Diana DeGette actually said...

"Do you think that this hurts the ability of the local neighbors to actually move forward in supporting their communities, when they see that the Government just doesn't even care?"

"Would you agree that underenforcement of environmental laws is a classic example of an environmental--of environmental injustice?"

"These neighborhoods are classic environmental justice communities. They suffer from highways going right through the middle, from railways, refineries, other historical polluters."

"It is called 'Protection from Cumulative Emissions and Underenforcement of Environmental Law Act.' And that is my bill."