Shaheen Questions Acting Sec Def & Joint Chiefs Chairman on PFAS & Funding Threats to PNSY

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) questioned Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford about a recent report stating the Pentagon is lobbying the Trump administration to adopt a weaker standard for groundwater pollution caused by PFAS chemicals in firefighting foam, during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this morning. Shaheen also questioned witnesses about the threats to New Hampshire military construction projects due to the President’s emergency declaration, which would pull funding specifically appropriated for military projects by Congress to pay for a wall along the southern border which the President had promised Mexico – not United States taxpayer — would fund. Today’s hearing was to review the Department of Defense’s fiscal year 2020 budget.