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Watson Coleman Sends Letter to President and FEMA Administrator Requesting Strategic Plan for Heat Emergencies July 6, 2021, 6:15 pm | in
Watson Coleman Sends Letter to President and FEMA Administrator Requesting Strategic Plan for Heat Emergencies
Recent soaring temperatures across the country and related deaths emphasize the need for a national strategic plan
Ewing, NJ (July 6, 2021) – Today, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ), sent a letter to President Joseph Biden and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell, requesting information on how the federal government and FEMA respond to heat emergencies.
A heatwave on the West Coast has contributed to hundreds of deaths in recent weeks including over 100 in Portland, Oregon where temperatures reached 116 degrees Fahrenheit on June 28
War on Drugs, representatives
Cori Bush (D-MO) want remembrance to accompany radical change.
On Tuesday, the Congresswomen unveiled the
Drug Policy Reform Act a federal bill that would decriminalize drug possession and end punitive practices in favor of health-centered approaches.
The origins of the Nixon Administration’s War on Drugs is traced back to a press conference held on June 17, 1971, during which then-President Richard Nixon named drug abuse as “public enemy number one” and declared that “in order to fight and defeat this enemy, it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive.”
What followed was a sweeping government initiative that implemented punitive responses to drug use and possession, including an increase in federal drug agencies, mandatory sentencing, and no-knock warrants, according to the Drug Policy Alliance, which partnered with Coleman and Bush in crafting the bill.
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