Rep. Tlaib Attacks Bank CEOs, Accuses Them of Complicity in ‘Environmental Racism’

TLAIB Bank of America ░░░░░░░░ you familiar with the ░░░░░░░░ environmental racism MOYNIHAN I ░░░░░░░░ vaguely familiar but same ░░░░░░░░ Wells Fargo do you ░░░░░░░░ environmental racism is SCHARF ░░░░░░░░ m not congresswoman TLAIB ░░░░░░░░ s unfortunate How about ░░░░░░░░ Mr Sullivan Goldman Sachs ░░░░░░░░ Vaguely familiar but not ░░░░░░░░ TLAIB Well I want ░░░░░░░░ all to know environmental ░░░░░░░░ showed its face in ░░░░░░░░ deadly way during the ░░░░░░░░ in my district where ░░░░░░░░ of my black neighbors ░░░░░░░░ at a higher rate ░░░░░░░░ Covid than any other ░░░░░░░░ in Michigan even though ░░░░░░░░ black population in Michigan ░░░░░░░░ less than 15 The ░░░░░░░░ existing health conditions that ░░░░░░░░ from living in the ░░░░░░░░ of corporate polluters financed ░░░░░░░░ your banks When it ░░░░░░░░ to racial justice I ░░░░░░░░ many of you having ░░░░░░░░ commitments to just diversify ░░░░░░░░ executive brinks Good But ░░░░░░░░ think the American people ░░░░░░░░ truly want to know ░░░░░░░░ about the actions that ░░░░░░░░ needed to invest in ░░░░░░░░ communities like mine that ░░░░░░░░ all profited off of ░░░░░░░░ left us with more ░░░░░░░░ decay and poverty You ░░░░░░░░ should know and be ░░░░░░░░ with the term environmental ░░░░░░░░ because for generations black ░░░░░░░░ and indigenous communities have ░░░░░░░░ the fossil fuel corporations ░░░░░░░░ your banks to finance ░░░░░░░░ construct oil and gas ░░░░░░░░ petrochemical plants and pipeline ░░░░░░░░ These polluting projects have ░░░░░░░░ been built in wealthy ░░░░░░░░ as you all know ░░░░░░░░ have been built on ░░░░░░░░ in front line communities ░░░░░░░░ color contaminated our air ░░░░░░░░ our water for generations ░░░░░░░░ come JPMorgan Chase Citibank ░░░░░░░░ Fargo and Bank of ░░░░░░░░ all of you collectively ░░░░░░░░ 977 billion worth of ░░░░░░░░ fuel projects and infrastructure ░░░░░░░░ the Paris agreement That ░░░░░░░░ financing Marathon Petroleum righter ░░░░░░░░ my backyard all of ░░░░░░░░ institutions financed Marathon but ░░░░░░░░ Scharf Wells Fargo led ░░░░░░░░ pack providing nearly 7 ░░░░░░░░ billion in financing Marathon ░░░░░░░░ the next or over ░░░░░░░░ past five years I ░░░░░░░░ you guys to know ░░░░░░░░ has fought to dismantle ░░░░░░░░ efficiency standards tooth and ░░░░░░░░ and their refineries pollute ░░░░░░░░ line communities in my ░░░░░░░░ and across the country ░░░░░░░░ the neighborhood I represent ░░░░░░░░ Marathon there is the ░░░░░░░░ polluted zip code in ░░░░░░░░ state of Michigan a ░░░░░░░░ black community It has ░░░░░░░░ left us with high ░░░░░░░░ of asthma cancer countless ░░░░░░░░ have lost their loved ░░░░░░░░ too soon because they ░░░░░░░░ forced to breathe the ░░░░░░░░ air your banks financed ░░░░░░░░ I want to ask ░░░░░░░░ all one by one ░░░░░░░░ Bank Mr Dimon do ░░░░░░░░ live near a refinery ░░░░░░░░ or no do you ░░░░░░░░ near an oil refinery ░░░░░░░░ I do not TLAIB ░░░░░░░░ about you Ms Frazier ░░░░░░░░ you live near an ░░░░░░░░ refinery FRAZIER No I ░░░░░░░░ not TLAIB Mr Gorman ░░░░░░░░ you live near an ░░░░░░░░ refinery GORMAN No TLAIB ░░░░░░░░ Moynihan is it am ░░░░░░░░ saying it right from ░░░░░░░░ of America Brian do ░░░░░░░░ live near a refinery ░░░░░░░░ I do not TLAIB ░░░░░░░░ about you Mr Scharf ░░░░░░░░ about you Do have ░░░░░░░░ oil refinery in your ░░░░░░░░ SCHARF No I don ░░░░░░░░ TLAIB How about you ░░░░░░░░ Sullivan SULLIVAN No I ░░░░░░░░ t TLAIB So I ░░░░░░░░ you all all of ░░░░░░░░ to address racial equity ░░░░░░░░ that means is understanding ░░░░░░░░ racism and reversing decades ░░░░░░░░ it and halting the ░░░░░░░░ that you all continue ░░░░░░░░ invest in Please I ░░░░░░░░ you all to come ░░░░░░░░ my district I offered ░░░░░░░░ even to my members ░░░░░░░░ Congress come and smell ░░░░░░░░ my neighbors smell breathe ░░░░░░░░ they breathe Tell me ░░░░░░░░ whether or not you ░░░░░░░░ continue financing for oil ░░░░░░░░ because right now it ░░░░░░░░ morally unacceptable If you ░░░░░░░░ believe in racial justice ░░░░░░░░ you would make sure ░░░░░░░░ you and your team ░░░░░░░░ environmental racism in our ░░░░░░░░ That has been a ░░░░░░░░ used by black and ░░░░░░░░ communities since the 70s ░░░░░░░░ 80s So with that ░░░░░░░░ just ask again Chairwoman ░░░░░░░░ let s please follow ░░░░░░░░ and make sure these ░░░░░░░░ have the information they ░░░░░░░░ to understand this term ░░░░░░░░ is critically important to ░░░░░░░░ they are directly impacting ░░░░░░░░ a negative way With ░░░░░░░░ I yield back.”