For a brief period, Kamala Harris was the Senate’s top Democrat on Superfund.
There’s little to show from the now-presidential candidate’s stint as ranking member of the Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management and Regulatory Oversight, a position she held through her first year as a California senator.
But at the crux of Superfund is an issue that “is part of a core mission of the U.S. Government, which is to keep the American people safe,” Harris said during a 2017 Senate committee hearing, her first ever as ranking member.
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Superfund, EPA’s program for cleaning up the nation’s most contaminated sites, saw new life under the Biden administration, but sustaining momentum will be a challenge.
