[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 154 (Tuesday, September 24, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H7872]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           PFAS CONTAMINATION

  (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, in the richest country in the world, every 
American deserves clean drinking water, but for millions of our fellow 
citizens, including many in Michigan and all across the country, this 
is just not their reality.
  Hundreds of communities are dealing with PFAS chemical contamination 
that pollutes their drinking water.
  Congress has to act to address this contamination to help keep 
American families safe.
  Earlier this year, the House and Senate both passed National Defense 
Authorization Act bills. Both contain important provisions meant to 
address PFAS chemicals were included in those bills. These provisions 
would fund cleanup of contaminated sites, stop PFAS from polluting our 
drinking water in the future, and ensure that servicemembers, first 
responders, and families exposed to PFAS have the healthcare they need.
  As the co-chair of the congressional PFAS Caucus, a bipartisan task 
force from States across the country, we worked successfully to include 
many PFAS provisions in both the House and Senate-passed bills.
  Now it is critical that the final NDAA, which is being negotiated 
right now, include very strong PFAS provisions. This is what we need to 
do to protect public health.

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