On the recordApril 23, 1996
I am proud to be on the House floor today with broad bipartisan support for pro-environmental legislation that originated in the subcommittee I chair. H.R. 2024, the Mercury-Containing and Rechargeable Battery Management Act, is the second bipartisan environmental bill we have brought to the floor from the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials, the first being the Land Disposal Flexibility Act, which has been signed into law. Any discussion of this Congress' environmental record needs to acknowledge the good bipartisan work we are doing. This battery bill proves an important point: we can improve the environment by reducing government regulations, and by reducing burdens on industry. This bill reduces regulations, and the result will be less cadmium in our ground water and our air. Right now, cadmium is classified as a hazardous waste, so spent nickel-cadmium rechargeable batteries are hazardous wastes too.
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