Lauren Lantry, lauren.lantry@sierraclub.org
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Passed by the Senate last night and the House today was the minibus Energy and Water Spending Bill. The vote advances a bipartisan spending bill -- free of dirty and dangerous riders -- that prioritizes investments in clean water programs, environmental cleanup, and renewable energy development.
In response, Sierra Club Associate Legislative Director Kirin Kennedy released the following statement:
"Again, Congress has rejected Trump’s priorities and his dirty budget that prioritizes corporate polluter profits over the health and safety of our families, and instead voted to protect our kids’ health and our great outdoors by prioritizing investments in our clean air, water and energy. This is what the public wants, and it’s vital that this momentum continues and that Congress resists Trump’s attacks, rejects toxic riders and passes clean federal budget legislation that protects our families health and our wild places.”
About the Sierra Club
The Sierra Club is America’s largest and most influential grassroots environmental organization, with more than 3 million members and supporters. In addition to helping people from all backgrounds explore nature and our outdoor heritage, the Sierra Club works to promote clean energy, safeguard the health of our communities, protect wildlife, and preserve our remaining wild places through grassroots activism, public education, lobbying, and legal action. For more information, visit www.sierraclub.org.