I am hearing from a lot of constituents about the delay of their mail and the concern about election security and whether their vote will count, so this is so critically important.

I think it is important to recognize that this EPA has failed communities across the country that are struggling with drinking water contamination.

This administration has refused to use the authority in the Safe Drinking Water Act to set interim standards to address the dangerous chemical, PFOS.

One person who gets brown water is too many. Clean, safe, affordable drinking water should be available to everyone.

One person who gets brown water is too many, and we need to continue this fight for clean water for environmental justice.

It was the Trump EPA that recently decided not to set a drinking water standard for perchlorate after decades of work.

The fight for clean and affordable water is very personal. How do you put a price tag on health?

The Department of Homeland Security did not send them to the hardest-hit hospitals and front-line workers across the country.

the lack of leadership has led to over 135,000 Americans being dead, and that is just not a flare-up in certain parts.

I want to thank FEMA for working with California on providing housing for those who really needed shelter during COVID-19.

it is completely unacceptable that not everybody would be trained to recognize the distress symptoms amongst children.

CBP's lack of immediate and meaningful care for asylum seekers are putting migrant children's lives in jeopardy.

There are protesters all across this country right now demanding justice and that includes environmental justice.

I have heard and have read a lot differently. I have read a lot more about the administration's failures early on.

I happen to represent a district that is almost 90 percent Latino/African American.

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.

Rep. Barragan mentioned allegations that female detainees at the LaSalle ICE Processing Center went several days without being provided soap or other hygiene items.

In the case of Adelanto, the judge found that the facility had created a massive risk of COVID-19 infection.

How can we take your assurances today seriously when your facilities repeatedly failed to live up to the basic standards?

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.

It will take bold investments and policy solutions developed in partnership with Tribal governments and Native communities to make progress.

the United States has a long way to go to address the challenges facing Tribal communities.

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.