"I have introduced a bill, a mental health bill, to making sure that we provide ongoing medical treatment for kids, even after they have left these facilities, because I don't think they are getting that care."
"When I think of climate change, I don't think in terms of green. I think in terms of black and brown."
"I think of black and brown communities throughout the Nation forced to live under discriminatory environmental policies that cripple their cities and towns economically."
"Last night at the State of the Union, the President may have ignored the threat of climate change. But with Dems in control of the House, this committee and Congress will no longer ignore the threat o..."
"I think of black and brown children forced to live in neighborhoods where the air quality standards are astonishingly low and the use of asthma inhalers is alarmingly high."
"You are darn right that we are going to have hearings on this, and I am proud to say that our chairwoman and our chairman have been working hard to make sure we are going to work to bring down prescri..."
"I think of black and brown people who are confined to communities where decades of lax environmental policies and enforcement have literally sickened entire generations."
"When I think of climate change, I think in terms of black and brown. When I think of climate change, I think of my black and brown constituents who make up 88 percent of my district and who are dispro..."
"Ultimately, when I think of climate change, I do not see an environmental crisis, I see a systematic environmental racism that needs to be acknowledged and addressed."
"I think of black and brown communities and children whose asthma diagnosis amounts to nothing more than a death sentence."
"So, ultimately, when I think of climate change, I do not see an environmental crisis, I see a systematic environmental racism that needs to be acknowledged and addressed."