In Congress, protecting our drinking water from PFAS and other toxic chemicals is a top priority.
In Congress, I will protect drinking water from PFAS and other toxic chemicals.
Occurrences
Invasive Species Infrastructure Investments - This policy would ensure that projects aimed at preventing the movement of invasive species are eligible under the National Culvert Removal, Replacement, and Restoration Program.
In Congress, protecting our drinking water from PFAS and other toxic chemicals is a top priority.
Evidence
The site’s Latest News section shows a May 29, 2026 release on the Hormone Health Data and Research Act and a May 27, 2026 airport funding announcement; no PFAS-specific Scholten announcement appears in the current lookback window.
The EPA proposed repealing drinking-water limits on four PFAS compounds and delaying compliance deadlines for two others, reversing part of the 2024 national PFAS drinking-water standard.
Representative Hillary Scholten serves on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; its Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee; as Vice Ranking Member on that subcommittee; and on the PFAS Task Force.
EPA announced the final National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for six PFAS, setting enforceable Maximum Contaminant Levels for PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFNA, HFPO-DA/GenX, and mixtures involving those PFAS and PFBS, with monitoring by 2027 and reduction actions by 2029.
EPA said it would keep PFOA and PFOS drinking-water limits but intended to extend compliance deadlines and rescind regulations and reconsider determinations for PFHxS, PFNA, HFPO-DA/GenX, and a PFAS hazard-index mixture.
EPA proposed rescinding determinations and associated 2024 PFAS drinking-water provisions for PFHxS, PFNA, HFPO-DA/GenX, and hazard-index mixtures, including MCLs that would have required monitoring and treatment by public water systems.
EPA proposed a federal exemption that would extend compliance dates for PFOA and PFOS Maximum Contaminant Levels from April 26, 2029, to April 26, 2031, for systems that request it.
Assessments
A national EPA PFAS drinking-water rule took effect during Scholten's first House term, creating enforceable limits for several PFAS and partially advancing the promised protection. However, the record does not show Scholten authored, sponsored, or materially caused that rule, and later EPA actions proposed delaying or rescinding parts of the protections. Her PFAS Task Force and relevant committee roles show issue effort, but not enough candidate-specific delivery for full credit.
Scholten’s campaign priority page says protecting drinking water from PFAS and other toxic chemicals is a top priority, but the available evidence does not show that she has secured a clear federal protection outcome that can be credited to her as a House member. Her official House site’s recent releases through May 29, 2026 do not show a PFAS-specific legislative or oversight accomplishment, and on May 18, 2026 the EPA moved to roll back part of the 2024 PFAS drinking-water rule, which cuts against the promised result. Because this is a broad ongoing federal policy promise, and there is no clear enacted or attributable delivery yet, the best judgment is unresolved rather than delivered or partial.