Get The Lead Out Caucus

Water contaminated by lead service lines can be found in every congressional district in the country.

From rural areas to densely populated cities, lead service lines are widespread and pose serious health risks to all of us, but particularly to children.

This Caucus will pursue every possible avenue to get lead out of our water once and for all. We support efforts to ensure clean, affordable drinking water for every American, and bringing communities together from around the country to unite around clean water as a human right.

Join us in this fight to get lead out of our water and protect the health and future of our children.

Get The Lead Out Caucus members include:

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, Chair and Co-Founder

Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, Co-Founder

Senator Lisa Blunt-Rochester, Co-founder

Congressman Bobby Scott

Congressman Hank Johnson

Congresswoman Hillary Scholten

Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia

Congressman Adriano Espaillat

Congressman Shri Thanedar

Congresswoman Sara Jacobs

Congresswoman Summer Lee

Congresswoman Betty McCollum

Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon

Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky

Congresswoman Veronica Escobar

Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett

Congresswoman Sarah McBride

Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet

Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman

Congresswoman LaMonica McIver

Congressman Eric Sorensen

Congressman Mark Pocan

Congressman Joe Neguse

Congressman Maxwell Frost

Congressman Jim McGovern

Congresswoman Delia Ramirez

Congressman Darren Soto

Congressman Jimmy Gomez

Congressman Jared Moskowitz

Congressman Mike Thompson

Congressman Jonathan Jackson

Congressman Frank Pallone

Congressman Lloyd Doggett

Congresswoman Nikema Williams

Congressman John Larson

Congressman Cleo Fields

Congressman Herb Conaway

Congressman Emmanuel Cleaver

Congressman Mike Quigley

Congressman Morgan McGarvey

Congressman Rob Menendez

Congresswoman Shontel Brown

Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández

Congresswoman Becca Balint

Congressman Timothy M. Kennedy

Congresswoman Nellie Pou

Caucus Highlights

  • Get The Lead Out Caucus chairs led two critical letters in 2024 urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen and finalize its Lead and Copper Rule Improvements. The EPA announced its final LCRI rule in October 2024, just weeks after the Caucus sent its second letter, which was signed by 81 members of the House and Senate. The finalized Lead and Copper Rule Improvements require the identification and replacement of lead pipes across the country within 10 years, require more rigorous drinking water testing, and lowers the threshold requiring communities to take action to protect people from lead exposure in water.
  • In 2022, Rep. Tlaib hosted a groundbreaking Get The Lead Out tour of lead-impacted communities across Michigan. The tour brought Members of Congress and federal officials together with service providers, organizers, and residents in Detroit, Highland Park, Dearborn Heights, Flint, and Benton Harbor to learn more about the support our communities need to respond to the lead crisis and deliver safe, affordable drinking water for everyone.