Boxer: Chemical bill came from industry

[Eugene]

Source: The Hill

Boxer: Chemical bill came from industry

By Lydia Wheeler - 03/17/15 02:53 PM EDT

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said she recieved a copy of the chemical reform bill that Sens. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and David Vitter (R-La.) introduced last week by email that proves the legislation was created by the chemical industry.

"It was clear from the computer coding that the final draft originated at the American Chemical Council itself,” she said.

Her comments come a day before the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee is expected to discuss the legislation at a hearing.
“Maybe I’m old fashioned, but I do not believe that a regulated industry should be so intimately involved in writing a bill that regulates them.”

Boxer unveiled her competing bill, the Alan Reinstein and Trevor Schaefer Toxic Chemical Protection Act, co-sponsored by Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) at a press conference with celebrity environmental advocate Erin Brockovich.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/regulation/235970-sen-boxer-slams-competing-udall-vitter-chemical-bill

[misterhighwasted]

1. Sen Boxer will be truly missed.

Much respect for all she has fought for through the years.

[KT2000]

2. good for her

the bill seeks to loosen regulations.

[truedelphi]

3. BIG K & R for this topic and also for Senator Boxer. n/t

[WillyT]

4. Huge K & R !!!

[Fumesucker]

5. And that makes it unususal how?

[Doctor_J]

6. aren't pretty much all bills written by lobbyists these days?

[Panich52]

7. Wonder if a search would find their fingerptints all over the recent attempt to weaken WV's chemical

storage tank bill? The one that was passed after Freedom Ind spill and before the coal/oil/gas-bought crowd really took over last Nov.

[FiveGoodMen]

8. "bill that Sens. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and David Vitter (R-La.) introduced last week"

Thanks, Tom!

[leftieNanner]

9. Rachel did a segment on this tonight

and she interviewed Senator Boxer. Maaan is she going to be missed in the Senate. This bill stinks worse than the mud flats at low tide. And it would negate all of the significantly stronger regulations in the states (California, for example). We all need to contact our own senators and let them know what we think of this crap.

[glinda]

10. Kick

[Scuba]

11. Barbara Boxer will indeed be missed.

[TBF]

12. That is how it has been for years -

I personally witnessed docs being sent to senate offices (in the 90s) that originated at various lobbyist groups. Why do you think they're all in Washington DC? To influence legislation.