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On the recordMarch 14, 2023
I would also like to thank you for finally, after many years of me banging the gavel and the gong and also with the Chair to set that safe drinking level for PFAS.
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Shelley Moore Capito
Republican · West Virginia
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Capito acknowledges efforts to establish safe drinking levels for PFAS.

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