Sen. Paul Clears Path for Vote To Proceed on TSCA Reform
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., won't block Senate efforts to hold a vote on H.R. 2576, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, a Paul spokeswoman said in an email. “Senator Rand Paul believes in reading legislation…
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before voting for or against it,” she said. “Having been given the opportunity to review this legislation, he’s now prepared to allow a vote to occur.” Paul on May 27 on the Senate floor objected to a vote, citing concerns about federal over-regulation, pre-emption of state laws, and the limited amount of time he had had to read the bill, which drew criticism from GOP colleagues (see 1605270014). The legislation would provide the Environmental Protection Agency with more tools to get testing information on chemical substances, clarify the treatment of trade secrets submitted to the EPA, and update the collection of fees pursuant to the Toxic Substances Control Act, among other things.