"the idea here is that we have to make sure that the energy that we produce is clean, but the manufacturing that goes into the creation of that clean energy also has to be clean, and it has to protect ..."
"A substance is either safe or not. It is either poisoning or it is not."
"The laws that are in the books, far from being obstacles, are actually guides."
"While we are doing more recycling of these minerals... we are doing it in a way that it is safe."
"It is imperative that the protections that we have stay in the books."
"the less they have to rely on those dirty fuels, the less poisoned air they have to breathe."
"It would be extremely destructive, not only because of the--I mean, one is the climate emissions that they would--that they bring about."
"we are all going to end up suffering."
"Absolutely not. We don't have to choose. We can absolutely do both."
"In my district, residents already breathe some of California's most polluted air, and a chemical disaster can be a death sentence to vulnerable communities like the one that I represent."
"We need to make sure that the planning is done right and that it is reoccurring."
"One of the reasons why I ran for office many years ago was to make sure that I am a voice for the community that I grew up in."