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Legislating to Save Lives

Democratic Representative Cori Bush made history when she became the first Black Congresswoman for Missouri, unseating the Clay political dynasty. She brought her background as a nurse, activist, organizer, single mom and pastor to her new role and has jumped headfirst into advocating for issues ranging from reparations for Black Americans to taxing billionaires to Medicare for All. She teamed up with Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey and Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth to introduce a bill that would bring together federal agencies and create a mapping tool to help allocate environmental funding from the Biden administration. Just last week, she also joined forces with New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to introduce a $1 trillion dollar bill to fund environmental justice projects for the next four years. In this episode, we’ll hear from Senator Tammy Duckworth and Congresswoman Cori Bush about three major environmental justice bills: the Environmental Justice for All Act, the Environmental Justice Mapping and Data Collection Act, and the Green New Deal for Cities Act.

This episode was a collaboration with Jason Rosenbaum, St. Louis Public Radio political correspondent and co-host of the Politically Speaking podcast. You can listen to the Politically Speaking episodes with Senator Duckworth and Congresswoman Bush at stlpr.org or anywhere you get podcasts.

Legislating to Save Lives
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U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth Expounds On Environmental Agenda

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, joined Politically Speaking, talking with St. Louis Public Radio’s Eric Schmid, Jia Lian Yang and Lauren Brown about her environmental justice legislation.

Duckworth was first elected to the Senate in 2016, defeating incumbent Republican Mark Kirk in a landslide. Before becoming a senator, Duckworth served in the House for four years representing a suburban Chicago district. She’s up for reelection in 2022.

Here’s what Duckworth talked about on the program:

  • Details of the Environmental Justice for All Act, including how the legislation would improve outdoor areas in low-income and minority communities.
  • The ways the legislation would change how the Environmental Protection Agency administers the industrial and business permitting processes. It would have to take into account the total effect on a community.
  • How environmental issues have been an endemic problem in Metro East communities like Centreville. Residents in that town have been struggling with consistent raw sewage floods on their property.

Duckworth gained national attention when she became the first American woman to be a double amputee from injuries suffered while serving in the Iraq War. She was in the military for more than 20 years, carrying on a family tradition of service that stretches back to the Revolutionary War.

She first ran for office in 2006, losing a closely watched congressional race against Republican Peter Roskam. Six years later, she made an electoral comeback when she defeated incumbent Joe Walsh in Illinois’ 8th District. She defeated Kirk four years later.

Duckworth serves on the Armed Forces, Commerce and Environment and Public Works committees.

You can listen to an episode of We Live Here that details the efforts of Duckworth and U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. Louis County, to pursue environmental justice legislation later this week.

Follow We Live Here on Twitter: @WeLiveHereSTL

Follow Eric Schmid on Twitter: @EricDSchmid

Follow Tammy Duckworth: @SenDuckworth

U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth Expounds On Environmental Agenda
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/podcast/politically-speaking/2021-04-29/u-s-sen-tammy-duckworth-expounds-on-environmental-agenda
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Cori Bush Makes Case For Environmental Legislation

In a collaboration with St. Louis Public Radio’s “We Live Here,” St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum, Jia Lian Yang and Lauren Brown spoke with U.S. Rep. Cori Bush about two pieces of environmental legislation that she proposed in her first few months in office.

The Democrat represents Missouri’s 1st District, which takes in St. Louis and parts of St. Louis County. She was first elected last year, toppling longtime incumbent Lacy Clay, and is the first Black woman to ever represent a Missouri congressional district.

Here’s what Bush talked about on the show:

  • Her legislation that would prompt federal agencies to map out environmental issues. It’s a proposal that she’s working on with Sen. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, that’s similar to what President Joe Biden laid out in a recent executive order.
  • Whether overhauling or getting rid of the filibuster would help get some of her environmental legislation across the finish line. She also talked about whether some of her Green New Deal for Cities could make it into Biden’s infrastructure legislation.
  • Bush, who was a supporter of Bernie Sanders’ 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns, detailed how her office has collaborated with the White House over the past few months. She said that she’s received a warm welcome in Congress, notably getting high-profile assignments on the House Judiciary and Oversight committees.

Bush is a north St. Louis County native who worked as a nurse before running for office. Her father, Erroll Bush, has been involved in Northwoods municipal politics for many years and currently serves on that town’s Board of Aldermen.

Bush burst into the public eye as an activist who protested in Ferguson. She first ran for office in 2016, losing in a Democratic U.S. Senate primary to then-Secretary of State Jason Kander. After losing to Clay in 2018, Bush defeated him in the 2020 primary and easily won the general election.

“We Live Here” will release an episode featuring both Bush and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, later this week. A Politically Speaking featuring Duckworth will be posted in the coming days.

Follow Jason Rosenbaum on Twitter: @jrosenbaum

Follow We Live Here on Twitter: @WeLiveHereSTL

Follow Cori Bush on Twitter: @RepCori

Cori Bush Makes Case For Environmental Legislation
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Bonus: Urban Farmers

We wanted to share the stories of the people who are at the heart of the environmental justice movement: urban farmers. In St. Louis, urban farmers have made great strides and continue to educate the next generation about the importance of growing their own food. In this bonus episode, we visit an urban farm, then hear from a food justice director advocating for a healthier environment and the founder of a nonprofit that provides equitable access to food, education, and employment.

Bonus: Urban Farmers
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/podcast/we-live-here/2021-04-23/bonus-urban-farmers
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Missouri Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove On Election-Related Bills Moving Through Legislature

State Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove is the latest guest on Politically Speaking, where the Kansas City Democrat talked with St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum about election-related bills being considered in the Missouri General Assembly and other pressing issues to come in the last month of session.

Bland Manlove is the chairwoman of the Missouri Legislative Black Caucus. She was first elected to the Missouri House in 2018, easily winning a Democratic primary to succeed House Minority Leader Gail McCann Beatty. She was re-elected in 2020 without serious opposition.

Here’s what Bland Manlove had to say during the show:

  • The Black Caucus is closely watching legislation that would reinstate Missouri’s photo identification requirement to vote. It would allow someone without a photo ID to cast a provisional ballot. She said that’s not an acceptable alternative, as provisional ballots aren’t counted at the same time as non-provisional ballots.
  • Efforts to make it more difficult to either get initiative petitions on the ballot or pass constitutional amendments. Some Republicans, including Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, are supporting measures that would require a two-thirds majority to place something in the Missouri Constitution.
  • The possibility that courts could force the General Assembly to fund Medicaid expansion. Republicans have argued that they don’t have to appropriate money for that measure because there wasn’t a specific funding source in the constitutional amendment that passed in 2020.

Bland Manlove is a Kansas City native whose family has been involved in Missouri politics for decades. Her grandmother, Mary Groves Bland, served in both the House and Senate representing the Kansas City area. Her uncle, Craig Bland, was a member of the House throughout the 2000s.

Before she entered the General Assembly in 2019, Bland Manlove served in the Missouri Army National Guard and worked at the Missouri Department of Transportation.

Follow Jason Rosenbaum on Twitter: @jrosenbaum

Follow Ashley Bland Manlove: @Manlove4M

Missouri Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove On Election-Related Bills Moving Through Legislature
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/podcast/politically-speaking/2021-04-16/missouri-rep-ashley-bland-manlove-on-election-related-bills-moving-through-legislature
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