We have to do everything within our power to protect environmental justice communities' ability to speak for themselves.

I'm always struggling why we can't get that same energy toward what is happening here on the east side of Detroit, as well as with U.S. Ecology.

You know, Professor Batterman, I remember one time that you--you talked about children being exposed to this high level of particulate matter and toxins and how it relates to learning.

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?

Zero should be our target. Zero children with asthma from concentration of corporate polluter; zero elders and season residents with cancer from breathing air tainted by corporations under toothless consent decrees; and zero neighbors…

I want to acknowledge that there are a great number of environmental justice issues in Detroit.

I remember in Southwest Detroit, thinking that smell was normal, honestly.

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 need to have maybe some fake press…

We need to move toward mandatory emissions reductions.

The priority should not be profit. Just as we heard earlier today, the priority should be reducing impact to environmental justice communities immediately and building a foundation to reach our climate targets through equitable solutions.

we need our enforcing agencies to understand that they are working with vulnerable communities that often have high rates of asthma.