Barbara Boxer actually said...

"Is it in the national interest to expose U.S. communities living close to refineries... to higher levels of toxic and cancer-causing air pollutants?"

"I personally believe we have to weigh in on a health impacts study, because personally I think our national interest should include if our kids are going to suffer more asthma, cancer, and the rest."

"The problem with risk management doesn't include ammonium nitrate, so that is a problem for us."

"You know, just talking to my colleagues from West Virginia, this has been a huge blow to that State."