Elfreth Sends First Environmental Letter to Address Climate Change

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (MD-03), a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources, sent her first environmental letter to Speaker Mike Johnson and Leader Hakeem Jeffries to address the climate crisis with the full urgency that this moment demands. Elfreth joined 110 fellow Democrats in signing the letter.

“The climate crisis is a present and future danger to public health and well-being, national security, and the economy. Climate pollution is exacerbating health challenges and limiting quality of life for families across the country, especially in communities historically overburdened by pollution. Every fraction of a degree of warming increases the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events – the climate crisis is fueling increasingly severe floods and storms, ravaging wildfires, extreme drought and water shortages, heatwaves, and sea level rise. All of these catastrophes threaten lives, put our communities and infrastructure at risk, and cost the American taxpayers,” the lawmakers wrote in their letter.

Elfreth spent six years in the Maryland Senate working on holistic and comprehensive legislation to address the impacts of climate change. Elfreth chaired the tri-state, bipartisan Chesapeake Bay Commission and worked with colleagues to pass the Whole Watershed Act, which promotes innovative, science-based solutions to waterway restoration efforts.

The full letter can be accessed HERE.

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