Bonnie Watson Coleman

Although I understand that the risk of a catastrophic chemical attack is relatively low, terrorist organizations have demonstrated an interest in acquiring chemical weapons.

My home State of New Jersey is home of a stretch of highway that the New York Times has coined the most dangerous 2 miles in America.

So the right-to-know law identifies the kind of chemicals and things that are to be identified and shared.

Is there any mechanism that lets you know what is being transported that could be a potential dangerous--a danger to the communities?

I am not sure we can get through all of that within a minute and 20 seconds, but those are the questions that I really need to have answered here.

I know we need to figure out, what does it take, therefore, to make--to protect the people within that community, be it an accident or a terrorist attack?

On behalf of Mr. Payne, Jr., who could not be here today, I want to welcome Ms. McSally to the Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications Subcommittee and wish her well as the new Chairman.

That is concerning, because you might not be the first responder but you certainly are the very next contact point in an emergency.

The threat of chemical attacks is not new. Twenty years ago, terrorists in Japan released Sarin gas on Tokyo subway system.

The consequences of a chemical incident on our communities and the people who live and work in them are too significant for us to ignore the threat.

In Bridgeton most recently, last year, there was a freight train with stuff in it that was bad, kind of overturned and got into the water, got into the air.

I am interested in knowing--I know that corporations that store chemicals have a--have the legal responsibility to report the kind of chemicals that they have in their facilities.

My home State of New Jersey, is home of a stretch of highway that the New York Times has coined 'the most dangerous 2 miles in America.'

So it seems to me that the issues of preparedness, protocols, education, exercises, training, cooperation, coordination, and predictability just seem to flow from to your left on.

I am thankful for this opportunity to share the good news about the Progressive budget and to inform those who are here as well as those who are at home what this budget represents. One last issue that I think I would like to address that…

I am here today representing the Congressional Progressive Caucus and to discuss our budget, the people's budget. I pray that I am not the only one that is speaking for the 60 minutes allotted. Yesterday, Mr. Speaker, the House of…

Can you tell us just how much time we have left? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from New Jersey has approximately 40 minutes remaining.

Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to respond to that question, Congressman. As a State legislator, I spent many years in appropriations and on the budget committee, and I came to realize that there is no other document that…

Well, I certainly would like to yield to the gentlelady from Michigan. I just simply want to say that the associations, the affiliations, and the organizations that you identified just very quickly represent the interests of working class…

I thank you for the opportunity to address this because I know this firsthand. In the capital city in the State of New Jersey, they have had to actually close libraries. Now, we already experience a digital divide in urban centers and in…

I appreciate the comments that have been offered by both of my colleagues here. I think that you can certainly understand that a lot of work went into the creation, the development, and the evolution of this budget. We are happy to note…

Not only have I heard it, but I have helped some of the teachers buy the supplies for their classrooms.

Thank you for that question, Congressman. It means all of those things. What it means for communities like the capital of the State of New Jersey, which is the city of Trenton, it means that our neighborhoods are unsafe. It means that…

First of all, let me just say for those individuals who, without any fault of their own, were victims of the trickle-down economics that have failed us from 40 years ago to even today, those individuals who but for the shift in policies…

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