Full Committee Hearing: Legislative Hearing: Environmental Justice for All Act

Date: Thursday, October 1, 2020 Time: 12:00 PM Presiding: The Honorable Raúl M. Grijalva, Chair

On Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. EDT, via Cisco WebEx, the Full Committee will hold a legislative hearing on the following bill:

  • H.R. 5986 (Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva), To restore, reaffirm, and reconcile environmental justice and civil rights, provide for the establishment of the Interagency Working Group on Environmental Justice Compliance and Enforcement, and for other purposes.“Environmental Justice for All Act”.

Witness List

Panel 1

Dr. Robert Bullard (testimony)

Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy at Texas Southern University and Father of environmental justice

Dr. Mildred McLain (testimony)

Co-founder and Executive Director of the Harambee House/Citizens for Environmental Justice.

Andrea Vidaurre (testimony)

Co-Founder of People's Collective for Environmental Justice

Derrick Hollie (Minority Witness) (testimony)

President, Reaching America