"The transition to electric vehicles presents us with the opportunity to tackle these disparities head on by decreasing air pollution."
"I am very optimistic about the opportunities we have before us to fully electrify our Nation's transportation sector."
"History has shown us very clearly that, unless we act with intentionality and purpose, the communities who have most to gain from a clean transportation sector will also be the last to receive the lea..."
"This assessment would specifically gather data about the quantity and location of publicly accessible level-two charging stations and DC fast-charging stations."
"Cleaning up emissions from medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, in particular, is long overdue for the communities living adjacent to highways, ports, freight hubs, with a predominantly low-income--with p..."
"We also need to be thinking about how we can reduce emissions from refrigerated trucks that transport our food and medications, including our vaccines."
"One major tool already at the EPA's disposal is the DERA program, which has been used very effectively for vehicles like schoolbuses to lower harmful emissions and improve air quality at the heavily i..."
"After 4 years of systemic witnessing--of witnessing a systemic attempt to dismantle our Nation's environmental infrastructure and protections, it is nice to finally see a budget proposal that prioriti..."
"The FTC's 13(b) cases are vital to protecting communities of color from not only dishonest business practices but also abhorrent and illegal racial discrimination."
"Putting money back in people's pockets who have been defrauded or scammed seems like a no-brainer to me, and I hope we act expeditiously to pass this legislation into law."
"They took advantage of at least 5 million consumers from 1997 to 2013, including 250,000 people in my home State of New York."