Barbara Boxer said "Senator Booker should be proud of this contribution to this debate and what he is doing in the environment committee. Let me say quickly--because I know we are running out of time--here is the deal. You raised the golden standard--NEPA, the National Environmental Policy Act. The underlying bill says everything is satisfied. All you want to make sure of in your amendment is that if there is new information which shows this could harm the public--maybe cause more cancer, cause more asthma, and cause other problems--that we need a supplemental EIS, that we need a supplemental study before we approve this pipeline. Right now, they are not letting you offer that amendment." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJanuary 26, 2015

Senator Booker should be proud of this contribution to this debate and what he is doing in the environment committee. Let me say quickly--because I know we are running out of time--here is the deal. You raised the golden standard--NEPA, the National Environmental Policy Act. The underlying bill says everything is satisfied. All you want to make sure of in your amendment is that if there is new information which shows this could harm the public--maybe cause more cancer, cause more asthma, and cause other problems--that we need a supplemental EIS, that we need a supplemental study before we approve this pipeline. Right now, they are not letting you offer that amendment.

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Barbara Boxer

Democratic · California

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