"We cannot turn the Agency into a political game. Instead, we must ensure FEMA and its workers have the resources, respect, and public confidence they need to continue their work."
"It is an appalling failure of governance by the Speaker."
"We are talking about doing everything we can to ensure every single person has access to clean air, clean water."
"the disproportionate impact on children and on people is unacceptable."
"Climate change is not an abstract problem for people of a far-away future to solve."
"It is no accident that communities experiencing the worst of these causes are the same ones that have been on the front lines of historic inequities."
"Environmental justice and health equity go hand-in-hand."
"The Biden-Harris Administration has recognized this by delivering $2 billion in funding to Climate Justice Community Change Grants."
"I look forward to continuing to work with you, Administrator Regan, and the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights to protect these investments and ensuring communities have the res..."
"under 4 years of the Trump Administration, unlike any other administration in the history of this country, they somehow managed to rack up $8 trillion in debt in 4 years."
"it was so that the rich one-percenters could have their tax cut."
"As we leverage Federal funding flowing from the Biden Harris Administration's historic investment in our Nation's infrastructure, we must do so in a way that addresses longstanding inequities."