Donald McEachin: “We commend the environmental justice advocates who contributed to this legislation along with Chair Grijalva and…”

The Environmental Justice for All Act is a long overdue correction to our nation's failed chemical management policies.

McEachin and Grijalva are doing exactly what elected officials should do, by ensuring that communities closest to the problem have a seat at the table as we develop policy solutions.

I think it distracts from our shared goal of solving these problems for these communities.

We have Pueblo and Dine and Chicano communities that are still dealing with mines that have been left unremediated and contaminated groundwater that is undrinkable.