LeMieux Asks for Drywall Answers

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January 28, 2010

LeMieux Asks for Drywall Answers from Consumer Product Safety Commission

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator LeMieux (R-FL) today asked the Chairwoman of

the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Inez Tenenbaum, to expedite an

interagency task force's investigation into contaminated drywall. The study is

expected to determine definitively contaminated drywall has caused a number of

problems including corrosion of soft metals including wiring and appliances, and

severe detrimental health effects.

Senator LeMieux said:

" I expressed to Chairwoman Tenenbaum my great concern about the lack of action

with regard to the issue of contaminated drywall in Florida and elsewhere in the

nation. The study looking at this issue has taken far too long and far too many

people are suffering both health and financial burdens because of it. People

literally have to move out of their homes and find a new place to live until the

drywall is replaced.

" I urged the chairwoman to focus all available federal resources to address the

problem, expedite the investigation, and move forward with remedial efforts. I

will continue to push the agencies involved in the drywall investigation to be

thorough and expedient in their studies while reminding them of the difficulties

Florida families afflicted by this drywall continue. "