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On the recordAugust 24, 2022
Our current environmental permitting and enforcement systems are sacrificing Black, Brown and immigrant and low-income communities, working class communities, for profits of corporate polluters.
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Rashida Tlaib
Democratic · Michigan

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Tlaib criticizes environmental policies harming marginalized communities for corporate profit.

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