"I want to acknowledge that there are a great number of environmental justice issues in Detroit."
"The lack of regulations to this facility caused a lifetime of respiratory and cardiovascular problems that my community still lives with."
"Communities like mine have been waiting far too long for updated regulations, and no community can afford to wait any longer."
"Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose."
"I want to thank you all so much for continuing to give credibility to members like us that continue to say that we have to do something about accountability."
"It took a long time to shut down the Detroit incinerator... it actually hurt communities."
"I remember in Southwest Detroit, thinking that smell was normal, honestly."
"They have got some--a number of violations. They were actually operating for months, almost six months, Stellantis was operating without implementing the correct equipment."
"And they never notified any--they never notified the state or city or any residents that this was happening, correct?"
"I will--Ms. McGhee, you know, we were out there doing a press conference about the hos--you noticed all of a sudden, they started cleaning around the plant with the--and I thought to myself, do we nee..."
"Thank you so much to our witnesses for appearing here in person."
"To put it simply: environmental racism is an issue that impacts not just one or two generations, right?"