Michael Regan

I think we have to follow the science, but I also think we have to follow the law, and we have to approve plans that we know are not vulnerable to litigation.

You need resources to go in to respond to the emergency, to clean up the emergency.

Our job is fundamentally about keeping people safe, to safeguard the very things that we all as Americans hold dear.

We have made a lot of strides in environmental justice, I am proud of our environmental justice record.

There is absolutely no acceptable or safe level of lead exposure, for our children, or for anyone.

In some cases because of income, and because of race, because of ZIP code, we are seeing an undue and unfair burden.

It is absolutely imperative that we have additional research into this chemical compound, and into the technologies, that will deter this from entering our bodies.

we want to do is keep the focus on the bad actors, which are those who pollute, not our agriculture community

Our job is fundamentally about keeping people safe, to safeguard the very things that we all as Americans hold dear.

We have made a lot of strides in environmental justice, I am proud of our environmental justice record.

In some cases because of income, and because of race, because of ZIP code, we are seeing an undue and unfair burden.

I have heard the stories; I have seen with my own eyes the struggle many families have for clean air and clean water.

I believe that Justice40 is perfectly aligned with the traditional construct of this program.

We try to strike that balance to understand that everybody is not satisfied, but we are trying to follow the law, follow the science.

We have made a lot of strides in environmental justice, I am proud of our environmental justice record.

I believe President's Biden's budget represents a brighter vision of the future for our Nation, all of our Nation, from coast to coast.

It will be tremendous. You know, I believe as a former state regulator, that states know their communities quite well.

It is absolutely imperative that we have additional research into this chemical compound, and into the technologies, that will deter this from entering our bodies.

Eighty-five percent of the budget request goes to our States, our Tribes, our local governments.

This is an issue that plagues this country, and it is our job to be sure that every single person in this country has access to clean air clean water.

Absolutely. We know that the Clean Water Act requires that we protect and not degrade our stream and our wetlands.

They have to put together a work plan that's going to be very prescriptive in terms of all of the cleanup, how they'll do it, and the radius of that cleanup. They also have to explain to us how they'll pay for it.

I view the actions that were taken by this committee and by Congress to improve safety for operators, I view them as a first step.

I think there needs to be a focus on making sure that there are the same level of wages and benefits.

The President started off on the strongest note, with the Worker Organizing and Empowerment Task Force.