PEOPLE'S ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CAUCUS OPPOSES SENATE PERMITTING REFORM BILL

Washington, Oct. 23 -- Congresswoman Summer L. Lee issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON - The People's Environmental Justice Caucus, founded by U.S. Reps. Summer L. Lee (PA-12), Rashida Tlaib (MI-12), and Adelita Grijalva (AZ-07), released the following statement in opposition to the U.S. Senate's permitting reform bill: "The People's Environmental Justice Caucus stands with the nearly 200 community, labor, and environmental justice groups across the country urging Congress to reject the so-called 'permitting reform' deal that speeds up data center and fracked gas pipeline construction, limits communities' ability to defend themselves from corporate polluters in court, threatens Tribal Nations' sacred sites and cultural resources...