MARKEY, JAYAPAL REINTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO PROTECT HEALTH FACILITIES FROM CLIMATE DISASTER

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee and author of the Green New Deal for Health (https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/markey-khanna-reintroduce-green-new-deal-for-health-to-invest-in-patients-workers-and-infrastructure-for-todays-climate-health-threats), and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) today reintroduced the Granting Resources for Eliminating Emissions Now in (GREEN) Hospitals Act. The legislation would provide $105 billion to revive a New Deal-era program to modernize and weatherize health facilities in order to reduce emissions, protect public health, and ensur...