Maine Democratic Party Applauds Assistant Majority Leader Talbot Ross’s Legislation to Require Racial Justice Impact Statements

Following Assistant Majority Leader Rachel Talbot Ross’s unveiling of LD2, An Act To Require the Inclusion of Racial Impact Statements in the Legislative Process, Maine Democratic Party Chair Drew Gattine released the following statement:

“We have too long allowed our health care, education, and economic systems to work better for white Mainers than for racial and ethnic minorities or members of tribal nations. Assistant Majority Leader Rachel Talbot Ross’s bill is an important step forward in changing that. I applaud our Democratic leaders for putting racial justice front and center in their work and making it clear that they are committed to building a better, more just Maine.”

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