[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 48 (Thursday, April 28, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 28, 1994]
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              THE RISK ASSESSMENT IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1994

  (Mr. SWETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SWETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge Members' support for the 
Risk Assessment Improvement Act of 1994, legislation which I am 
introducing today along with some of my colleagues on the Science, 
Space and Technology Committee.
  The purpose of the bill is to improve environmental risk assessment 
at the Environmental Protection Agency and throughout the Government.
  Risk assessment is critical to ensuring that Federal resources are 
being spent wisely on environmental protection. Currently, however, 
there are vast inconsistencies in the way that risks are calculated 
because of the piecemeal way that environmental statutes have been 
passed.
  The Risk Assessment Improvement Act will help put more consistency 
and common sense in regulatory decisionmaking and it will help ensure 
that taxpayer dollars are spend as effectively as possible on 
environmental protection. The bill calls for coordination of existing 
risk initiatives spread throughout the EPA, and it calls upon the 
administration to coordinate the way risks are evaluated by different 
Federal agencies.
  I urge my colleagues' support for the Risk Assessment Improvement Act 
of 1994.

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