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Let’s Come Together, Not Sow Hate

U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris and CA Assemblymember Phil TingApril 18, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic doesn’t discriminate – people all over our country and world are being hospitalized, losing their jobs and health care, and fearing for the safety of their families. It impacts us all, and doesn’t care what your race, national origin, gender identity, income level, sexual orientation, or age is. Stopping this virus requires following the facts, providing critical resources to those who need them, and showing kindness to one another. We will not stop it by blaming the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.

Harris Introduces Legislation to Ensure Toxic Waste Sites Are Resilient to Climate Change
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Harris Introduces Legislation to Ensure Toxic Waste Sites Are Resilient to Climate Change

Sentinel News ServiceNovember 22, 2019

U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Tuesday introduced the Preparing Superfund for Climate Change Act, legislation requiring the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to incorporate climate change into their plans for overseeing Superfund sites, which contain toxic waste and other contaminants harmful to Americans’ health. While the Trump administration yesterday rejected a recommendation from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to consider the impact of climate change on these toxic waste sites, Harris’ legislation would mandate this under the law.

Harris Introduces Comprehensive Legislation to Protect Communities from Growing Threat of Wildfires
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Harris Introduces Comprehensive Legislation to Protect Communities from Growing Threat of Wildfires

Sentinel News ServiceNovember 15, 2019

U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) on Friday announced the Wildfire Defense Act, comprehensive legislation to help communities—especially in California—implement science-based methods for mitigating wildfire damage and defending life and property. Harris’ bill would provide local communities with up to $10 million dollars to implement a Community Wildfire Defense Plan to ensure they are resilient in the face of the growing wildfire threat before disaster strikes.  

Senators Harris and Booker Lead Historic Passage of Federal Anti-Lynching Legislation 
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Senators Harris and Booker Lead Historic Passage of Federal Anti-Lynching Legislation 

LAWT News Service  December 27, 2018

Last week, December 19, 2018, U.S. Senators Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) took to the Senate floor on to ask for unanimous consent to pass the bipartisan Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018, historic legislation that would criminalize lynching, attempts to lynch, and conspiracy to lynch for the first time in American history.