Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Senators Durbin and Duckworth Lead 9 Members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation in Inquiry to Federal Agencies Regarding the Potential Risk of Toxic Lead-Sheathed Telecommunications Cables To Illinois Families
The members wrote to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the General Services Administration (GSA) to assess the scope of the problem.
WASHINGTON – Following the recent Wall Street Journal investigative report identifying more than 2000 lead-covered cables across the nation that may be contributing to dangerously-high levels of toxic lead exposure across the country, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) along with U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth led 9 other Members of the Illinois Congressional delegation on Monday in requesting information from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the General Services Administration (GSA) to identify how the presence and potential leaching into the ground of these neurotoxins might be affecting the people of Illinois. The Members wrote to these agencies due to their overlapping jurisdictions over the environmental, public health, and general telecommunications considerations inherent to the issue and requested responses within 30 days. Congressman Krishnamoorthi, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Durbin, and U.S. Senator Duckworth were joined on the three letters by Reps. Nikki Budzinski (IL-13), Sean Casten (IL-06), Danny Davis (IL-07), Bill Foster (IL-11), Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), Jonathan Jackson (IL-01), Delia Ramirez (IL-03), Eric Sorensen (IL-17), and Mike Quigley (IL-05).
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Click here to read the letter to the FCC.
Click here to read the letter to the GSA.