It is time for us to act.
What Senator Gillibrand's amendment does is to retain the authority--to ensure that the States are there as they have hi...
my amendment very simply would preserve States' rights.
We have more than 50 years of data on asbestos, and the harms it causes to human health, including lung cancer and mesot...
If this bill was law in 2011, it would have prohibited any of the individual States from taking any action.
The safety risks and hazards of asbestos are well known.
no State should be prevented from acting in the best interest of its people.
I particularly appreciate the efforts to include that language, which I thought would make it easier for States to get t...
This bill sets up a trial process to determine a chemical safety with the EPA serving as the judge and the jury.
The EPA already attempted to ban asbestos but was challenged by industry, and the ban was struck down by the court.
Disclosure of funding relationships leads to the open debate that is necessary for responsible rulemaking.