“We have the opportunity to see 18,000 fewer cases of childhood asthma and 1.1 million fewer missed days of school each year.“
 – Vice President Harris

March 7, 2022

During an event at the White House, Vice President Harris announced major federal actions that will expand clean public transit and school buses, reduce emissions from dirty diesel trucks, and create good-paying jobs.

 

She was joined by Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan, Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration Nuria Fernandez, and Marc Saint-Firmin, an electric bus driver with the Washington D.C. Circulator. Read the fact sheet HERE and read more below.