Congressional Democrats led by Massachusetts Senator Ed Markley gathered again next to a government agency that the Musk/Trump Administration is targeting for massive cutbacks.
Today, that organization was the Environmental Protection Agency where the Musk/Trump Administration has announced that they are doing away with the 168 person staffed Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights Division.
Nothing says MAGA like doing away with environmental protections and not caring if poor communities suffer from the after effects of corporate pollution.
Joining the Congressional Democrat protest today was Arizona Congressional District (CD) Three Representative Yassamin Ansari, a known proponent and advocate in her public service for environmental protection, clean energy options, and sustainability.
In comments to the crowd, the Congresswoman relayed that her Congressional community “is on the frontlines of the climate crisis” with Phoenix having some “of the worst air pollution in the country” and 143 days of extreme heat of over a hundred degrees that result in hundreds of deaths.
Ansari warned that “These attacks on the Environmental Protection Agency can not (be allowed to) stand…this (the climate crisis) is the defining issue of our time.”
After praising the historic Biden/Harris legislation on infrastructure and clean energy that will “Change Phoenix for the better,” the Arizona Congresswoman repeated that she “Would not stand” for the Musk/Trump hijacking of environmental policy and asked “Why does Elon Musk, an unelected billionaire taking over our government in a what is truly nothing short of a coup and the Environmental Protection Agency is their latest target.”
Ansari concluded by warning that Musk and Trump “Are going after everything. Your data. Your money. Your clean air. Your jobs. Your resources. All of it. So we have to stand up. We need to public to stand up with us and demand that the Environmental Protection Agency and the resources and investments that have been approved by Congress must stand.”
In additional comments at the the gathering, Representative Ansari offered that the Musk/Trump Administration is “Trying to take down the EPA.”
Continuing, she said “This is the latest attack on a Congressionally funded agency and mandated agency…We asked to speak with DOGE or any staff from DOGE. We were refused…They’re doing exactly what they’re doing in every other agency. They are trying to take your data. They are lying to you. They are stealing programs and funding. What does the EPA do? Clean air. Clean water. Protects our public health. This is vital.”
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