Congress watchers are touting the Senate environment committee's passage of a bipartisan compromise bill to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) as a "huge" accomplishment toward amending the decades-old law, but acknowledge that questions remain, including what happens with a separate TSCA reform effort in the House. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy noted during an April 29 Senate Appropriations interior, environment and related agencies subcommittee hearing that EPA toxics chief Jim Jones had previously identified "a couple of areas" where the bill, as introduced, "fell short of the administration's principles." "But I also am pleased that the most recent amendments really address those issues," she said. "And, I am encouraged that we're moving forward with a bipartisan bill."
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