Rashida Tlaib

We know that this lack of access--we have heard it over and over again as Members of Congress--to traditional capital has made it incredibly difficult for women and minority entrepreneurs to stand up and grow their business.

We need to hold them accountable equally as the same as we would hold anybody coming before our committee.

You are, for my residents, what corporate greed looks like in America.

At the time when American families were and still are struggling with the financial burden of the pandemic, TransDigm paid two executives here today around $90 million, while at the same time laying off, furloughing, cutting the salaries…

Disasters often cause dramatic spikes in rental prices, leading to displacements, evictions, and homelessness.

We can continue to fund various programs, but implementation is so critically important, especially in communities like mine.

I have seen firsthand how disasters like flooding can devastate our communities and the inequities in how those communities access and qualify for disaster relief.

Finally, we must maximize toxic remediation in ecological restoration, navigation, and flood resilience projects.

We should also increase capacity and expertise within the Army Corps, and give the public more meaningful opportunities to weigh in on the projects that affect their communities.

I thank Congressman Steve Cohen for joining me in this request, as well, and for just a great ally in fighting for environmental justice.

I refuse to accept this as an option, Chairwoman. As the weather events increase with frequency, communities need the tools to be prepared.

I refuse to accept this as our new normal.

This year's WRDA presents an opportunity for our neighbors to better understand the threats that we face due to climate change, and it can equip us with a resilient water infrastructure.

Our communities didn't even have the projections for these events at all. Some homes flooded repeatedly, some even up to four times within 2 months.

This opportunity to try to prioritize some of the important work I think the Water Resources Development Act can do for frontline communities like mine is critical.

Thank you so much, Chairwoman Beatty. I yield back.

Again, my district lives it every single day, and I just was taken aback by that.

The fact that there are studies now that show that civil asset forfeiture does not significantly reduce crime or improve policing capabilities in our country.

If anyone else was doing this, it would be called extortion.

A vehicle can be a lifeline for so many of my residents.

I am particularly alarmed that previously-idled, shut-down coal plants like the one operated by Greenidge Generation in Seneca Falls, New York, are now being brought back online to aid in cryptocurrency mining.

I hope dialogue turns into guidance and accountability.

Between 2016 to 2020, banks provided, what, $3.8 trillion in direct fossil fuel financing.

We need to do something about it, and I know it directly impacts our economy.

We are surrendering the planet and our environment to corporate polluters, accepting, of course, the disruption to our agriculture, our trade, migration on a massive, unprecedented scale, and the devastating public health impacts.