"When you talk about rolling back air standards, you are talking about harming the health of our communities of color."
"Environmental injustice is when there is a disproportionate impact to our communities of color."
"Federal judges have found that at least 2 of your facilities, Adelanto in California and the Broward Transitional Center in Florida, or BTC, were creating unreasonable risk to detainees."
"How can we take your assurances today seriously when your facilities repeatedly failed to live up to the basic standards?"
"In the case of Adelanto, the judge found that the facility had created a massive risk of COVID-19 infection."
"Rep. Barragan mentioned allegations that female detainees at the LaSalle ICE Processing Center went several days without being provided soap or other hygiene items."
"the United States has a long way to go to address the challenges facing Tribal communities."
"It will take bold investments and policy solutions developed in partnership with Tribal governments and Native communities to make progress."
"Clearly, this President has decided the best strategy to deal with the greatest threat against this country during his presidency is to bury his head in the sand and wish it went away."
"We are still in the first wave, and this is still very real."
"I am working on legislation to ensure environmental justice communities receive greater funding support for micro grids."