On the recordJanuary 9, 2020
I thank the gentleman for his question. Absolutely not. What the amendment does is it has language, Madam Chair, that inserts the words ``or contact with'' to make that point that firefighters are not using the foam; they are responding after the foam has already been used. As Mr. Shimkus knows, when they come in contact with the foam in the course of their duties, it is our intent to lower the probability of any release of toxic foam on airfields. As I said, most of these releases are accidental releases. By bringing the building code inspectors to the table, we believe that we can reduce all instances of release without opening the dialogue on the topics about which he inquired.
