Ed Markey

I fought hard to ensure that the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 had a new provision to support technical assistance for these communities.

Without access to resource to repair these septic systems, sewage starts leaking into the environment.

This is again how we get our 10,000 steps in.

We have to be able to get under the hood just to understand how there are biases built in.

I know we still have a lot of work to do.

But here is the unfortunate truth. Big tech made big promises for innovation, democracy, and community, but instead unleashed big problems on the American people without solutions that were attached by big tech.

About 30 percent of Massachusetts families rely on decentralized septic systems to deal with their wastewater.

Yes. I do agree with you, by the way, in terms of this being an old technology.

I think that this is--and if anything helps us close some of the gaps that exist in our ability to take care of patients.

Yes. And again, that is the goal that Senator Budd and I have, just kind of moving this ball further down the line.

We have to guarantee that wherever artificial intelligence is used, it prioritizes people over profits.

I am proud to work on this committee with you, Mr. Chairman, on much-needed clean and safe drinking water funding in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

I think that is something I completely agree with.

We know it hits poor people disproportionately, although it hits all people who are impacted.

And we know it is not a coincidence that disproportionately Black, Brown, and low income communities are more likely to struggle with extreme weather events fueled by climate change.

We are the first generation to suffer from climate change, but the last generation which can do anything about it.

I think that is something I completely agree with.

We know it hits poor people disproportionately, although it hits all people who are impacted.

And we know it is not a coincidence that disproportionately Black, Brown, and low income communities are more likely to struggle with extreme weather events fueled by climate change.

We are the first generation to suffer from climate change, but the last generation which can do anything about it.

I would agree with that, too.

And we know it is not a coincidence that disproportionately Black, Brown, and low income communities are more likely to struggle with extreme weather events fueled by climate change.

I think that is something I completely agree with.

We know it hits poor people disproportionately, although it hits all people who are impacted.

We are the first generation to suffer from climate change, but the last generation which can do anything about it.