Nanette Barragán actually said...

"Expediting reviews under NEPA, as some of my colleagues here would have us do, I believe does not address the underlying problem."

"I believe NEPA is a critical tool to ensure that the voices of these communities, ones like the ones I represent in Wilmington and Compton, are heard."

"I happen to represent one of those majority/minority districts, where you have about 86 percent of the population is a minority, and it is actually one of the more heavily polluted districts in the co..."

"Instead, we should be focusing today--and this is what I want to do--focus on some success stories that NEPA has provided us with."