Paul Tonko actually said...

Under the current law, individual States retain sufficient authority to act independently on behalf of their citizens.

Tonko emphasizes states' ability to act on chemical regulation despite federal limitations.

09/17/2013

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I am not wholly convinced that this draft, as currently written, would accomplish that.