The Sunset Advisory Commission meets every 12 years, so Texans think this is their chance to get officials to fix the issue of contaminated air and water 'because people will die.'
HOUSTON, Texas -- Houstonians boarded a bus to Austin early Wednesday morning to attend a hearing where the Fifth Ward cancer cluster will be addressed.
The busload of people will say their piece in front of the Sunset Advisory Commission, an agency that evaluates how other agencies, like the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, in the state are doing and what changes need to be made. The Sunset Advisory Commission meets every 12 years, so a lot of people on the bus feel like this is their chance.
"We're concerned about the water we're drinking, we're concerned about the air we're breathing. We can't wait another decade plus for change because people will die," said Texas Sen. Borris Miles.ABC13 was there before the bus of 60 people took off and asked everyone who boarded how they were feeling. Several people said they are tired of being ignored.
We have reported several times before on the effects the residents of Fifth Ward have felt for decades. They said TCEQ must do more to clean up their community.
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