Annie Kuster: “Today the House took sweeping bipartisan action to address PFAS contamination that has proliferated across communities…”

“Today the House took sweeping bipartisan action to address PFAS contamination that has proliferated across communities in America. These forever chemicals have been linked to negative health effects, including cancer, impaired child development, and even infertility. Granite Staters have already seen the harmful consequences of PFAS contamination, and I am pleased that the legislation we passed today will safeguard communities, clean up contaminated sites, and protect public health. Importantly, the bipartisan bill we passed today includes language I authored to turn off the tap for new PFAS chemicals being approved by the EPA. Enough is enough. There are already too many dangerous PFAS chemicals in our environment, and the last thing Americans need is more of these forever chemicals. The PFAS Action Act also included a bipartisan amendment offered by my good friend and colleague Chris Pappas and myself, which would authorize significant grant funding to public water treatment facilities to safeguard our drinking water. Mr. Speaker, I urge the Senate to take up this important bill. ____________________”