"Communities like St. Louis experience the brunt of gun violence, this epidemic, because of State-level policies in Missouri and elsewhere."
"Toxic chemicals, like radium and uranium, continue to threaten the safety and well-being of my constituents and my loved ones in St. Louis."
"while Republicans are working to cut funding that will undermine the Federal Government's ability to meet its obligations to clean contaminated areas and assist suffering communities like ours, Democr..."
"We are not talking about a distant problem. I am in this room. I lived by the creek for a number of years."
"Frankly, I find it alarming that workforce and skills gaps, which would be significantly worsened by the default on our debt plan, could have such a harmful impact on the high-risk programs that the B..."
"Congress and the Federal Government must meet their hazardous waste cleanup obligations to our communities, yet Republicans and their Default on America Act would deprive the government of resources t..."
"Yesterday I introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Justice for Jana Elementary Act to ensure that potentially radiation-exposed schools in my district are lifted up and not left behind."
"While Republicans are working to cut funding that will undermine the Federal Government's ability to meet its obligations to clean contaminated areas and assist suffering communities like ours, Democr..."
"this ransom note that the GOP has issued this week on gutting these vital social programs, climate programs, are really going to undermine the fiscal responsibility of the Federal Government."
"Far beyond the monetary cost, I know the human toll that this high-risk area takes because I have lived it."
"Energy security means regular, everyday people can keep their lights on at night."