ICYMI: Kamala Harris’ Career-Long Fight To Hold Polluters Accountable

Washington, D.C.  — In an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio today, Kamala Harris highlighted her long record of holding polluters accountable and Donald Trump’s long career of putting polluters’ profit over American families. 

Kamala Harris has spent her career fighting to ensure every child and family has clean air to breathe, clean water to drink, and a healthy community to live in. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has shamelessly prioritized corporate polluters’ profits over our children’s well-being. He is once again promising to give corporate polluters free rein at the expense of American families with his dangerous Project 2025 agenda.

ICYMI: Here’s what Kamala Harris said on her commitment to holding polluters accountable, Trump’s plans to dump forever chemicals in our air and water:

My commitment to these issues is long-standing. Twenty years ago, when I was elected district attorney of San Francisco, I created one of the first environmental justice units of any DA’s office in the country. 

As attorney general of California, I was a real leader on making sure that we enforced rules and standards that were about reducing PFAS, about what we need to do to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also hold polluters accountable. 

This is long-standing work, and frankly, a deep-seated and long-standing commitment that I have to addressing these issues including during the time I’ve been vice president. 

We are in the process of delivering nearly $2 billion in funding to help Wisconsin and the communities within Wisconsin address toxic PFAS chemicals. 

The work that we are also doing, which I’ve been a leader on frankly, is dealing with lead pipes and eliminating lead pipes. Then, of course, protecting the Great Lakes from the climate crisis. 

I just have to also mention that this is in great contrast to my opponent. Donald Trump refused to protect communities from PFAS and he has sided again and again with polluters rather than with the families of Wisconsin. 

And I think there’s a big contrast here on a very critical issue in terms of the public health and well-being of Wisconsinites.