Sen. Boxer Digs in for Fight Over TSCA Overhaul
Sen. Barbara Boxer has several concerns with legislation, led by Sens. David Vitter, R-La., and Tom Udall, D-N.M., to overhaul the Toxic Substances Control Act, she said in a March 18 statement (here). Her criticism followed a Senate Environment and…
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Public Works Committee hearing on the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (here), introduced in early March (see 1503110024). “The chemical industry is largely isolated in its unequivocal support for the bill,” said Boxer. “Now that the problems of the bill have been aired, we need to fix it. The current bill is worse than current law.” Boxer introduced her own TSCA overhaul bill in recent days (here).