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Henry Waxman: “No, it would not. Obviously, for emergency exemptions to be effective they must be issued in a timely manner. Nothing in…”

On the recordJuly 23, 1998
No, it would not. Obviously, for emergency exemptions to be effective they must be issued in a timely manner. Nothing in my amendment would undermine that goal. I am aware that there is disagreement among stakeholders on what EPA's priorities should be in the implementation of this law. It is my hope and expectation that the Tolerance Reassessment Advisory Committee, convened at the request of Vice President Gore, will help to bring consensus to implementation of our pesticide laws.
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Henry Waxman
Democratic · California
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Discussing the implementation of pesticide laws and the role of the Tolerance Reassessment Advisory Committee.

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