[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8154]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      FRANK R. LAUTENBERG CHEMICAL SAFETY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, after months of hard work and 
collaboration between both Chambers, last night we were able to pass 
the first major environmental reform bill in two decades. I know Bonnie 
Lautenberg has waited for this day for a very long time. The Lautenberg 
act bears her husband's name and will go a long way toward modernizing 
our Nation's chemical safety regulations. It will look out for public 
safety, enhance transparency, and help support manufacturing and our 
economy. It is good legislation that languished for years until a new 
Senate majority made it a renewed priority. I want to thank Senators 
Inhofe and Vitter for all their work with Senators Udall and Markey to 
move this important measure forward. Its passage represents the latest 
example of how the Senate is back to work for the American people.

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