Political Quotes

“Thank you Senator Inhofe, the sound science provisions were a critical part of TSCA reform in my opinion and I hope this bill serves as a model for how to responsibly reform other laws administered by EPA and other Federal Agencies that are tasked to make decisions based on science. For far too long Federal agencies have manipulated science to fit predetermined political outcomes, hiding information and underlying data, rather than using open and transparent science to justify fair and objective decision making. This Act seeks to change all of that and ensure that EPA uses the best available science, bases scientific decisions on the weight of the scientific evidence rather than one or two individual cherry-picked studies, and forces a much greater level of transparency that forces EPA to show their work to Congress and the American public. Congress recognized the need to use available studies, reports and recommendations for purposes of chemical assessments rather than creating them from whole cloth. We do believe, however, that the recommendations in reports of the National Academy of Sciences should not be the sole basis of the chemical assessments completed by EPA. Rather, the EPA must conduct chemical assessments consistent with all applicable statutory provisions and agency guidelines, policies and procedures.…”