"Methylene chloride, a paint stripper, still, no action."
"Is it fair for me to describe environmental justice as a recognition that pollutants are often concentrated in low-income communities, and communities of color, and we need to make a special effort to..."
"We want to protect the environment."
"These levels would help reverse the funding and staffing losses EPA has suffered."
"It is now estimated that each of us, because of how microplastics now permeate our air, water and food, eat the equivalent, or consume the equivalent of a credit card's worth of plastic every week."
"I appreciate your interest in working together on this plastics challenge."
"We also need to help communities live with better health, when there is smoke as there is regularly."
"It is an essential step environmental protection funding that enables a robust response to the threats communities face across our Nation."
"Plastics are a climate problem, as well as a direct problem for human health, and great problem for ecosystems."
"I doubt the costs of that are going to be less than the costs of renewable energy from solar and wind."
"You cannot study things forever. There is a point, this is a risk, let us get it out of our products."