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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 10, 2015

The President's proposal will enable America to lead the way to avert the most calamitous impacts of climate change.

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 10, 2015

I want to put in information from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showing that California's electricity bill is far lower than Oklahoma's and that we are prospering because we have taken on climate change and have cheaper costs…

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 10, 2015

I often say in all the years I have been in office, a long time, no one ever complained that the air was too clean.

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 10, 2015

Last year, this committee heard from four former EPA Administrators, all Republicans who served under Presidents Nixon and George W. Bush.

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 10, 2015

The Supreme Court in that last case... confirmed the Clean Air Act covers carbon pollution.

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 10, 2015

This is a situation where the Clean Air Act requires you to act.

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 10, 2015

Climate change is happening now. We cannot afford to wait.

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 10, 2015

Who are we working for, the people of this Country or the polluters?

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 10, 2015

I want to lodge official opposition of the Democratic minority to limiting opening statements to the Chairman and the Ranking Member.

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 10, 2015

I believe this not an Administration gone rogue. This is an Administration following the Clean Air Act.

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 10, 2015

We can move forward on the policies the President has put forward and that Republican Presidents have put forward.

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 10, 2015

Do not tell me that if you move forward on clean air, you destroy the economy or destroy your budget. It is quite the opposite.

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 10, 2015

Isn't it clear that those of us who believe that carbon pollution does increase the likelihood that people will have breathing difficulties and heart attacks a proven fact?

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Barbara Boxer
@barbaraboxer· Democratic · CA· Feb 10, 2015

Relying upon substantial scientific evidence, EPA determined that man-made climate change threatens both public health and public welfare.

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