; Whereas decades of residential segregation continue to expose, especially, Black communities to greater air pollution, as well as Latina/o, Asian and Pacific Islander, and poor and low-wealth communities; Whereas Native and Indigenous reservations cover just two percent of the United States, and ancestral and sacred lands are at risk of being devastated by mining, extraction, and pollution, because of their vast mineral and natural wealth; Whereas tens of millions of Americans cannot afford access to clean water, 44,000,000 people are living with water systems that violated the Safe Drinking Water Act, and approximately 540,000 households lack access to complete plumbing, with Native American households more likely to face water access issues than other households; Whereas, despite these threats to health, 119 rural hospitals have been closed in 41 States since 2010, more than 450 rural hospitals are at risk of closure and 104,000,000 people were uninsured or underinsured leading into the COVID–19 pandemic; Whereas the United States has the worst-ranking public health outcomes including that average life expectancy is at its lowest point since 1996, with higher infant and maternal mortality rates than our peer countries, even though we spend twice the amount per capita on health expenditures compared to other industrialized nations; Whereas, during the deadliest phases of the pandemic, poor and low-income counties experienced death rates that were up to five times higher than wealthier counties; Whereas rather than addressing these pressing conditions impacting our health, well-being, and general welfare, 62 cents of every Federal discretionary dollar goes to the Pentagon and militarization; Whereas experts have identified up to $350,000,000,000 in defense spending cuts that would both save resources and keep the country safe and secure; Whereas the United States wars since 2001 have killed more than 937,000 people directly, and another 3,600,000 to 3,700,000 indirectly, and displaced 3,000,000 more