And starting, you know, from 2019, when I first got on the committee, I started pushing this issue of PFAS and making sure that there's more accountability, particularly around our military bases. A lot of our military bases, not only do they expose veterans, by the way, but the communities that live around the bases also have very high levels of PFAS, oftentimes. And we see that in Michigan, in places like Oscoda. So we passed a bunch of amendments, everything from making sure we're doing PFAS testing at DoD, sorry, National Guard installations, placing moratoriums on incinerating that firefighting foam. (10:46–10:56)
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