Rob Garcia

The laws that are in the books, far from being obstacles, are actually guides.

If we want to speed up permitting... you actually need to fund the agency.

We shouldn't be seeking exceptions to the law in order to make sure that this happens safely.

We can have a win-win for the environment, for our public health, and for places like the Imperial Valley.

In the Imperial Valley, the Salton Sea has a massive supply of lithium.

I have been unequivocal that we need to build our domestic supply chains.

I believe it is the Bisbee Queen's Copper Mines, is one of those big, big areas.

As a doctor, the health of my constituents is my top concern, and I have seen firsthand that we must do more to protect vulnerable communities from pollution and other environmental dangers.

We need to make sure that the planning is done right and that it is reoccurring.

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.

These laws were established by this Congress in bipartisan fashion to protect the air that we breathe.

These bills, frankly, do exactly the opposite.

It essentially allows industry to roll out the red carpet, march in, do everything that it wants to do before we even know whether the practice is going to be safe.

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.

A substance is either safe or not. It is either poisoning or it is not.

We know that being anti-immigrant is really being anti-American.

I always tell people that my proudest day was the day I became a United States citizen.

I am grateful to the Biden-Harris administration today for actually trying to do as best they can to address some of the abuses that are happening.

It is really becoming, in my opinion--it is not just a tactical or operational problem; it is a safety problem.

I think one of our weaknesses relative to China is the capacity and the scale.

I think we are a little bit behind the power curve on some of these investments.

We have to be able to do the same thing, not only protect us against those cyber attacks but also be able to develop the offensive cyber capabilities as well.

By listening to Indigenous communities on Federal land management decisions, we can protect the livelihood and well-being of Indigenous communities.

The Federal Government has a unique relationship with the tribal governments. Our Constitution recognizes tribes as sovereign nations.

I think that action substantially mitigated the impact on the labor that we would have had, but for not----