Lisa Rochester actually said...

"As a matter of fact, you preempted me. In the American Rescue Plan, we appropriated $50 million to EPA for air quality monitoring programs under the Clean Air Act."

"Fewer than one-third of U.S. counties have monitors, meaning that families don't have access to real-time information about the air they are breathing."

"COVID-19 has only exacerbated this and shown us just how dangerous air pollution is to human health, particularly in our frontline communities."

"While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated environmental justice concerns in communities across the country, these concerns are not new."