[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 31, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H2670]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    ADVANCING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

  (Ms. TLAIB asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, everyone, no matter their ZIP Code, should be 
able to enjoy natural resources. This week, Congresswoman Melanie 
Stansbury and I introduced the Environmental Justice in Recreation 
Permitting Act to require the Biden administration to complete an 
inner-agency report on the effects of special recreation permits on 
environmental justice communities.
  Our communities of color, Mr. Speaker, low-income communities, Tribal 
and indigenous communities are on the front lines of the climate 
crisis.
  Enabling greater connections between environmental justice 
communities and recreation opportunities on our public lands and waters 
is just the beginning of advancing true environmental justice for our 
residents in Michigan's 12th District and beyond.
  Every single American, Mr. Speaker, deserves the right to breathe 
clean air, and every American deserves to experience all that our 
public lands and waters have to offer. This body must do more to 
protect them instead of gutting our bedrock environmental laws.
  This legislation, Mr. Speaker, did pass the House in the Protecting 
America's Wilderness and Public Lands Act, and I urge my colleagues to 
pass this commonsense bill again this session.

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