Sydney Kamlager-Dove: “Communities living closest to oil and gas production, mostly low-income and people of color, are left paying the costs…”

“Communities living closest to oil and gas production, mostly low-income and people of color, are left paying the costs of constant pollution and public health crises. We are all paying for the record number of billion-dollar climate disasters in 2023, driven by the fossil fuel climate crisis. These bills we are debating today would walk back important protections for taxpayers and local communities to keep funneling money into the pockets of Big Oil. It does not make sense to keep doubling down on a bad deal. Big Oil does not need more favors right now. They don't need more tax breaks. They don't need more handouts--I am going to keep saying it--and they don't need more special loopholes. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.”