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It is no accident that communities experiencing the worst of these causes are the same ones that have been on the front lines of historic inequities.

The Biden-Harris Administration has recognized this by delivering $2 billion in funding to Climate Justice Community Change Grants.

I do feel that it is unfortunate that we did not hear from any members of communities, often low-income communities of color, who endure the cumulative impacts of the products and the practices under scrutiny today.

It is an appalling failure of governance by the Speaker.

it was so that the rich one-percenters could have their tax cut.

We are talking about doing everything we can to ensure every single person has access to clean air, clean water.

Climate change is not an abstract problem for people of a far-away future to solve.

Environmental justice and health equity go hand-in-hand.

This is all about winning. It's all about defeating Donald Trump because of the stakes, not just for our party, but for our country in this election.

You can't tell the American people to deny what they saw with their own eyes.

He needs to reverse the polls, that's the bottom line.

I look forward to continuing to work with you, Administrator Regan, and the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights to protect these investments and ensuring communities have the resources they need to address these…

If your rule shifts more traffic from rail to trucks, it will do the opposite of your intention.

California's going to spend about $30 billion this year subsidizing highways.

Let's come up with a policy that shifts traffic off of trucks onto the railroads.

I am a Democrat. I care about climate policy. I believe in the science. I want to reduce emissions.

Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 336. ____________________

This is a convicted criminal who incited a mob to storm the Capitol, something that's never happened before in American history.