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Senate Passes Peters Resolution Calling for Final National Defense Bill to Address PFAS Crisis - video link
Craig Routzahn
Thu, 26 Sep 2019 13:44:54 EDT
U.S. Senator Gary Peters of Michigan Wednesday spoke on the Senate floor and the Senate unanimously passed his resolution calling for the final national defense bill that is sent to the President to include a provision prohibiting the Department of Defense from using firefighting foams containing PFAS by the end of 2023. Peters' resolution reaffirms support for previously Senate-approved bipartisan provisions requiring DoD to discontinue the purchase and use of firefighting foams that contain PFAS remain a part of the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. Peters helped craft the Senate-passed national defense bill and led or supported a number of provisions seeking to address the PFAS crisis. Peters' resolution approved by the Senate Wednesday comes after the White House announced numerous objections to the Senate-approved defense bill, including to the bipartisan provision to phase out the use of firefighting foams with PFAS at military installations. The defense bill is currently in a conference committee as the House and Senate work out differences and negotiate a final bill. A video of his remarks can be found in the written story on thumb net dot net.
