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Environment, Energy and Transportation

My district is one of the most polluted districts in the nation, where the sight of refineries and urban oil wells next to homes and baseball fields are a common occurrence. Unfortunately, this is all too normal in communities of color, which routinely endure immense environmental injustices. It takes immense strength to fight polluted air and water in places where the contamination is profound and the injustices are deep.

Due to limited resources and lack of political power, communities of color are often where you will find industrial facilities and air and water contamination. Members of Congress, as well as environmental justice activists from all parts of the country, must unite to both increase awareness and pursue policy change.

A clean environment is about more than environmentalism. It’s about breathing in clean air and drinking uncontaminated water. It’s about new technologies and creating new jobs for the 21st century. Instead of risking the public health of the frontline communities across the country, we should be focused on transitioning to a clean energy economy by electrifying our transportation system and ramping up our use of renewables. We can’t have life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness unless you also have environmental justice. These issues go to the core of who we are as a nation.

December 2, 2022

Barragán leads Hispanic Caucus Members in Call to Fund Climate and Health Equity Office

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October 4, 2022

Barragán & Padilla Introduce Empowering and Enforcing Environmental Justice Act

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September 26, 2022

Rep. Barragán Returns from Congressional Oversight Trip to View Puerto Rico Recovery from Fiona

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August 13, 2022

Rep. Barragán Votes to Combat Climate Crisis, Lower Prescription Drug and Healthcare Costs

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July 28, 2022

Rep. Barragán Votes for American Jobs and Innovation

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July 20, 2022

Rep. Barragán Introduces Latino Conservation Week Resolution

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June 9, 2022

House Passes Water Resources Development Act with Barragán Priorities on Dominguez Channel and Environmental Justice Included

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June 2, 2022

Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44), Communities for a Better Environment, and STAND-LA Demand Action Against Warren Energy & Power for Illegal Drilling Activities

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December 21, 2021

Barragán and Booker Urge EPA to Strengthen Standards for Freight Pollution Sources

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November 15, 2021

KPCC: Congresswoman Barragan on the Infrastructure Bill

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