The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) will hold a hearing on chemical regulation this week, offering potential insight into Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform legislation reportedly being developed in the Senate.
The hearing, titled “Examining the Beneficial Use and Regulation of Chemicals,” is scheduled for 10:30am on October 23, 2025. It will be convened by EPW’s Chemical Safety Subcommittee, which is chaired by Senator John Curtis (R-Utah).
According to EPW’s website, the hearing will include the following panelists:
- Peter Huntsman, President and CEO of Huntsman Corporation, a chemical manufacturer.
- Gwen Gross, Senior Technical Fellow at The Boeing Company.
- Tracey Woodruff, Professor and Director of the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Woodruff previously worked as a scientist at EPA.
The hearing was originally scheduled for July but was postponed.