"Look, we are so fortunate that we have a president that promotes equity, has an equity task force, has $25 billion in the rescue plan for these communities and focusing on sending vaccines into the re..."
"The disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of color is undisputed."
"Prioritizing vaccinations for high-risk groups hardest hit by COVID-19 is not effective if these communities are not able to access the vaccine."
"It is critical to make sure the public and providers have accurate information about the vaccine through community public education."
"After 4 years of constantly defending attacks on clean energy and the environment, this hearing establishes a night-and-day difference in priorities in leadership on climate and the environment."
"President Biden's Executive order on tackling the climate crisis at home and abroad takes important steps towards strengthening our environmental justice and public health protections."
"I will be reintroducing the Environmental Justice Act of 2021, which is with Senator Booker, with codify parts of that Executive order that you just mentioned, 12898."
"These early climate leadership actions from the President are encouraging, and I look forward to more to come."
"If we talk about environmental equity, then it is precisely the environmental justice communities that we need to support."
"So what we are doing now is just not working, and it is disproportionately harming underserved populations and communities of color."
"This is not only a moral failure, this is prolonging the pandemic."
"We need a science-based public health approach that serves the hard-to-reach communities."