Nanette Barragán

I think it is incredibly unfair the territories receive Medicaid funding in the form of a block grant.

This is a new administration that’s going to treat migrants with the dignity and the respect and the humanity that the prior administration did not do.

President Biden has made a commitment to restore access to asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.

I applaud the Department of Homeland Security for moving quickly to shut down this horrific program which exposed asylum seekers to violence and dangerous conditions.

I think it is completely unacceptable. On both sides of the aisle, we should all be raising an alarm bell.

My concern is the equity issues, and making sure underserved communities are not left behind and having access adequate to technology.

I thought to myself, How often is this happening to constituents of mine who don't have that similar access, or older Americans who are having the same kind of access?

I support FEMA aggressively making vaccination efforts. It is important that the location selection prioritize availability to those at greatest risk.

This is an amazingly great development. But more FEMA sites need to be added, especially in districts like mine.

Let me be clear. No one in the MPP program tested positive, and testing is happening aggressively.

We can't be bold enough after the last 4 years with the disastrous policies, so we have got to move forward and move wholly.

Our bill does cover that, and it is a huge issue for me as well and your workers.

I recently reintroduced legislation called the Climate Smart Ports Act to invest in zero emissions technology for cargo-handling equipment and trucks at ports and shore power for idling ships.

The damage of the last 4 years by the Trump administration to our planet and to our communities of color was devastating.

The recent actions of the Biden administration to address the climate crisis and environmental justice bring hope that meaningful progress is possible.

I appreciate every Member of Congress in this committee that believes 9/11 is real and that it happened.

We are having some constituents having to take three buses just to get to a vaccination site.

I represent a district that is almost 90 percent Latino, African-American, low-income, poor.

The first thing that was done is the mask mandate. It is making sure that we are putting science first.

We will also remind people that we inherited over 400,000 deaths from this pandemic, partially for inaction that was taken.

This legislation calls for weekly surveillance testing, expanded contact tracing in prisons, and expanded data collection.

Climate change is impacting everyone, especially our most vulnerable coastal communities.

I think it is an important principle of equity and energy justice that we allow communities of color to speak for themselves.

It is critical that we don't leave behind Black, Latino, and indigenous communities behind in these efforts.

Our transition to a clean energy economy offers a unique opportunity to reverse the injustices in the current system.