Raul Ruiz actually said...

"The Clean Air and Clean Water Act protect our basic necessities: clean, breathable air, and safe, drinkable water, fundamental elements we all need to survive."

"The Federal Government has a moral and legally enforceable obligation to protect Tribal treaties, land, and resources under the Federal trust responsibility."

"It is a story about environmental injustice taking a risk burden from one community and putting it on a more vulnerable community's shoulders."

"This is a program that supports local solutions supported by evidence-based best practices and technical assistance and is a model that we should all be able to support."