"As COVID and the pandemic has threatened our City and State Governments with fiscal crises, they are in survivor mode right now."
"How can a substance that emits far more carbon dioxide than coal, y'all, how can that be safe for my residents to breathe in?"
"But then let's also talk about the justice component, because we introduced the Green New Deal earlier this week..."
"It is so incredibly outrageous that our government continues to subsidize this kind of nationwide assault on our public health."
"These greedy corporations have even received $15 billion in subsidies from pandemic relief packages just alone last year."
"Happy Earth Day, y'all. I hope we are celebrating Earth Day at some point that we've actually been able to have meaningful action on climate crisis."
"I really want to focus today... how we in Congress can fulfill our responsibility to the people of Puerto Rico..."
"That is why I am so incredibly proud of the work I am doing with Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur on the Restoring Communities Left Behind Act."
"We can't demolish our way out of the housing affordability crisis if we are going to build back better."
"The bipartisan bill would provide $5 billion to distressed communities to carry out our neighborhood revitalization activities."
"We all truly believe housing is infrastructure."