raised concerns after the Trump administration announced it was rolling back drinking water protections for toxic forever chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
Oppose the rollback of drinking water protections for PFAS.
Occurrences
U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), co-chairs of the Congressional PFAS Task Force, released the following statement after the Trump administration announced it was rolling back drinking water protections for toxic forever chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): “Safe drinking water should never be a luxury, a legal ...
Evidence
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Dingell led 112 House colleagues in a letter to EPA pressing the administration to reconsider eliminating four 2024 PFAS drinking-water standards and delaying compliance for two others to 2031.
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GovInfo records H.R. 4168 as introduced by Fitzpatrick for himself and Dingell to codify a national primary drinking water regulation for PFAS.
Assessments
The promise was to oppose rollback of drinking water protections for PFAS, not necessarily to singlehandedly prevent the rollback. During the same federal House term, Dingell led a large House letter urging EPA to reconsider eliminating or delaying PFAS drinking-water standards and also joined legislation to codify the PFAS drinking-water regulation. Those are direct oversight and legislative actions against the rollback, so the promise is fulfilled in the same term.