Washington, D.C. — In response to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s markup of HR 3898, the PERMIT Act, an incredibly harmful bill to gut the Clean Water Act, the League of Conservation Voters issued the following statement from  Healthy Communities Program Director Madeleine Foote:

“This package of disastrous attacks on our clean water protections will harm the health of communities across the country while letting Big Polluters make our water dirtier for a profit. Eliminating these critical water safeguards while simultaneously pushing for the dangerous healthcare cuts in the Big Ugly Bill will have devastating consequences for our health and communities already overburdened by the impacts of pollution and the climate crisis. The public consistently wants stronger national protections for our water, yet extreme Republicans are pushing this dangerous legislation to benefit their polluter allies. The House must reject this extreme assault on our clean water safeguards and work instead to ensure everyone, no matter their race, zip code, or income, has access to clean water.”

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