Raul Ruiz actually said...

"Funding improvements to water systems would improve the lives of these families and children."

"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."

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

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