WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) led a group of 24 Senate Democrats in demanding that the Trump administration answer for its continued delays of toxic chemical cleanups at military installations nationwide.
In a letter (https://www.gillibrand.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Letter-to-DoD-re-Additional-Delays-to-PFAS-Remediation-Schedules_final.pdf) to U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Pete Hegseth, the senators called on DoD to reverse its unacceptable postponement of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) remediation at military bases across the country. They further requested detailed ex...