Barbara Boxer actually said...

"America's leadership is significantly on the line here."

"Some of my colleagues call it a tax. All of them do, on the other side. They never called it a tax when it was in the Clean Air Act's acid rain program."

"The urgency of this bill is there. And I believe that one of our responsibilities is to be able to tell that story of urgency to America."

"We do know that job losses have been reduced dramatically. Economists tell us the stimulus package worked."