Barbara Boxer actually said...

"We need the kind of bold and decisive, innovative leadership on environment that Lisa Jackson has brought and is going to deliver as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency."

"I believe that both of these legislative initiatives are an assault on the original statutory intent."

"I am hopeful that the new Administration will resist activists' calls to overreach."

"I sincerely hope that Ms. Browner's new position will not undermine the statute's intentions nor overshadow the Chair's autonomy and judgment."