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The congressional calendar continues to be overwhelmed with high-priority and must-pass legislation still awaiting action, and as midterm elections approach, it will become increasingly difficult to find enough bipartisan support to pass legislation with such narrow majorities. This week, House Appropriations subcommittees will begin their...

Did you know Legionella is now the number one cause of reported waterborne diseases in the U.S., and Legionnaire’s disease, which stems from this pathogen, afflicts and kills more Americans than any other?  If you haven’t heard of it, Legionnaire’s disease is an atypical pneumonia,...

The House and Senate are out of session until June 7, but members of the House Judiciary Committee have returned for an emergency session to vote to markup gun legislation. Recent actions are mapping out legislative and administration agendas as lawmakers face a shrinking window...

The latest results of the Vinyl Institute’s Market Preferences and the Use of Vinyl Building Materials survey find building professionals are satisfied with most factors associated vinyl building products with durability and design/aesthetics showing the largest satisfaction increase from 2019 to 2022. The survey, conducted...

EPA Officials have spent the month of May persistently pleading Congress for more Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) funding so it can implement Congress’ 2016 overhaul of TSCA, including the mandate to review the risks of “existing” chemicals already on the market....

The 2022 fly-in took place this past week in Washington D.C. on May 16-18. It was a great opportunity to meet with elected officials to advance key issues impacting the vinyl industry. This year some of the issues we focused on included, Toxic Substances Control...

Earlier this week the EPA published a draft consent decree that would resolve a lawsuit by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) alleging that EPA unreasonably refused to rule on CBD’s petition to list discarded PVC as hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery...

This week, the House of Representatives is out for a district work period while the Senate has another busy week of appropriations hearings on the Biden Administration’s FY23 budget proposals. On the House side, appropriators are in bipartisan negotiations over military and non-defense topline totals...