I believe we can accept this amendment. This is an increase, obviously. Our budget has been short in every area. We share the concern of the author of this amendment in ensuring EPA enforcement is strong enough. There is no objection on this side.
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Well, I think it is. I mean any time a group of people are denied rights and struggle for their rights, that's a civil rights movement.
I don't think so. I think this -- and African-American communities like every other community in the country, the tide is shifting.
Full equality, it means enjoying all of the rights that everybody else in the country enjoys.
All Americans ought to enjoy civil rights, and whatever the court does today, we are going to move a step closer to everyone enjoying these rights.
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