July 28, 2021 02:30 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/28/22597823/extreme-heat-democrat-infrastructure-budget-reconciliation
Extreme heat is on Democrats infrastructure agenda
During a summer of deadly heatwaves, Democratic senators are pressing for a bigger federal response to the danger posed by extreme heat. Senators Ed Markey (D-MA), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Cory Booker (D-NJ) reintroduced the Preventing Heat Illness and Deaths Act today. Representative Charlie Crist (D-FL) will introduce similar legislation in the US House of Representatives. They are pushing for its measures to be included in either the bipartisan infrastructure or budget reconciliation package that Democrats are scrambling to advance.
“We’ve heard that extreme heat is among the White House priorities in the climate space, and I am fighting to include provisions of my bill,” Markey said in an email to The Verge.
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/28/22597823/extreme-heat-democrat-infrastructure-budget-reconciliation
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