"if there are block grants, if there are those pieces available, then how are we monitoring, how are we making sure that that money actually gets to folks who need it in the community?"
"I always think of water. I think of Flint. I think of my communities in Detroit as well as some Western Wayne communities that are impacted by lead-contaminated pipelines."
"While lead pipes and paint are well-known contributors to this mass poisoning of the American people, especially our children, leaded aviation fuel is not."
"I know one of our folks testified to this."
"I do not envy you. I read that the Reid-Hillview Airport was the 34th highest emitter of lead in 2022."
"But gun violence is a public health problem, and it requires public policy solutions."
"We have to be honest. We have a gun violence problem unlike any other industrialized country on Earth."
"Loopholes, combined with the lack of accountability and unlawful, irresponsible, and negligent gun industry practices feed the black market."
"Despite manufacturers' role in supplying the black market, they face little accountability."
"This more guns, less crime frame isn't just wrong, it is dangerous."
"Why are Americans afraid?"
"These weapons are intended to be sold to civilians. So, the advertisement inherently would not target anyone other than civilians, just like the killer in Uvalde."