Senator, Chinese President Discussed Tainted Drywall
More than a year after U.S. regulators began investigating defective Chinese drywall, the president of that country has promised to “look into” the problem. U.S. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) said Chinese President Hu Jintao made the pledge during a conversation the two had Tuesday during a break at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C.
The senator also told the South Florida Business Times that President Hu “didn’t know about” the issue of corrosive drywall from China affecting thousands of homes throughout the country before the two spoke.
“President Hu, through a translator, pledged to investigate – to ‘look into it’ immediately, ” Nelson said in the press release.
“If we can get the top government official of China working on this, then that’s where we’re going to get the money to make these homeowners whole,” Nelson said.
