Infrastructure Bill Doesn’t ‘Meet the Moment,’ Equity Groups Say

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The Senate’s infrastructure package would replace lead pipes and boost clean transit for poor communities-but isn’t the transformational effort needed to overcome decades of inequityin federal spending on big projects, environmental justice advocates say.The massive bipartisan bill (H.R. 3684) falls “far short of what is necessary to fully mitigate the impacts of environmental racism and environmental inequity on our communities,” Rep.Donald McEachin (D-Va.) wrote in an Aug. 5 letter to House and Senate leaders, joined by six House Democrats, including Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.).