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 mesothelioma.
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 their requests approv...
I expect that we will take it up, and reconsider it, debate it, and move it on the floor once the Finance bill comes out.
AGOA enjoys bipartisan support because of its ability to assist qualifying sub-Saharan African countries in gaining greater access to United...
The African Growth and Opportunity Act has been an important component of the United States engagement in Africa for the last 15 years.
As the Senate works on reauthorizing AGOA, we need to consider how we can improve on its existing success.
So can we talk about that a little more specifically then? So our goal is to keep them in school, not have them at work.