10,000 signatures reached
To: Congress
Stop wasting time and pass emergency funding for Baltimore bridge repair NOW!
Families, loved ones, and community members are dealing with the horrible aftermath of the Baltimore Bridge collapse that occurred just weeks ago when a cargo ship lost power and collided with one of the beam supports, tragically killing six Latino immigrant construction workers.
President Biden has already expressed support for the federal government paying to reconstruct the bridge, and the Department of Transportation announced some initial emergency relief funds for the Maryland Department of Transportation—but it’s not enough.
Already Republicans in Congress are refusing to provide any further support. Sign the petition to demand Congress step up in this catastrophe and pass funding NOW to quickly repair the bridge and reopen the Port of Baltimore.
Why is this important?
The Port of Baltimore is a major U.S. port and the national economy—and all Americans—will suffer unless immediate action is taken to repair the bridge and reopen the port. The government intervening to quickly repair the Baltimore bridge is not only what is right; it’s what is good and necessary for the entire country.
Congress can provide the necessary funding needed to quickly and swiftly repair the bridge—as it has done in the past.
In 2007 a bridge tragically collapsed in Minnesota, killing 13 people and injuring more than 145 people. Congress took swift action, and in just three days authorized emergency funding to repair the bridge. And in 2013, the Skagit River Bridge collapse in the state of Washington resulted in $15.6 million in emergency funds.
Instead of focusing on this tragedy and what they can do to help relieve some of the burden, MAGA Republicans in Congress wasted no time to use the Baltimore bridge collapse to push their own corrupted agenda—going so far as to blame diversity and DEI for the bridge collapse. Why? Because Baltimore’s mayor, Brandon Scott, is Black. It’s blatant racism, and they are using that racism to stoke their most extreme base, all while refusing to take necessary action that the people in Maryland and across the country desperately need.
Republicans in Congress, putting their own political careers above the public good, are digging in their heels—insistent on resisting and undermining President Biden every step of the way. They need to be reminded that they answer to constituents, and that constituents are demanding Congress pass funding to repair the bridge NOW!