So I do want to correct myself. So they had 40 violations that got them into the consent decree...

The lack of regulations to this facility caused a lifetime of respiratory and cardiovascular problems that my community still lives with.

We have an urgent moral duty, y'all, to build new systems and structures that put our health and environment first.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

It took a long time to shut down the Detroit incinerator... it actually hurt communities.

Fifteen thousand was an arbitrary decided number, inadequate to pay for the foundation, the roofing, the windows, air filters, heating and cooling upgrades that residents need to be able to be safe in their homes.

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…

To put it simply: environmental racism is an issue that impacts not just one or two generations, right?