Raul Ruiz actually said...

"COVID-19 has exacerbated what we have known all along, that low-income rural communities and minority communities have greater disparities in health."

"Riverside County, the county in which my district resides, like so many others have seen, that the impacts of this pandemic have disproportionately and adversely affected vulnerable communities."

"the ultimate goal is a system that doesn't put our own access to critical supplies and equipment at risk"

"this is unacceptable. This is the United States of America, and our frontline health workers don't even have access to these basic supplies."