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“I thank the gentleman for yielding and congratulate him on his important amendment. I hope this important study will be part of that legislation. Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to come to the floor to join our colleagues, the distinguished chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and the former chair, Mr. Upton, in their bipartisan support of this legislation. I salute Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, a crusader in this urgent mission to protect our communities from PFAS chemicals. I also thank Mr. Tonko, the chair of the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee. The list goes on and on, and I will name some more. Last year, our Members worked relentlessly to pass bold legislation to tackle the PFAS crisis. We salute the Members whose bills were included in the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act agreement reached by the House. {time} 0945 Unfortunately, at the end of the year, the Senate GOP refused to join the House to secure full, robust protections against PFAS chemicals, and key provisions were cut from the NDAA, the National Defense Authorization Act. The Senate GOP obstruction is why we are here today. We are also here today because our distinguished chairman, Mr. Pallone, promised that we would have a chance to vote on robust legislation after the first of the year. I thank the chairman.…”