Sen. Merkley Issues Statement on FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act
December 17, 2019
December 17, 2019
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following statement after voting against the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act:
Previous versions of the bill contained provisions to take on the issue of PFAS water contamination, which currently threatens millions of Americans' drinking water supply. Many of the bipartisan PFAS provisions contained in the Senate version of the legislation were stripped out of the final bill, despite the fact that PFAS is k . . .
Previous versions of the bill contained provisions to take on the issue of PFAS water contamination, which currently threatens millions of Americans' drinking water supply. Many of the bipartisan PFAS provisions contained in the Senate version of the legislation were stripped out of the final bill, despite the fact that PFAS is k . . .