Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Protecting the U.S. Stone Slab Industry from Lawfare

House Committee on the Judiciary (subcommittee hearing) · January 15, 2026

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Chair calls the subcommittee to order and sets ground rules: chair may declare recesses, members McClintock and Correa permitted to participate, and opening statements will be entered into the record. The hearing topic is announced: litigation affecting the stone slab industry.

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A House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on H.R. 5437 examined rising silicosis cases among stone-fabrication workers and an industry-backed bill that would limit manufacturer liability. Witnesses from industry and public health experts sharply disagreed on whether the product or unsafe fabrication is the cause and whether Congress should grant immunity.

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