Environment and public works subcommittee. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] the subcommittee will come to order. Thank you Member Wicker, colleagues and guess, welcome to the meeting of the subcommittee on Environmental Justice and regulatory oversight in the 117th congress. Todays hearing will explore adverse impacts on at risk communities and environmental issues. Its fitting that these are an important subject for this hearing. The term Environmental Justice was recently added to this subcommittee, highlighting the growing awareness of Environmental Justice in america. As climate change ravages our country and our planet, from the 80 fires burning across 13 states, the biggest Bootleg Fire in my Home State, oregon, and flooding becoming ever more frequent, as well as destructive storms, we cannot ignore the fact that while we all feel its effects, the worst consequences of pollution and climate chaos disproportionately fall on communities of color. And communities with the fewe
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Joining us today, senator to discuss your book. Thank you for having me. Im excited to be here. Host i wanted to start, your entire story has so many emotional movements on moments. As a congressional editor and love the portion where you say people tell me on the first editor to have a baby in office but now, the first to give birth. [laughter] but it tells you the average age for a senator to give birth in office we need more women senators and younger senators. Host the passages are fantastic but i hope we can have a candid conversation what that looks like on the personal level to be a very tradition bound institution. How awkward was that . Talk me through. You use the phrase with abreast on the senate floor. [laughter] as soon as i became pregnant it was through ivf. I was trying. We began having the conversations. The senate even then with democrats in the minority we were pretty evenly divided. I knew we would need every single vote. Senate rule says i cannot take Maternity Lea