"Well, for more than 2 decades, the Federal Government neglected to make the New York City Housing Authority's (NYCHA's) developments--they failed to invest in them for more than 400,000 New Yorkers."
"Dr. Goldstein, according to your written testimony, the last five years have been the hottest days on record for air and ocean temperatures."
"There are areas in the country that previously may see diseases that they've never seen before."
"In the aftermath of some of these major natural disasters, the survivors, and particularly young people, tend to see mental health costs."
"We are not debating whether climate change is real and we are not debating any of those attendant effects."
"I spent a brief amount of time living in West Africa and there I had actually contracted malaria."
"Vector-borne diseases will be pretty detrimental to the U.S."
"So people just throw out the term $32 billion. That is what is owed to New York City's Housing Authority alone, $32 billion."
"A lot of private delivery corporations do not cover healthcare for a lot of their employees. It's extremely stressful work conditions."
"So it was completely unnecessary for these kids to get lead in their blood. It was completely unnecessary for these families to live through winter without heat. It was completely unnecessary for thes..."
"In a modern, moral, and wealthy society, no American should be too poor to live. We are going to guarantee healthcare, housing, and education as rights. There is no other way around it."