Rep. Rashida Tlaib: ‘It’s Always Been Polluters Over People for Republicans’

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TLAIB: “And the Halliburton loophole isn’t the only giveaway that fracking benefits from. Under the Clean Water Act, there are provisions to prevent polluted stormwater runoff from contaminating our waters, unless — here’s the exemption — unless the runoff comes from oil and gas development facilities. Now Republicans want to give an even bigger handout to big oil with toxic legislation. They are sending the message to communities all across the country, our residents, that corporate polluters’ profits are more important than their health, than their own drinking water. It is clear that they’re doing this because it’s always been polluters over people for Republicans 20 years ago, and it’s polluters over people now. I urge my colleagues to vote against this environmental destruction and protect our drinking water that is a crisis right now throughout our country."