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Senators Vitter and Udall

The House Passes TSCA Reform!

What’s in it? What’s next?

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed the TSCA Modernization Act by a whopping 398 to 1 vote.

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TSCA Hearing Roundup: Vitter-Udall Bill Needs Work

Yesterday the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing on S.697, the new legislation to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act sponsored by Senators Vitter and Udall…

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Vitter-Udall chemical bill draws broad opposition

Today, Senators David Vitter and Tom Udall formally introduced their legislation to reform federal chemical policy. The bill, however, is sufficiently flawed that it has drawn the opposition of the several hundred organizations that make up Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families.

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