Barbara Boxer: “I want everyone who is watching us from Louisiana to know that without Mary Landrieu, we would not be having this…”

“I want everyone who is watching us from Louisiana to know that without Mary Landrieu, we would not be having this debate. She makes a point when she says it is good to have this debate. It is really good to have debates. We have had debates before on war and on health care. I put them in a bit of a different category, but this is an important debate. I do want to cover a little ground here. First of all, it is important to note we Democrats are under a big umbrella. We have Senators who agree with the Big Oil philosophy. We have Senators who agree with the ``all of the above'' philosophy, and we have Senators who are pushing for clean energy. This is true about our caucus, and I am proud. Mary Landrieu and I worked hand-in-glove on Katrina. She asked me to do something for her in my capacity as chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee that I had to say no to. She is a great Senator. The way I feel about Keystone is not the way she feels about it, and that is the beauty of our party.…”