"you are not the EPA and EPA has not done its job in setting a standard for what is safe and not--what is not safe. So you can't live up to that standard that doesn't exist."
"we need to start thinking of environmental security the way we think of homeland security because it is about the safety of our kids and the preservation of our way of life."
"if you have to worry that giving your child a glass of water is going to give them early childhood cancer, that is a threat to your family's safety."
"I was very proud that my first six provisions that I have had turned into law as a member of Congress are on all PFAS."
"We passed provisions that forbids the military from using PFAS-laden firefighting foam after 2024."
"the most important one that I am the most proud of is the PFAS Monitoring Act."
"We must work to protect Americans against this threat, just as we protect them from threats to our physical security."
"I think we have an existential debate with the White House on the importance of PFAS."
"We are on the leading edge in Michigan of something that is going to be a household name in the next few years."
"one day the other shoe is going to drop, and we are all going to have this issue right in our face in a much more serious way."
"I think you can see there is strong support. When you can get bipartisan Members of Congress to stay through an entire hearing and ask interested and engaged questions, you know that you are on a topi..."
"What he just said right now is factually incorrect. The president always has the right to act in self-defense. The president always has the right to act when he sees fit as long as he notifies us afte..."