Federal investment in water infrastructure has declined by 77 percent since its peak in the 1970s.

The burden of unsafe and unaffordable water disproportionately impacts lower income communities and communities of color.

In a country as wealthy as the United States, nobody should have to worry about whether aging, deteriorating pipes in rural communities will hold up.

When it comes to clean water, Americans too often face a heartbreaking choice.

In 2012, California became the first State in the Nation to recognize in statute a human right to water.

There was no surge when Title 42 was lifted. There will be no surge if we pass the Farm Workforce Modernization Act.

They are paying taxes. Taxes into programs that they are not eligible to benefit from.

Let's get past the pretext. Let's get past the excuses. Let's get past the rhetoric.

We're talking about basic protections in conditions that are on a very regular basis.

Food security is national security.

Let's be real. Republicans said the same thing about the lifting of Title 42, and the surge did not happen.

That's why I've introduced the Fairness for Farmworkers Act, last Congress, that would have guaranteed overtime.