So, to keep cost out of this debate is ridiculous, because it does cost money to meet these standards, and when you try to cheap out, you hurt the very people that you are supposed...
Would your organizations support Federal legislation that would likely result in EPA being forced to regulate numerous contaminants that are...
I think it would be helpful if we would focus on the ones that we know are bad, the PFOA and PFOS.
Thirty-five years ago, Congress decided EPA was not regulating enough contaminants in drinking water.
It is critical that if we are going to spend money to make sure our water is safe, we use science and we don't use emotion.
It is no surprise that we have the law of the land for failure of the appropriators to spend the money.
the Opportunity Zones legislation in H.R. 1, married with brownfield redevelopment, is doing a lot to help these communities.
Remove barriers and provide incentives to lift economic prospects for those most in need.
Nobody should dispute the human toll when economic opportunity abandons communities.
The solution is the same: Remove barriers and provide incentives to lift economic prospects for those most in need.
The last Congress this committee reauthorized the Brownfields Program. It was led by Mr. McKinley.