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TexasTowelie

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Sat Feb 12, 2022, 03:44 PM Feb 2022

Vice President Kamala Harris in Newark

Vice President Harris appeared with Governor Phil Murphy and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka to discuss federal funding efforts to replace contaminated lead pipes in the City of Newark.

Harris highlighted the city’s successful project and promoted the Biden Administration’s commitment to clean drinking water for all Americans. The new $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure law includes $1 billion to help New Jersey replace 350,000 lead water pipes in the next five years.

“The urgency to get it done was very close to me,” said Baraka, who described the challenge of the lead pipe crisis in his own home during his wife’s pregnancy.

The NJGOP quickly pounced on the event, citing the absence of key battleground congress people in a federal election year.

Read more: https://www.insidernj.com/live-stream-vice-president-kamala-harris-newark/

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