On Wednesday, Rep. Elissa Slotkin announced that she will be joining the bipartisan Congressional PFAS Task Force to respond to the threat of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) affecting communities across Michigan and the country. Rep. Slotkin has been outspoken advocate for the right of every person to have clean water out of their tap.
“It seems like every other week we hear of a new PFAS discovery in our state. We need to start to look at these incidents as more than random data points: it’s a growing trend that we need to address. Such a trend underscores my belief that we need to start thinking about environmental security the same way we think about homeland security -- because it’s about the health and safety of our kids, and our way of life here in Michigan,” said Slotkin.
“I’m proud to be joining the bipartisan Congressional PFAS Task Force, a group of Democrats and Republicans from Michigan and across the country committed to helping bring the sense of urgency and legislative action required to respond to this issue. I’m particularly proud to be joining this bipartisan task force at a time of such partisan polarization, and see it as a sign that there are some issues, like the health of our families, that transcend politics.”
The PFAS Task Force, co-chaired by Reps. Daniel Kildee and Brian Fitzpatrick, will work to bring PFAS clean-up to the forefront of the congressional agenda by holding informational events to educate Members of Congress and their staff, crafting legislation, meeting with committees and congressional leadership and fighting for more robust funding through federal appropriations.
