Barbara Boxer: “As the Chair of the Environment Committee, I was very interested in his presentation. I thank him for caring so deeply…”

“As the Chair of the Environment Committee, I was very interested in his presentation. I thank him for caring so deeply about global warming. The thing we have to do around here is get a good bill down to the floor. Because everything Senator Sanders talks about--geothermal, solar--everything he talks about--green jobs--depends on our ability to get a good bill to the floor of the Senate. What also is interesting is that Senator Sanders called the Lieberman-Warner bill a very strong bill. I agree with him. It is a very strong bill. And that is before we even make some perfecting amendments out of subcommittee. Senator Harkin is a cosponsor of the Lieberman-Warner bill. Senator Harkin is truly a great conservationist, as we are going to hear from him. The fact that he is on the Lieberman-Warner bill gave a great lift and a great boost to that piece of legislation.”