Nydia Velázquez: “Helping small businesses and prioritizing women-owned, veteran-owned, and socially and economically disadvantaged…”

So, make no mistake, the real issue in this hearing is not CEQ's small budget request, it is, unfortunately, an attempt by some of my colleagues across the aisle and their big corporate donors, to undermine the Council's ability to protect…

It is a disservice to our nation's small firms to oversimplify this issue, as a mere consequence of federal spending.

We must abolish ICE.

Short-sighted attacks on the Council, by some of my colleagues across the aisle will only compromise our ability to appropriately protect the air and water quality and public health that our communities rely on.