Political Quotes

“They say in this letter: ``Any Federal action should not address PFAS as a class or with predetermined outcomes, but rather should be based on sound science and the weight of the scientific evidence.'' As I said before, this is the first time in the history of the country that we are labeling a chemical formulation as toxic politically using political science, not science. They go on to say: ``Further, Congress should not circumvent existing regulatory authorities. The Environmental Protection Agency, as well as other relevant agencies, should retain their traditional power to study PFAS and determine whether to regulate certain PFAS. Many provisions included in the National Defense Authorization Act''--we talked about that a lot last night--``for Fiscal Year 2020, signed into law at the end of last year, took important steps toward meeting those goals.'' There is a list of 30 or 40 organizations. I am not going to read them all this morning. I appreciate my colleague's amendment. We actually were close when we were thinking about getting a bipartisan bill to bring to the floor. This was one of the provisions that was on the table. My friends, I believe, couldn't say yes, so here we are, fighting this bill that the Senate will not take up, and the President will not sign, and you will have to wait for the next Congress to address this issue. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR.…”