFOA and PFOS contamination at Department of Defense facilities, section 2, and a provision mandating that EPA establish national primary drinking water regulations for PFOA and PFOS within 2 years, as well as expedite the setting of such regulations for other PFAS chemicals, section 3. H.R. 535 requires aggressive regulatory responses to the diverse class of PFAS chemicals with little regard to science or risk assessment. This is an unprecedented way of conducting science, counteracting decades of U.S. environmental policy, and likely compromising public safety, public health, and environmental protection. This alternative that I am proposing simply takes away some of the more problematic provisions and gives H.R. 535 a plausible way to passage. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Shimkus).”