Washington, Sept. 30 -- Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON - On Monday, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (D-OR), and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) led 21 of their colleagues in demanding answers about the Environmental Protection Agency's work on microplastics after the agency left them out of its proposed nationwide drinking-water monitoring rule. In a letter sent on Monday to Acting Comptroller General Orice W. Brown, the lawmakers requested a comprehensive Government Accountability Office review of what EPA has accomplished on micro- and nanoplastics, what work remains, and what constraints are affecting further progress. EPA's proposed Sixth Unr...