"this hearing, you know, for my residents is important, as we really do our due diligence to oversee--have oversight of what our policies are and what the impact is."
"85 percent of Americans--84 percent of Americans overwhelmingly want Congress to enact a national paid family and medical leave program."
"the majority of my colleagues in Congress--and no offense to those that are doing well--the majority of them are millionaires."
"They are sick and tired of corporations and corporate greed, really, having just a free-for-all of license to pollute their communities."
"I am incredibly proud to see a colleague that I came here in a historic class of firsts."
"I want to talk to you about the Environmental Justice for All Act that I proudly co-sponsored."
"I hope in some ways we can always bring that public health aspect to it."
"If we are going to fight the climate crisis with the scale and urgency necessary to save our planet, we must look toward ocean-based climate solutions as key pieces for our efforts."
"Act now and save millions of lives or wait, have it cost 10, 20 times more."
"Nothing is more apparent than that during COVID."
"If you want to look at the economy, how the cost to the economy is when we do nothing, and, really, the human cost, to me, is something that we can't look away..."