“These senseless deaths in federally-assisted housing are unconscionable,” Sen. Kamala Harris and two House Democrats wrote Monday.
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and two House Democrats are urging Congress to pass legislation requiring carbon monoxide detectors in public housing, after anHarris, a presidential candidate, along with Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García, D-Ill., and Rep. Joe Cunningham, D-S.C.,
to congressional leaders Monday urging them to act swiftly to protect"the most vulnerable among us, the elderly and children living in federally-assisted public housing."of carbon monoxide poisoning in their Section 8 home. At least 13 residents of homes overseen by the Department of Housing and Urban Development have died from exposure to the colorless, odorless gas since 2003, by NBC News' count, based on news reports confirmed with authorities.
Harris, García and Cunningham urged the committee leaders to “expedite consideration and passage” of the legislation. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., chair of the House Financial Services Committee, and Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chair of the Senate Banking Committee, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.that it would propose a regulation that would require carbon monoxide detectors in federally assisted housing. But it has not released a proposal yet — the first step in the lengthy process of creating a new federal rule.
“This is an urgent crisis," Harris said in a statement. “People are dying, and this administration still hasn’t implemented a plan to install carbon monoxide detectors in public housing units so that we can avoid any more preventable tragedies."
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