Washington, March 24 -- Rep. Chrissy Houlahan issued the following press release:
Today, on the third anniversary of the deadly explosion at the R.M. Palmer Company chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania, Representative Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) led ten bipartisan Pennsylvania colleagues in introducing the Preventing Future Vintage Plastic Pipeline Tragedies Act. The Preventing Future Vintage Plastic Pipeline Tragedies Act legislation will help to prevent future pipeline accidents caused by hazardous legacy plastic piping including Aldyl A-the material linked to the 2023 West Reading explosion. Original cosponsors include Representatives Dan Meuser, Madeleine Dean, Mike Kelly, Mary Gay Scanlon, Ryan Mackenzie, Chris Deluzio, Brendan...