As a voter in the First Congressional District, I was glad to read Rep. Cori Bush’s column promoting President Biden’s Build Back Better proposal in the November 11 edition of The St. Louis American. Congresswoman Bush is so right! St. Louis area residents would benefit from this historic investment in clean energy.
Here are some examples of how the bill would benefit our community:
* Replacing dirty diesel transit buses with clean electric buses.
* Replacing lead pipes that bring water into our homes.
* Supporting new high-capacity transmission lines to bring clean wind energy to our area, so we can close outdated and dangerous coal fired power plants.
* Weatherizing homes to cut utility bills.
I hope the rest of the Missouri delegation takes Rep. Bush’s advice to heart and votes in favor of the Build Back Better Plan.
John Hickey
Clean Energy for America
