"Some have been at the front line of really trying to show what doing nothing looks like."
"I really did think that smell was normal. No, I really thought that smell was normal."
"This is the sacrifice zone, right? Wayne County especially."
"The environmental injustice affects all of Wayne County, just to be very clear."
"We know that our communities, our neighbors, and our families are so much more important than corporate profit."
"We hear so much testimony from so many experts in D.C., but often what is missing is that connection to the lived experience."
"He has been one of the key champions on PFAS contamination in our country and has not backed down."
"it was really important when I was first elected and as I got into office that I was fighting for the right to breathe clean air, the right to access clean water."
"So I want to thank all of you so much for being here."
"I will continue always... that I'm deeply troubled by your opening statement and continued assault on innocent lives."
"I can't underestimate the fact that there are so many people that cannot be in this room and that you're here on their behalf."