Elizabeth Esty Quotes
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We need to stop refighting 40-year old battles on women's rights.
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We want to take the energy surrounding the Sandy Hook anniversary that might otherwise be consumed by grief or anger - or this week in San Bernardino by fear - and channel some of that to honor our common humanity and love each other.
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We know that, relative to GPS, radar is not as accurate - we'd be seeing our planes' precise positions in 3-D, not just approximate locations every eight seconds.
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Lead levels exceeding federal thresholds pose a serious public health threat, particularly for more vulnerable populations.
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I hear over and over again from local leaders and business owners that one of the best ways we can revitalize our cities and towns is to support brownfields cleanup efforts.
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The real issue is, are you available to the folks you represent? And I am.
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I'm baffled that Mark Greenberg would send an offensive email politicizing the beheading of an American journalist.
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We should not silence our nation's researchers.
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We need to develop clean, affordable, and reliable energy sources, and frankly, we need to license that technology to the rest of the world.
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The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, has shown us what can happen when we ignore the warning signs of lead poisoning and corroding pipes.
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We have the opportunity and the responsibility to lead our country to a better and brighter future, and I cannot wait to roll up my sleeves and get back to work.
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Although we can never fully repay our veterans, on Veterans Day we thank our veterans for their selflessness and commit to do what we can to improve the quality of life for our veterans and military families in communities across America.
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You are who you are, and in politics, if you stay who you are, you do better.
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We still have work to do in our efforts to advance equal rights for all Americans.
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We need to not reduce but increase our commitment to research.
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I would like to live long enough to see the day when people talk about which guns are the safest.
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We are a great enough country to respect the Second Amendment rights of lawful gun owners and protect our children. And those things don't need to be in conflict.
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We owe it to our service men and women and their families, who sacrificed so much for our country, to find out the answers they deserve and make care and treatment for them, their children, and their grandchildren a priority.
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Brownfields cleanups have been treated like capital investments in the tax laws, and they really are repairs and should be taxed as such.
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We need more access to quality health care, not less.
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In Connecticut, we have a vibrant history of advocating to ensure our workers are treated fairly and given the rights and protections they deserve. Still, we need to do more to protect all American workers.
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My job is to get things done.
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This historically has been an issue that both parties have run away from. For the first time, Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party in its platform are making this issue, about needing to do better as a country to take common sense steps to help prevent gun violence.
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Those who know me would say I'm a passionate and hard-working mom and a community leader who knows how to get things done.