Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to offer six amendments to the INVEST in America Act. It is imperative that any infrastructure bill that we work on and is passed by Congress helps to achieve two goals: one, address the history of injustice and displacement that traditional and historic infrastructure investment has imposed on communities of color and working people, like the construction of the Cross Bronx Expressway; and the second is to prepare for and create good, dignified union jobs in building the infrastructure that helps mitigate climate change. One amendment that I am offering today would double the funding to replace lead water infrastructure in schools. In the richest country in the world, no child should be poisoned by their classroom water fountain, yet that is exactly the case for millions of American schoolchildren. In New York City alone, at least 400 schools, many in the Bronx, contained faucets with elevated lead levels as recently as 2019. I am also offering an amendment today with Representative Moulton to increase rail funding by 20 percent. Mr. Speaker, I urge support and passage of these amendments.”