Political Quotes

“This month I join Congresswoman Debbie Dingell and Wayne County Executive Warren Evans for a townhall to discuss the impending radioactive waste shipments that are coming to Michigan from New York. This waste, and thousands of other truckloads our residents never hear about, comes to our communities right into our backyard because Michigan has become the country's hazardous waste dumping ground. Wayne County, the largest county in Michigan, is home to six of Michigan's eight hazardous waste dumps. Our laws must change, Madam Speaker. We must protect our residents. I don't know if folks know, but it costs about $13 to dispose of a ton of waste in a landfill in Wisconsin, but it only costs 36 cents in Michigan. We have made ourselves the most attractive place in our Nation to dump hazardous waste while surrounded by 84 percent of our country's surface freshwater. It doesn't make sense. The truth is our environmental protection laws aren't strong enough to protect our people. They certainly do not go far enough, again, to protect working families and communities of color. I introduced the Cumulative Impacts Act that would require the EPA and EGLE to consider cumulative impacts of pollution on our communities when it considers permanent facilities like this one and reject those permits when they would put our health at risk. We need to pass this bill and more. Our residents are getting sick every single day while we do nothing. Palestinian Babies”