January 10, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 6 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             SWEEPING ACTION TO ADDRESS PFAS CONTAMINATION

  (Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. Mr. Speaker, today the House took 
sweeping bipartisan action to address PFAS contamination that has 
proliferated across communities in America. These forever chemicals 
have been linked to negative health effects, including cancer, impaired 
child development, and even infertility.
  Granite Staters have already seen the harmful consequences of PFAS 
contamination, and I am pleased that the legislation we passed today 
will safeguard communities, clean up contaminated sites, and protect 
public health.
  Importantly, the bipartisan bill we passed today includes language I 
authored to turn off the tap for new PFAS chemicals being approved by 
the EPA. Enough is enough. There are already too many dangerous PFAS 
chemicals in our environment, and the last thing Americans need is more 
of these forever chemicals.
  The PFAS Action Act also included a bipartisan amendment offered by 
my good friend and colleague Chris Pappas and myself, which would 
authorize significant grant funding to public water treatment 
facilities to safeguard our drinking water.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge the Senate to take up this important bill.

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