Barbara Boxer: “this is a very important day for the American people. We are beginning to give President Obama the team he wants to work…”

“this is a very important day for the American people. We are beginning to give President Obama the team he wants to work with. I am not suggesting everyone here likes his choices, but he won the Presidency. Every President, whether I agree with him or disagree with him, or whether I agree with her or disagree with her, or whether it is a Republican or Democrat, every President deserves a team in place. If I were to ask people how important clean air is to them or how important it is that when children breathe the air they don't wind up with asthma, I will tell my colleagues that 80 percent of them will say it is very important. If I were to ask them how important clean water is, the quality of our lakes and streams and oceans, I would say they would think it over and they would say it is pretty important. That is where we get our fish. That is where we go to recreate. That is a legacy we want preserved. If I were to say: How about safe drinking water, do you think you ought to be nervous when you or your child drinks your water out of the tap--and, sadly, fewer and fewer people are drinking water out of the tap--I would suggest to my colleagues, knowing what the American people know and seeing how smart they are about what bacteria could be in the water, I would say they would think it very important--at least 80 percent. If I asked them: How important is it that Superfund sites that had dangerous toxins on them be cleaned up?…”