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Jasmine Crockett: “We know that black and brown communities tend to be…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Extended interview_ Jasmine Crockett talks through her first 2 weeks in Congress

Published | Video Starts at 12:04

That is something that in the State House, I was one of the founding members of the Climate Caucus. And so We know that black and brown communities tend to be disproportionately affected by climate injustice. And so the fact that we had a Superfund site in District 30 right there in the Cedar Crest area, I was able to go and experience the demolition of this particular facility. (12:04–12:12)

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Asserts that black and brown communities are disproportionately affected by climate injustice.

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