A Daily Mail editorial from the Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In an all-too-rare example of Congress working as it should, the U.S. Senate on Thursday approved House-backed legislation to rewrite the nation’s chemical safety laws. All five members of West Virginia’s congressional delegation supported the bill.
The legislation marks the first significant changes to the Toxic Substances Control Act in nearly 40 years. In a statement, Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said the bill “will protect our families and provide regulatory certainty to our businesses and manufacturers.”
The 2014 Freedom Industries chemical spill helped drive some members of our congressional delegation to revisit the TSCA and seek a rewrite, the Gazette-Mail’s Ken Ward Jr. reported.
“Updating chemical safety laws is necessary to protect families and communities, and making sure we can properly manage toxic chemicals and prepare for the unlikely event of a chemical accident,” Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said in a statement.
But on the other hand, isn’t that one of the main functions of Congress…
