Pledging
These are the original issues in this subcategory
- BROWNFIELD SITES
- SUPERFUND SITES
- DRINKING WATER
In a 2014 cost-saving move, the city of Flint, Michigan switched its drinking water supply from Detroit’s water system to the Flint River. Inadequate treatment and testing of this water resulted in major water quality and health issues for Flint residents, many of whom endured skin rashes, hair loss and itchy skin. Officials later admitted that high concentrations of lead in the city’s drinking water were to blame for these health problems. Aging infrastructure and the cost to replace old water pipes and lead solder used in household plumbing was also a factor in this disaster. There is no acceptable level of lead in drinking water. And there are more than 6 million lead service lines - pipes that connect a water main to a building’s plumbing - in the U.S. today. Since this catastrophe, Newark, Chicago, Detroit, Baltimore and Milwaukee have all realized their water systems are also contaminated with lead - and there is likely to be many more cities with this problem. One 2016 report found that more than 5,000 U.S. water systems serving roughly 18 million people have violated EPA rules for lead content in drinking water.
Pending Legislation: H.R. 4816 - Safe Drinking Water for Disadvantaged Communities Act
Sponsor: Rep. Zachary Nunn (IA)
Status: House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Chair: Rep. Brett Guthrie (KY)
Pending Legislation: H.R. 4816 - Safe Drinking Water for Disadvantaged Communities Act
Sponsor: Rep. Zachary Nunn (IA)
Status: House Committee on Energy and Commerce
Chair: Rep. Brett Guthrie (KY)
- I oppose reforming current drinking water policy and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Speaker Mike Johnson (LA).
- I support providing federal funding for lead pipe replacement in disadvantaged communities by allocating funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to address lead service line replacement in communities that need it most by: 1.) Requiring that 100% of the funds made available under the IIJA for lead service line replacement to be distributed to disadvantaged communities. 2.) Providing funding in the form of grants or forgivable loans, which would prevent financially strained communities from taking on additional debt to complete federally mandated projects. And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Brett Guthrie (KY) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
- I support providing federal funding for lead pipe replacement in disadvantaged communities by allocating funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) to address lead service line replacement in communities that need it most by:
1.) Requiring that 100% of the funds made available under the IIJA for lead service line replacement to be distributed to disadvantaged communities.
2.) Providing funding in the form of grants or forgivable loans, which would prevent financially strained communities from taking on additional debt to complete federally mandated projects.
And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Brett Guthrie (KY) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
You May Pledge Your Support For This Issue With A Monetary
Donation And By Writing A Letter To Your Representatives
Donation And By Writing A Letter To Your Representatives
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Pledge Period - Opening Date
March 2, 2026 @00:01 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC)
Pledge Period - Closing Date
March 8, 2026 @23:59 Universal Coordinated Time (UTC)
Trustee Election - Begins
March 9, 2026