"The community has organized itself. There is an organization called Need Our Water. They deserve an awful lot of credit for bringing this subject to the attention of policymakers."
"In Congress I have been working on this subject for a few years since it was brought to my attention. I co-chair a bipartisan task force, The congressional PFAS Task Force, along with Congressman Bria..."
"Our Task Force has about 60 members because they are hearing from their residents about PFAS contamination."
"Just this week, the GAO issued a report that concluded the DoD will have to significantly increase spending to clean up current and former DoD installations that are contaminated with PFAS."
"I would only take an issue with the notion that what is being requested is intended to be a reflection of what we can do."
"One area of policy that you and I have both worked on over our years together in Congress has been supporting the older industrial cities in this country, particularly those affected by globalization,..."
"I have an initiative in the Ways and Means Committee that creates a new approach to trade adjustment assistance for communities, specifically to provide trade impacted, distressed communities, federal..."
"One of the goals of the Biden Administration which you are responsible for executing in this budget is to address the issues of inequality in our economy, in our society, and I believe that the econom..."
"I really appreciate that. We see with trade adjustment assistance a specific set of targeted communities that have been chronically left behind due to the massive changes in our economy related to tra..."
"The Great Lakes are our lifeblood. It literally outlines our boundaries, it defines who we are as a State."
"I do support your goal of us continuing to lead in this space, literally and figuratively, but to not forget that the agency does have a robust agenda as it relates to life right here on this planet."
"I really appreciate the focus that this budget puts on infrastructure and building out our middle class and strengthening, particularly strengthening public schools."