I think it is unfortunate that we don't seem to have any participation from the Republican side, because it is everybody's children who are at risk from lead poisoning.
What we learned is, A, there is no safe level of lead, and that the impacts fall hardest on our children.
I really appreciate your saying this.
So there is no safe level, no matter what it is? If there is some lead in the blood, it is not a good thing. Is that right?
That is making sure that our kids are in danger.
The really tragic consequences of that is that we have learned today unequivocally that the worst of the impacts of exposure cannot be rever...
As long as we fail to act, we are willingly sacrificing our children and our country's, many of our children's and our country's future.
Lead is bad. And we need to do everything in our power to protect people in this country from it.
They have a war against the Environmental Protection Agency.
There are still 40 percent of Medicaid kids who aren't being tested.
We have to do more to address the problem of lead contamination.