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Elissa Slotkin: “I don't know what legislation and what national standards…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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September 16, 2024 PFAS Telephone Town Hall

Published | Video Starts at 24:35

Perhaps Congresswoman Slotkin could share her thoughts on how ordinary folks like us could help her in the fight. Congresswoman, I'll turn this to you. Sure. So I just want to emphasize, I don't know what legislation and what national standards would be passing right now if it weren't for advocacy from bipartisan people across the state of Michigan and across the country. These kinds of issues are tough. Right? We've got a lot of our manufacturers who use pfas like the military uses it, firefighters use it like it is a tough thing to try and change up standards on all of these things. (24:35–24:52)

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