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From YouTube: Clean Water Act 50th Anniversary
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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, Mayor Wu joins with Senator Markey, Representative Ayanna Pressley, and EPA officials at Piers Park in East Boston to commemorate this monumental legislation.
A
All
right,
let's
get
this
party
started.
My
name
is
David
cash
I'm,
the
regional
administrator
of
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency
EPA.
My
office
is
right
across
the
harbor.
Here
we
have
a
very
exciting
day
and
exciting
celebration
to
have
today.
I
also
just
want
to
give
a
big
shout
out
to
the
McKay
Elementary
School
students
who
are
here
today
give
it
up
whoa.
A
These
kids,
as
congresswoman
Presley
noted
this
morning,
are
the
leaders
of
the
future
the
leaders
who
are
going
to
make
our
world
an
Ever,
more
beautiful
and
wonderful
place
to
be
living
in.
So
thank
you,
students
and
thank
you
teachers
for
all
of
the
work
that
you
do.
I
also
just
want
to
take
a
moment
right
here
at
the
beginning,
I'm
lucky
enough
to
travel
all
over
New
England
in
every
place
that
I
go
no
matter
where
you
are
in
New
England.
A
There
were
native
peoples
who
were
living
here
before
colonists
arrived
and
I
just
want
to
acknowledge
that
we
are
on
historic
and
ancestral
lands
and
those
peoples
did
and
continue
to
Steward
the
lands
and
Waters
and
I
like
to
think
that
the
part
of
work
that
we
do
here
is
assisting
in
that.
Certainly
the
Clean
Water
Act
is
designed
for
us
to
Steward
our
Waters
better.
A
So
I
want
to
just
acknowledge
that
the
kind
of
work
that
we're
talking
about
takes
an
entire
Community
or
communities.
People
from
all
over
I
want
to
give
a
big
shout
out
to
the
variety
of
elected
officials.
Here,
there's
some
local
state,
reps,
Lydia,
Edwards
and
representative
medario
are
here:
I
haven't
seen
them
raise
your
hand,
please
I,
don't
I
thought.
A
Okay,
wonderful
well,
thank
you
for
representing,
so
if
we
can
give
a
round
of
applause
to
them,
we
have
state
government
here
you'll
hear
from
folks,
so
the
Massachusetts
executive
office
of
energy
and
environmental
Affairs
Department
of
Environmental
Protection,
the
city
of
Boston,
is
here.
We
are
in
the
city
of
Boston,
the
Massachusetts
Water
Resources
Authority
massport
they're,
a
non-governmental
organizations
that
have
held
government's
feet
to
the
fire
conservation
law.
A
Foundation
Boston
Harbor,
now
save
the
harbor
save
the
bay,
the
Boston
Harbor
Association
green
Roots,
Harbor
Keepers,
who
you'll
hear
from
and
of
course,
our
brothers
and
sisters
in
the
federal
government.
The
National
Park
Service
is
here
because
you're
looking
out
on
Islands
here
that
are
part
of
the
National
Park
Service
System.
A
So
it's
wonderful
to
have
everybody
here.
You
know
I
mentioned
just
mentioned:
City
State,
Federal,
Executive
and
legislative
branches.
I
know
that
we
were
talking
about
this
morning,
but
an
important
Branch.
That's
missing
today.
That
was
part
of
the
story
of
cleaning
up.
The
harbor
was
the
Judiciary
which
played
a
central
role
in
cleaning
it
up,
and
there
was
a
particular
judge,
judge
David
mazzoni,
who
I
happened
to
bump
into
his
daughter,
walking
our
dogs
together.
A
It's
a
kind
of
odd
coincidence,
and
she
unfortunately
actually
couldn't
make
it
here
today,
but
there's
a
quote
that
he
had
on
one
of
his
original
rulings
in
the
1980s.
That's
now
inscribed
on
a
memorial
for
him
out
at
Deer
Island,
which
I
know
you
kids
have
heard
about
too.
The
law
secures
to
the
people.
That's
all
of
you
all
of
us,
the
right,
the
right
to
a
Clean
Harbor
and
that's
what
we're
celebrating
today.
B
Thank
you,
David
I
want
to
welcome
everyone
to
our
award-winning
Pierce
Park.
This
is
a
part
of
our
commitment
to
being
a
good
environmental
Steward
and,
within
a
couple
of
weeks,
we'll
be
breaking
ground
on
Pierce,
Park,
two
and
then
working
with
the
trustees
of
the
reservations
to
build
Pierce
Park.
A
Foreign
next
I
would
like
to
introduce
a
colleague
of
mine
and,
if
you're
in
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
she
needs
little
introduction
and
I've
heard
that
she
has
the
title
of
assistant
administrator
for
water,
though
I
also
know
she's
called
the
queen
of
water.
A
Radical
Fox
was
appointed
by
President
Biden
to
this
position
in
2021
and
prior
to
that
she
served
as
the
federal
policy
director
at
policy
link
before
joining
the
U.S
water
Alliance.
She
is
incredibly
Innovative
creative
and
hard
driving
when
it
comes
to
protecting
our
basic
rights
of
Clean
Water.
Please
join
me
in
welcoming
Veronica
Fox.
C
Good
morning,
everybody,
how
are
you
good,
so
I
just
want
to
first
of
all
thank
David
cash
for
his
warm
welcome
to
region,
one
you
know
President
Biden
and
the
entire
EPA
are
so
fortunate
to
have
David
as
the
regional
administrator
here
in
region
one.
So
thank
you,
David
for
your
incredible
leadership
and
mayor.
Thank
you
for
welcoming
me
to
your
beautiful,
beautiful
city
Senator.
It
is
always
wonderful
to
see
you
in
congresswoman
Presley
and
the
entire
wonderful
set
of
leaders
that
we
have
here
today.
C
It's
so
wonderful
to
join
you,
but
really
I
am
so
excited
to
join.
This
group
of
fifth
graders
had
some
opportunity
to
visit
with
them
earlier
this
morning
and,
as
they
know,
my
son
Krishna
is
also
in
the
fifth
grade,
and
so
one
thing
that
I
want
to
say
to
all
of
the
students
that
are
here.
You
know
when
President
Biden
took
office.
He
said
that
he
wanted
to
build
an
Administration
that
looked
like
the
nation
and
he
wanted
a
diverse
Administration.
C
He
wanted
it,
people
from
all
over
the
country,
all
walks
of
life,
all
ethnicities
all
genders,
and
so
I
stand
before
you.
Students
as
the
first
woman
of
color
to
ever
run
the
office
of
water
at
EPA
and-
and
let
me
say
that,
after
after
spending
time
with
all
of
you
this
morning,
I
can't
wait
to
work
for
one
of
you
someday
because
you
all,
as
David
said,
are
just
incredible
incredible
leaders
and
just
look
forward
to
seeing
you
join
the
environmental
movement,
so
I
want
to
I
I.
C
Remember
I
was
seeing
Senator
Markey
when
Senator
Markey
when
I
don't
know.
If
you
remember
this,
but
one
of
the
things
that
I
love
to
ask
people
when
I
first
meet
them
is
what's
your
favorite
body
of
water,
and
so
when
Senator
Markey
was
interviewing
me
as
I
went
through
my
confirmation
hearing,
you
said
Boston
Harbor,
and
so
it's
really
wonderful
to
be
here,
and
you
know
what
an
incredibly
beautiful
beautiful
place
that
we
are
in
right
now.
Isn't
it
absolutely
stunning?
C
But
if
you
think
back
just
50
years
ago,
which
really
wasn't
that
long
ago,
I'll
be
celebrating
my
50th
birthday
next
year?
Actually
so
you
know,
50
years
ago
the
Boston
Harbor
was
essentially
a
trash.
Can
we
dumped
waste?
We
dumped
chemicals,
all
sorts
of
things
into
the
water,
and
you
know
it
wasn't
like
unusual
to
Boston
Harbor
right.
That
was
what
communities
all
across
the
country
were
like.
C
50
years
ago,
Rivers
ran
in
color
Rivers
actually
set
on
fire
because
there
was
so
much
pollution,
and
so
what
happened
50
years
ago
is
that
the
American
people
said
you
know
enough
is
enough.
We
care
about
our
Waters,
we
care
about
our
communities
and
they
called
on
Congress
to
do
something
about
it
and
because
of
leadership
from
Congressional
members
like
who
are
here
today
we
got
something
called
The
Clean,
Water,
Act
Right
and
the
Clean
Water
Act,
the
north
star
of
the
Clean
Water
Act
is
a
phrase
fishable
and
swimmable.
C
So
members
of
Congress
acted
in
a
bipartisan
fashion
and
they
said
we
want
our
streams
to
be
fishable.
We
want
people
to
go
to
their
local
streams
and
be
able
to
fish
and
eat
what
they
what
they
catch,
that
they
wanted.
The
American
people
to
be
able
to
go
to
their
their
local
lake
with
their
families
and
jump
in
so
just
think
about
the
vision
of
that
right.
The
aspiration
of
taking
rivers
that
were
on
fire
and
making
them
fishable
and
swimmable
I
mean
I
just
want
to
say
we
do
big
things
as
a
country.
C
We
do
big
things
as
a
nation
when
we
set
our
minds
to
it
and
that's
what
really
the
Clean
Water
Act
is
all
about.
So
the
Clean
Water
Act.
It
sets
the
policy
the
regulatory,
the
legal
framework,
but
I
would
say.
Most
importantly,
it
sets
the
partnership
framework
for
how
EPA
States,
like
you're,
going
to
hear
from
State
leaders,
local
leaders,
Community
leaders,
all
work
together
to
protect
their
nation's
Waters
and
what
we
know
at
EPA
is
that
really
the
heart
of
the
Clean
Water
Act?
C
And
while
we
have
you,
know
these
clean
water
success
stories
all
around
the
country
from
the
Boston
Harbor
to
on
Wednesday
I
was
in
the
Kansas.
I
was
in
Kansas
City
at
the
the
Confluence
of
the
Missouri
and
Kansas
River.
The
Puget
Sound
the
Chesapeake
Bay
all
of
these
success
stories.
We
still
have
so
much
more
work
to
do
because
what
we
know
is
in
this
country
today.
There
are
still
too
many
people
who
don't
have
clean
Safe
Water.
They
can't
swim
in
their
local
Beach.
C
To
continue
to
do
the
kind
of
work
like
that's
happened
here
in
Boston
Harbor,
so
we
really
are
going
to
be
able
to
supercharge
that
next
50
years
of
progress
because
of
the
bipartisan
infrastructure,
law
and
I
would
also
say
that
at
EPA
we
are
deeply
committed.
This
EPA
is
deeply
committed
to
strengthening
the
regulatory
foundation
of
the
Clean
Water
Act,
which
Congress
so
wisely
asked
the
EPA
to
implement.
C
So,
for
example,
we
are
working
hard
on
a
definition
of
waters
of
the
United
States
and
we'll
be
finalizing
that
rule
by
the
end
of
this
year,
we're
working
to
strengthen
the
role
of
states
and
tribes
in
setting
water
quality
standards
and
certifications
in
their
borders.
We're
using
tools
like
the
effluent
limitation
guidelines
program
to
deal
with
things
like
pfas,
so
that
they
never
get
into
our
Waters
in
the
first
place.
C
So
we
have
so
much
work
to
do,
but
I
feel
that
we
have
all
of
the
tools
that
we
need
to
to
achieve
that
next
50
years
of
progress
and
what
I
would
say
is
for
the
next
50
years.
Let
our
North
Star
not
just
be
fishable
and
swimmable,
but
let
it
be
fishable
and
swimmable
for
all
clean
water
for
all,
so
that,
regardless
of
your
ZIP
code,
the
color
of
your
skin,
how
much
money
you
have
in
your
pocket
that
you
will
have
clean
water
for
all.
A
A
Fantastic
okay,
we
we
have
another
fantastic
group
of
speakers
and
I
will
also
say:
we
actually
invited
the
Dropkick
Murphys
to
come
to
sing,
love
that
dirty
water,
but
they're
on
tour,
and
they
couldn't
come.
That's
actually
true.
We
did
invite
them.
We
thought
that
would
be
a
fun
part
of
the
event.
Our
next
I
am
so
glad,
as
I
always
am
to
introduce
Senator
Ed
Markey
he's
has
served
as
U.S
senator
since
2013,
but
was
in
the
house
for
many
many
years
before.
A
D
So
much
thank
you
David.
Thank
you,
David,
thanks
to
everybody
who
is
here
today
to
celebrate
this
great
moment.
Thank
you,
radica,
my
friend.
Thank
you
for
your
great
work
for
actually
representing
and
acting
in
a
way
that
that
ensures
that
the
the
Clean
Water
Act
is
brought
to
life
every
single
day
for
every
single
community
in
our
country.
D
Thank
you,
David
cash
for
all
of
your
great
work
as
well:
Lisa
Whelan,
thank
you
for
your
leadership
and
the
partnership
with
the
community
and
to
to
our
our
Green
New
Deal
coalition,
Ayanna
Presley
in
the
house,
ensuring
that
we
drive
for
cleaner
water
for
everyone
every
single
day
and
our
Green
New
Deal
mayor
Michelle
Wu.
D
We
want
to
be
the
greenest,
cleanest
city
in
the
history
of
the
world
and
we're
on
our
way
to
accomplishing
that
goal
because
of
the
great
leadership
here,
and
we
also
have
Magdalena
ayed
from
the
executive
director
of
Harbor
Keepers.
Thank
you,
Alex
defronzo,
the
executive
director
of
the
piers
Park,
Sailing,
Center
and
out
of
the
history
books.
Here
today
we
have
Bruce
Berman,
who
came
here
today,
so
Bruce
and
I
met
45
years
ago,
beginning
to
work
on
these
issues
and
a
special
welcome
to
the
McKay
Elementary
School.
D
Fifth
graders.
Is
it
wow
when
I
was
in
the
fifth
grade
in
Malden
people?
Wonder
where
and
when
did
I
become
an
environmentalist?
Well,
I
was
in
the
fifth
grade.
I
was
10
years
old
and
the
Malden
River
was
three
blocks
from
my
house.
The
mall
of
the
river
is
still
three
blocks
from
my
house,
and
the
Malden
river
goes
into
Boston
Harbor
and
my
mother
said
to
me:
Eddie
whatever
you
do,
don't
swim
in
the
Malden
River.
D
The
Malden
River
at
that
point
was
black
with
a
pre
Jimi
Hendrix
Purple
Haze
over
it
and
when
your
mother
says
don't
swim
in
the
Malden
River.
You
know
you're,
not
Tom
Sawyer,
on
the
Mississippi
River.
These
are
the
books
that
you're
reading
about
young.
You
know
young
people's
Adventures,
we're
being
told
the
water
is
too
dangerous
for
young
people
are
old
to
be
in
it
and
that's
when
I
begin
to
question
environmental
policies,
because
companies
were
using
the
Malden
River
to
dump
their
chemicals.
D
D
Poisoning
our
Harbor
and
making
our
rivers
inhospitable
to
plant
our
animal
life,
so
that
is
what
we
are
celebrating
today.
David
cash
mentioned
judge
mazzoni.
The
case
came
to
him.
Boston
Harbor
was
the
most
polluted
body
of
water
in
the
United
States
of
America
judge
mazzoni
grew
up
in
Everett
on
Boston
Harbor,
and
so
he
was
an
expert
in
the
same
way.
All
of
these
young
people
today
are
experts
and
he
decided
to
make
an
historic
decision
that
Boston
Harbor
had
to
be
cleaned
up.
It
was
very
expensive
and
some
people
complained.
D
It
costs
four
billion
dollars
to
clean
up
Boston
Harbor
one
billion
came
from
the
federal
government.
Three
billion
dollars
came
from
the
mass
Water
Resources
authority,
meaning
every
single
person
who
uses
water
in
Greater
Boston,
three
billion
dollars
from
that
source,
and
today
we
have
one
of
the
cleanest
bodies
of
water.
So
that
was
a
victory.
Our
Congressional
Delegation.
We
fought
hard
for
that.
D
One
billion
dollars
in
the
same
way
that
we
fought
hard
for
the
seven
billion
dollars
to
put
the
the
central
Lottery
underground
in
Boston,
so
that
people
could
now
walk
to
Boston
Harbor,
but
14
billion
came
out
of
Massachusetts
taxpayers
only
7
billion
from
the
federal
government
and
we've
now
dredged
Boston
Harbor,
an
additional
250
billion
dollars,
which
congresswoman
Presley
and
I.
We
fought
for
to
make
sure
that
again,
all
of
God's,
great
gifts
to
us
could
be
completely
realized,
and
so
this
is
an
incredible
day.
D
We're
celebrating
a
an
incredible
victory
for
water,
for
our
Rivers,
for
our
Lakes,
for
our
streams
for
our
waterways
and
I
have
fought
against
any
efforts
to
roll
back
the
progress
that
we
have
made
or
seen
over
the
years,
because
it
should
all
be
science
based.
That's
what
this
all
has
to
be
about,
and
I've
served
on
the
committee
with
jurisdiction
over
the
Clean
Water
Act
for
46
years
and
right
now
there
is
another
unprecedented
attack
on
it.
D
So
as
much
as
we're
celebrating
today,
we
still
have
fights
ahead
of
us
and
young
people
here
are
going
to
lead
us,
because
we
can
see
them
and
we
know
that
young
people
are
20
of
the
population,
but
they're
100
of
our
future,
and
they
are
the
green
generation.
They
are
the
blue
generation.
They
want
to
see
this
progress
continue
on
an
ongoing
basis,
so
we've
got
funding
that
is
going
to
be.
D
You
know,
coming
to
Massachusetts
radica
has
mentioned
that
we're
going
to
continue
to
improve
our
landscape
and
our
waterscape
with
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars,
which
will
be
coming
to
the
state
of
Massachusetts
to
the
city
of
Boston.
In
order
to
continue
on
this
historic,
Mission
and
failure
is
not
an
option
and
we're
going
to
do
it
in
Partnership
and
being
led
by
the
fifth
grade
at
McKay,
because
you
are
the
leaders
you
are
who
Inspire
us.
You
are
going
to
lead
this
fight
for
us.
A
Thank
you
so
much
Senator,
always
a
huge
leader
in
these
areas.
I
want
to
just
do
a
quick
shout
out.
As
we
see
people
arrive
here.
You've
heard
this
has
been
a
partnership
that
people
from
inside
and
outside
government
have
been
so
important.
I
see
three
folks
who
are
so
critically
important
here:
Fred
Laskey,
the
head
of
the
Massachusetts
Water
Resources
Authority,
Doug
Foy,
who
had
been
at
the
conservation
law
Foundation,
ensued
all
kinds
of
people
to
make
sure
this
got
cleaned
up
and
Vivian
Lee,
who
had
the
non-government
organizations.
E
A
Really
pushed
for
this.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here
today.
Our
next
speaker
is
congresswoman
Ayanna
Presley.
She
has
served
as
a
representative
in
the
Massachusetts
7th
congressional
district
since
2019..
Here's
one
thing
that
she
has
said
quote:
we
cannot
pretend
that
the
challenges
facing
our
environment
exist
in
a
silo
Exist
by
themselves
that
environmental
justice
is
not
intrinsically
linked
to
racial
Justice
economic
Justice
and
health
Justice
congresswoman
Presley
has
been
a
huge
advocate
to
make
sure
that
we
are
getting
Justice
writ
large.
F
Thank
you,
administrator
cash.
It
is
so
good
to
be
back
in
the
Massachusetts
7th
and
in
community
with
you
I.
Thank
you
for
your
commitment
to
Justice
and
we
are
so
fortunate
to
have
you.
As
our
administrator.
You
know,
I
was
just
sitting
here
reflecting
and
just
administrator
cash.
You
were
speaking
about
the
diversity
of
this
Coalition
and
I.
Think
it's
important
to
highlight
this
I
was
sharing
with
Heather
from
EC
Farms.
F
We
was
walking
as
we
were
walking
up,
but
although
I
know
what
it
is
living
in
a
marginalized
Community
to
be
disproportionately
impacted
by
environmental
injustices,
that
did
not
just
happen,
but
were
the
results
of
really
Decades
of
policy
violence,
and
you
know
a
lack
of
of
budgets
truly
being
a
reflection
of
our
values
and
practicing
those
values
which
we
espouse
when
it
comes
to
justice
for
all,
and
that
includes
access
to
our
water
and
that
it
be
clean,
I'll
date
myself,
when
I
was
your
age,
we
used
to
sing
a
song
called
This,
Land,
Is,
Your,
Land
This
land
is,
is
my
land?
F
Well,
that's
true
for
the
water
too,
and
we
want
you
to
feel
that
sense
of
agency
and
belonging
and
access
to.
We
keep
talking
about
you
being
the
future.
Well,
we
have
to
make
sure
that
you
have
one
and
that
that
means
that
we
have
to
be
responsible
stewards
of
this
land.
But
you
are
not
our
Future
Leaders.
You
are
already
leaders.
F
Each
of
you
are
already
environmentalists,
but
what
I
wanted
to
say
is,
as
I
was
walking
up
here
with
Heather
from
UC
farms
and
I
was
just
saying
for
a
very
long
time.
F
Although
I
lived
in
a
community
disproportionately
impacted
by
environmental
injustices,
the
green
movement
did
not
seem
inclusive
of
black
and
brown
people,
who
were
the
most
adversely
impacted
by
those
injustices
and
because
of
people
like
mariama,
white
Hammond,
who
I
know
are
our
mayor,
will
reference
in
a
moment
Mari
I'm
speaking
about
you
Chief,
but
because
of
mariama
white
Hammond
because
of
our
queen
of
water.
F
Here
in
rockefox,
you
know,
and
because
of
many
of
the
indigenous
leaders
that
I've
worked
with,
in
fact
who
are
water
protectors
and
because
of
the
children
of
the
Mckay
school
and
because
of
East
farms
and
because
of
of
the
piers
Park
sailing
program.
Now,
this
movement
is
truly
inclusive
and
intersectional,
and
it
must
be
because
This
Land
is
Our.
Land
This
land
is
your
land,
and
so
we
all
have
a
role
to
play
and
I
want
to
thank
Senator,
Markey
and
I.
F
Had
the
honor
for
11
years
of
working
for
Senator,
Kerry
and
I
know
that
these
two
standard
bearers
were
often
the
canary
in
the
coal
mines
in
these
fights,
and
they
have
been
a
such
Vigilant
stewards
on
behalf
of
our
environment,
but
also
on
behalf
Senator
Mark
yeah.
F
As
a
result
of
these
environmental
injustices,
some
of
the
highest
asthma
rates
in
the
country,
cancer
clusters
and
the
like,
when
you
look
at
neighborhoods
like
East,
Boston
Dorchester,
when
you
look
at
a
Chinatown
when
you
look
at
Chelsea,
my
old
home
neighborhood
of
Hyde
Park,
and
so
what
today
proves,
in
this
anniversary
of
the
50th
anniversary
of
the
Clean
Water,
Act
and
kids
I
want
you
to
get
this
because,
when
I
asked
you
to
raise
your
hand
about
what
are
the
jobs
you
want
to
hold
in
the
future,
not
everyone
immediately
said
you
wanted
to
be
an
elected
official,
but
guess
what?
F
Although
laws
may
have
seemed
boring
law
laws
are
important.
They
determine
everything
they
determine
who's,
just
surviving.
They
determine
who
thrives,
as
evidenced
by
the
Clean
Water
Act
and
as
our
queen
of
water.
Radical
Fox
was
sharing
with
us.
The
Clean
Water
Act
gave
us
both
the
legal
and
the
legislative
framework
for
partnership,
and
so
that's
what
we
see
here
today
in
this
Coalition
of
community-based
organizations
and
in
our
student
youth
leaders
here
who
are
already
environmentalist,
but
again
this
requires
Coalition.
This
requires
a
collective
commitment.
F
This
is
a
matter
of
racial
justice
of
Health,
Care,
Justice
of
environmental
justice
of
green
Justice
and
so
I.
Just
thank
everyone
here
for
being
a
Justice
seeker
and
I
think
everyone
for
being
here
on
the
50th
anniversary
of
the
Clean
Water
Act,
which
in
fact
should
always
be
a
right,
a
fundamental
human
right
that
everyone
has
access
to
clean
water
and
as
the
congresswoman
of
the
Massachusetts
seven.
F
It
is
a
source
of
Pride
for
me
that
we
have
changed
the
legacy
of
this
Harbor,
where
it
went
from
being
one
of
the
most
polluted
in
our
nation
to
now
being
amongst
the
cleanest,
and
that
is
the
type
of
role
that
I
want
this
District
to
play
in
our
Commonwealth
and
in
our
country
that
we
are
the
pacesetters
that
we
set.
The
blueprint
for
what
Justice
in
every
iteration
looks
like,
including,
and
especially
when
it
comes
to
our
environment,
so
I
thank
all
of
our
colleagues.
I.
F
Think
all
of
our
partners
here
and
you
know,
I'm
not
disappointed
that
we
are
celebrating
the
50th
birthday
of
the
Clean
Water
Act
and
there's
no
cake
here.
So
we
will
have
to
address
that
on
the
next
anniversary,
but
but
happy
birthday,
Clean,
Water,
Act,
happy
50th
and
thanks
again
to
everyone
truly
a
great
day.
A
Thank
you
so
much
congresswoman
and,
and
we
will
work
on
the
cake
issue,
an
oversight
very
sorry,.
A
Our
next
speaker,
when
we
talk
about
leadership
and
we're
thinking
about
cities,
is
just
a
Dynamo.
She
has
looked
at
the
role
of
cities
in
a
way
that
their
rules,
that
their
policies
can
transform
people's
lives,
give
better
access
to
Transportation,
better
education,
a
cleaner
air
and
cleaner
water.
She
has
also
been
a
tireless
tireless
advocate
for
justice
or
at
large
and
today
celebrating
environmental
justice
and
the
cleaning
of
Boston
Harbor.
We
have
Boston
mayor
Wu,
foreign.
G
Thank
you
so
much
administrator
cash,
thank
you
to
assistant
administrator,
Her,
Majesty,
Fox
and,
of
course,
to
our
leader,
Senator
Markey,
congresswoman
Presley,
everyone
who
has
made
sure
that
we
could
get
to
this
moment
not
only
as
a
country
to
celebrate
this
important
birthday,
but
as
a
city
to
look
around
and
take
in
the
beauty,
the
health.
The
excitement
of
this
incredible
place.
I
want
to
especially
thank
my
colleagues
from
City
Hall.
G
We
have
an
All-Star
team,
leading
our
efforts
on
the
climate
and
environmental
justice
front,
led
by
Chief,
Reverend,
mariama,
white,
Hammond
of
the
energy
environment,
open
space
Department,
the
leader
in
green,
always
environment,
commissioner
Allison
brizius
is
here,
I
believe
our
new
green
New
Deal
director
Oliver
sellers
Garcia,
and
we
are
also
very
excited
that
we
had
just
created
a
new
role
as
director
of
green
infrastructure
by
held
by
the
amazing
Kate
England.
G
H
H
G
Parents
all
over
families
number
one
rule
was
please
stay
away,
and
just
two
years
before
the
Clean
Water
Act
passed,
the
New
England
river
basins.
Commission
released
a
report
that
said
the
Harbor's
degraded
water
quality
is
a
deterrent
to
realizing
its
full
potential
and
that
it
would
take
quote
total
commitment
from
all
levels
of
government
industry,
Civic
action
groups
and
concerned
citizens
to
achieve
clean
water.
G
It
seemed
almost
impossible
today
we're
here
to
celebrate
the
50th
anniversary
of
that
total
commitment
and
what
has
been
possible
in
these
decades,
since,
thanks
to
the
work
of
countless
environmental
activists,
organizers,
labor,
community
members,
businesses
and
leaders
at
every
level,
the
EPA
led
the
way
implementing
Pollution
Control
programs
set
industry,
Wastewater
standards
and
Outlaw
dumping
without
a
permit.
In
the
first
three
decades
after
the
Clean
Water
Act
was
passed.
G
There's
still
a
lot
that
we
need
to
take
on
earlier.
This
week
the
Supreme
Court
heard
oral
arguments
in
a
case
challenging
the
Clean
Water
acts
ability
to
prevent
harmful
development
on
federally
protected
wetlands
and
in
a
nation
where
we
lose
one
and
a
half
million
Acres
of
natural
land
to
development
each
year.
A
ruling
against
the
Clean
Water
Act
would
pave
the
way
for
a
devastating
acceleration
of
these
losses.
C
G
Adams
we
read
a
book
together
as
we're
moving
into
the
weekend
and
leading
up
to
indigenous
people's
day.
We
read
a
book
called.
We
are
water
protectors
and,
as
we
think
about
what
this
weekend
means
and
the
hundreds
of
generations
of
indigenous
peoples
who
have
stewarded
the
land
and
waters
before
us,
it's
a
call
to
action
that
we
all
need
to
continue
standing
up
to
be
stewards
to
be
Protectors
of
the
water
of
our
Earth
and
of
our
future.
A
Thank
you
so
much
mayor.
It's
no
surprise
that
when
she
arrived
here,
she
was
swarmed
by
students
asking
for
her
autograph
she's,
a
rock
star.
D
A
Next,
our
next
speaker
is
a
person
who
has
devoted
his
career
to
protecting
your
water
to
protecting
your
air.
Commissioner,
Marty
suberg
of
the
Massachusetts
Department
of
Environmental
Protection,
a
colleague
who
I
worked
with
in
the
past,
has
also
been
a
stalwart,
Advocate
and
champion
of
clean
air
and
clean
water.
Marty
sueberg.
J
Thank
you
very
much.
I'm
first,
going
to
I
want
to
acknowledge
McKay
Elementary
I
watched
you
participate
in
your
lesson,
with
David
cash
and
and
the
others,
and
now
I'm
watching
you
here,
you're
paying
attention
you're,
taking
notes,
I
feel
very
good
about
the
future
of
Environmental
Protection
I
want
to
thank
you
for
your
attention.
J
I
I,
really
not
a
round
of
applause,
I,
really
want
to
join
in
this
celebration,
and
and
thank
you,
David
cash
for
your
leadership
here
at
EPA.
Thank
you,
Senator
and
and
congresswoman
radica
Fox,
I
I
won't
refer
to
your
unofficial
title,
but
an
assistant
administrator
mayor
Wu.
J
You
know
really
the
opportunities
here
to
celebrate
the
Clean
Water
Act,
because
it
was
50
years
ago
that
we
stopped
turning
our
backs
on
the
water
and
we
recognized
that
this
was
an
asset.
It
was
important
for
public
health.
It
was
important
for
our
environment,
it's
important
to
our
quality
of
life,
and
in
that
time
we've
seen
major
achievements.
J
J
Just
want
to
note
that
radica
fox
said
two
things
that
really
resonated
with
me
number
one
Partnerships,
because
we
not
only
get
the
technical
benefits
of
the
Clean
Water
Act,
the
pipes,
the
improved
technology,
but
we
get
the
planning
and
the
visioning
that
involves
all
of
the
communities
and
it
creates
an
inquired,
an
incredible
ethic
that
we
all
work
together
on
and
then.
J
Secondly,
the
notion
that
we
have
to
work
together
to
make
sure
all
communities
are
benefiting
and
administrator
Fox
I'm
committed
on
the
part
of
dep
to
making
sure
that
we
are
working
with
you
at
EPA
to
make
sure
that
all
communities
are
getting
the
benefit
of
these
programs.
J
Over
the
past
eight
years,
working
with
my
colleague,
Gary
Moran
from
the
executive
office
of
energy
and
environmental
Affairs,
our
secretary
Beth
card,
the
governor,
the
lieutenant
governor
we've
spent
two
billion
on
clean
water
projects,
the
benefit
of
Boston
and
benefit
communities
across
the
state.
Another
1
billion
on
drinking
water
projects
and
I
want
to
really
thank
you
very
much,
Senator
and
and
congresswoman,
and
the
Biden
Administration.
For
the
incredible
funding
that
we've
been
provided
under
the
infrastructure
act
and
arpa,
we
will
get
in
Massachusetts
another
1.1
billion
dollars
over
the
next
five
years.
J
And
we
look
forward
to
working
with
communities
with
our
partners
at
the
Clean
Water
trust
who
have
been
invaluable
in
terms
of
Distributing.
This
funding
to
the
communities
through
great
leaders
like
Fred
Lasky
at
the
mwra,
and
a
shout
out
to
somebody
who
has
been
the
silent
leader
of
water
policy
in
the
EPA
region,
one
for
decades
and
he's
walking
up
right
now.
So
he
can't
even
hear
that
I'm
embarrassed
again.
Mr
Ken,
morath
who's
done
a
terrific
job,
leading
the
Clean
Water
efforts
for
EPA
region
one.
So
we
commit
our
partnership.
A
Throughout
the
history
of
environmentalism
in
the
United
States,
it's
been
communities
that
have
driven
the
change
to
protect
their
water,
their
Air
at
the
local
level,
and
there's
been
no
difference
here
in
Massachusetts,
it's
been
non-governmental
organizations,
Community
groups,
and
we
have
someone
today
representing
a
local
community
group
here
in
East
Boston,
who
continues
to
drive
that
change
to
make
all
of
the
families
here
lives
better.
The
community
stronger
our
air,
cleaner,
our
water,
cleaner.
Please
join
me
in
welcoming
Magdalena
La
bataglia,
the
executive
director
of
Harbor
keepers.
I
Very
much
good
morning,
Diaz
thank
you
David
and
frankly,
when
I
was
asked
to
speak,
I
felt
a
little
bit
awkward
because
we're
such
a
small
organization.
Frankly,
you
know
we're
very
Grassroots,
very
small,
but
then
I
was
like
well
wait
a
second.
We
did
clean
up
7
000
pounds
of
trash
along
the
shoreline
we
are
convening.
You
know
hundreds
and
thousands
of
residents
to
do.
Waterfront,
advocacy
and
I
was
like
okay,
I'm.
I
Okay
with
that
and
now
when
I
see
my
colleagues,
the
diversity
of
these
amazing
people
and
leaders
representing
such
diversity
as
a
Latina
small
organization
run,
you
know,
Latina
run
I
feel
really
comfortable.
So
thank
you
for
inviting
me
the
one
you
know
there
was
so
much
valuable
messaging
with
with
everything
that
was
just
said.
So
I
don't
want
to
belabor
it,
but
one
thing
that
I
would
like
to
say
is
and,
as
our
name
implies,
the
harbor
Keepers.
You
know
that
was
very
strategic.
I
Keepers
means
the
eyes
and
ears
on
the
ground
of
the
water
of
the
harbor
of
the
creek
of
our
waterways.
If
we
do
not
have
people
like
some
of
the
amazing
folks
here
from
local
organizations,
the
children,
then
the
the
policy
is
just
the
policy
you
know
sit
on
a
shelf
if
it's
not
for
the
hard
work
of
the
local
Advocates
on
the
ground
and
I,
don't
want
to
talk
about
what
we
do,
but
really
so
many
organizations
doing
so
much
work
connecting
people
with
the
water.
I
It
really
is
very
simple:
it's
about
connecting
those
in
a
community
to
the
water
in
a
way
that
feels
comfortable
in
a
way
where
they
feel
like
that
access
is
for
them
as
well,
where
they
can
benefit
from
all
of
the
resources
in
and
around
our
Waterfront,
and
that's.
The
kind
of
approach
that
we
have
is
very
simple.
Is
is
really
appreciating
this
incredible
resource
that,
if
it
wasn't
for
the
Clean
Water
Act,
we
we
couldn't
do
our
work.
I
The
Clean
Water
Act
is
is
instrumental
and
we
are
the
living
breathing
conduit
of
this
act
by
bringing
people
to
the
water.
You
know
making
sure
that
they
feel
comfortable,
that
they're
able
to
you
know
be
empowered
to
Foster
the
coastal
stewardship.
We
are.
We
are
an
island,
I
say
this
in
you
know,
every
every
time
I
speak
I
said
we're
an
island,
we're
Islanders,
but
oftentimes,
and
throughout
the
years,
even
though
we
had
the
Clean
Water
Act
many
people,
you
know
from
different
backgrounds,
just
didn't
feel
comfortable.
I
They
didn't
feel
like
it
was
their
place
and
it
was
blocked
off.
We
are
now
at
a
critical
time.
The
50-year
anniversary
of
the
Clean
Water
Act
is
critical,
but
we
need
to
look
forward
to
creating
you
know
more
Equitable
access.
We
need
to
address
the
microplastics
issue.
I
know
nobody
mentioned
that
in
this
panel,
but
I
do
want
to
put
it
out
there,
because
we
have
we're
working
with
NOAA
and
OAA,
and
the
Gulf
of
Maine
are
in
the
reaction
plan
to
do
some
microplastics
awareness
in
the
community.
It's
not
something.
I
That's
typically,
you
know
talked
about
in
local
communities,
but
we
need
to
talk
about
it
and
figure
out.
How
do
we
resolve
this?
I
mean
we've
done
programming
the
schools
with
the
children
with
microplastics,
but
you
know
the
local
people
are
the
heart
of
this
policy
and
I
can't
reiterate
enough
how
fortunate
I
feel
to
be
an
advocate?
I
How
welcome
I
feel
by
my
partners
at
the
city,
state
and
federal
agencies,
and
that
we
do
have
a
lot
of
work
ahead
of
us
I'm
glad
that
there's
some
money
coming
down
the
pike,
because
we
need
it.
But
again
the
local
folks
on
the
ground
are:
are
the
heart
and
soul
of
this
act.
So
thank
you
to
everyone
and
I'm
just
going
to
say
a
little
bit
in
Spanish
just
in
case
somebody
speaks
Spanish
in
that
English
is.
I
A
E
Okay,
so
our
fifth
graders
here,
oh
boy,
great.
E
E
So
we
have,
let's
see
I,
think.
A
E
So
Natalie
is
going
to
deliver
the
letters
to
Senator
Markey
and
then
we
have
neitherly
was
going
to
deliver
her
letters
to
the
mayor.
Thank
you.
So
much.