See what Elizabeth Warren has to say about Joe Biden in our Thursday 3pm
ET virtual event with Biden's young voter initiative.
PCCC co-founder Stephanie Taylor will share how progressive ideas are key
to energizing young people.

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[ [link removed] ]Turn on images to see the promo for our Thursday 3pm ET virtual event
with Biden's young voter initiative featuring Elizabeth Warren and PCCC
co-founder Stephanie Taylor.

Hi, it’s Ritchie Torres. In my historic congressional campaign in the
Bronx, I told my personal story of growing up poor in a single-parent
household in New York City's public housing. Housing will be my #1
priority in Congress.

You may not associate affordable housing with solving the climate crisis
and addressing the coronavirus. But if we're smart -- if we reimagine
housing -- it will help solve the other issues. That's why I'm
enthusiastic about today's modern infrastructure and clean energy plan
from Joe Biden.

Imagine taking 4 million old, leaky, musty, dilapidated buildings and
re-making them green -- running efficiently off of clean energy. As
someone who grew up with asthma in public housing, I'll tell you, this
retrofitting would give us the opportunity to fight air pollution, our
climate crisis, our health crisis, and our jobs crisis.

As a 32-year old who will be the first openly gay Afro-Latino member of
Congress, I want to help usher in big systemic change.

[ [link removed] ]If you don't want to just build back from this crisis, but Build Back
Better, please join me as a supporter of Biden's bold modern
infrastructure and climate plan. Let's invest $2 trillion, create millions
of union jobs, and make millions of homes green and affordable! Sign here.

Joe Biden's plan for 4 million green retrofitted buildings and 1.5 million
new green homes and housing units will also help address the coronavirus'
disproportionate impact on poor neighborhoods and communities of color.

Poor neighborhoods, like the ones in the South Bronx which I will
represent in Congress, have the highest levels of pollution and dirty air
particles. In the Bronx, we suffer at disproportionate rates of asthma and
other respiratory illnesses, precisely the conditions that exacerbate the
coronavirus’ hold on vulnerable communities.

In addition, 32% of U.S. households missed their July housing payments.
Green housing will be more affordable due to efficient consumption of
energy that lowers bills. And there are major health care savings by
reducing hospital visits and medical emergencies caused by air pollution.

[ [link removed] ]Biden's plan is the most ambitious housing plan in recent memory. I'll
proudly vote for it in Congress. Will you support it too? Click here.

The plan Biden announced today also includes:

* Millions of new union jobs rebuilding our crumbling roads, bridges,
and schools.
* Investing in clean vehicles and 500,000 electric vehicle charging
stations.
* Zero-emissions public transportation in our cities.
* By 2035, a power sector in America free of carbon pollution.
* By 2050, net-zero emissions for our entire economy.
* A new climate justice division in the Department of Justice.
* $2 trillion of investment in clean energy in his first term.

As we rebuild from the coronavirus crisis that Donald Trump mismanaged and
exacerbated, we have a generational opportunity to forge a green economy
that will be more affordable, make us healthier, and create millions of
union jobs.

[ [link removed] ]Joe Biden is promising to seize that opportunity. When he goes bold, he
deserves our support. Please join me as a supporter of his modern
infrastructure and clean energy plan.

Thank you.

Ritchie Torres ([ [link removed] ]@RitchieTorres)
Presumptive nominee, New York's 15th Congressional District

 

 

 

 


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