Donald McEachin: “Let's eliminate the coded language that tries to make us more comfortable with a nativist and even racist immigration…”

This legislation will amend and strengthen Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which will prohibit discrimination based on the disparate impact we endure as Black, fenceline communities.

We ask the Chair, members of the Committee, and the Congress to meet this moment, show that the Congress listens to the voices of the people, and pass the Environmental Justice for All Act.

This is not a hypothetical. This is something that has affected our communities for generations.

The Congress--this Congress, at least--and the Biden administration have taken steps through the bipartisan infrastructure law to increase the reliability and resilience of our grid in the face of extreme weather events and significant…