Kildee, House lawmakers launching PFAS task force

House lawmakers are launching a new task force devoted to PFAS issues Wednesday, aiming to craft bipartisan legislation related to the crisis and press for more funding for research and to clean up contaminated sites. U.S. Reps. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, will co-chair the group with the goal of building support in the public and the Congress for a "more aggressive, forward-looking agenda" on PFAS, Kildee said. A main thrust of the task force will be educating members of Congress and their staffs who haven’t yet dealt with the class of fluorinated chemicals "but likely soon will," Kildee said. Other Michigan members include Reps. Huizenga; Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph; Tim Walberg, R-Tipton; Debbie Dingell, D-Dearborn; Brenda Lawrence, D-Southfield; Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet; Andy Levin, D-Bloomfield Township; Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly; Haley Stevens, D-Rochester Hills; and Rashida Tlaib, D-Detroit.