Barbara Boxer actually said...

EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment. It is critically important, but you would not know that from this budget.

The President's 2005 budget request would decrease EPA's funding $606 million, 7.2 percent, from fiscal year 2004 amounts.

This is very dangerous for our people. This means we are not going to have funding for critical projects.

On January 28, 2004, Senator Boxer and I wrote you concerning EPA's proposal to deregulate over 3 billion pounds of toxic hazardous waste fr...