House Democrats are souring on an agreement between Senator Joe Manchin and Democratic leadership to roll back environmental protections.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, talks to reporters during her weekly news conference ahead of the vote on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 at the U.S. Capitol on August 12 in Washington, D.C. More than 70 Democrats signed onto a letter to Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer Friday afternoon calling on leadership to back out of an agreement with Senator Joe Manchin.
"We remain deeply concerned that these serious and detrimental permitting provisions will significantly and disproportionately impact low-income communities, indigenous communities, and communities of color," the letter reads."The inclusion of these provisions in a continuing resolution, or any other must-pass legislation, would silence the voices of frontline and environmental justice communities by insulating them from scrutiny.
Environmental groups praised the letter shortly after its release while blaming budgetary cutbacks, rather than the law itself, for the long delays projects experience getting off the ground.
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