On the recordMarch 24, 1994
we have known for 10 years that current regulations are doing virtually nothing to protect the men, women, and children who help put food on America's table. There are at least 20,000 and perhaps as many as 300,000 pesticide poisonings each year. The standards we are delaying today provide the most elementary protections against such poisonings. Unfortunately, another growing season will go by with more illnesses and poisonings that we could have prevented. My own State of Vermont has worked hard to be ready to implement the new standards this spring. I understand there are other States that say they are not ready. Therefore, I will accept the compromise that the House is offering on S. 1913, with the clarifications from my colleague from Mississippi. This compromise is a significant improvement over the bill that the Senate passed last week, which was unclear and ambiguous in some respects.
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