Rashida Tlaib: “I thank the ranking member for the time because my residents are already hurting. H.R. 1 would devastate their lives…”

“I thank the ranking member for the time because my residents are already hurting. H.R. 1 would devastate their lives even more. Environmental impact statements change lives for the better, from air monitoring, pushing back against the corporate polluters that, again, just want to make a profit over the public health impact that would happen if we just gave them free rein. This bill is nothing more than a cheap political stunt to pad the profits of the same greedy oil and gas companies that are price gouging our residents at the pump and poisoning the air they breathe and the water they drink. These are the same oil companies that donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to House Republicans and made nearly half a trillion dollars in profits last year alone. Their servants across the aisle don't think that is enough. They want to gut our most important critical environmental and public health protections, leaving our communities at the mercy of corporate polluters that have shown time and time again they will sacrifice our lives, our public health, to make more money. Make no mistake, this bill destroys the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act. It guarantees there will be more oil spills. It guarantees more water crises, more deaths, and more suffering. Once you get beyond the BS, the truth is clear. Health protections for you and your family aren't making gas expensive; corporate greed is.…”