Mr. Chair, I have a point of clarification about the subamendment that I proposed.
It still keeps the principle of highest risk. It did not revert it to “concern”. It really just outlines those principles. You'll notice it says “or poses the highest risk”, similar to how it's mentioned in other parts of the bill.
Really the concern here, if people were following the Senate committee hearings, is that the Senate had introduced this language to explicitly spell out that CMR—carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic to reproduction—are critical elements that need to be reinforced throughout this bill. We know that in the previous regime, as we've heard in testimony, virtual elimination wasn't working. It needed to be addressed, in part because these principles weren't incorporated or being reinforced throughout.
I do hope that the committee will support including these terms here as well and will not water down the amendments the Senate put forward on this aspect.
Thanks.