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On the recordApril 18, 2023
This part of my district also happens to be 95 percent Black, and I think it is not an accident that we have allowed these unacceptable conditions to continue in poor communities of color.
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Nikki Budzinski
Democratic · Illinois

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Budzinski highlights environmental injustices affecting predominantly Black communities.

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