Jeff Merkley actually said...

In closing, given what we know today, asbestos is public enemy No. 1 and must be banned now.

So my point is that we know that we have a commodity in this marketplace that is produced at a market price effectively.

So in a situation like 9/11, when there was legacy asbestos from the building materials in the air, could fire fighters have breathed in hun...

It is way past time that America joined the other developed nations and end the importation and use of asbestos in manufactured products.