Thread by @UCSUSA

Congress must act quickly to reach a #DebtCeiling agreement and avoid a catastrophic default, which would harm the economy and disproportionately hurt low-income households. No #DefaultOnAmerica

The #DebtCeiling deal announced over the weekend shows some progress BUT contains some very damaging provisions that would harm public health and well-being and the environment, especially in frontline communities and communities of color.

➡️docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/…

Congress should reject the egregious provision to move forward the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a project that would expand climate-damaging methane gas, pollute the local environment, and eliminate important legal protections for communities' health. #StopMVP

The expanded work requirements for #SNAP food assistance will hurt families in need and create more hunger, including for hundreds of thousands of very low-income older people, many of them older women. cbpp.org/press/statemen…

Curtailing #NEPA protections hurts people and the environment, is a blow to #EnvironmentalJustice and is a harmful giveaway to fossil fuel companies. #PeopleVsFossilFuels

While making it harder for people to get food assistance, this deal uncritically increases funding for the Pentagon – an agency that has failed five consecutive audits. Meanwhile, the US will spend $1 billion a week on nuclear weapons for the next 10 years. #DefaultOnAmericaAct