Barbara Boxer: “I say to my friend, this is a precedent-setting waiver. Even in the case of the Price-Anderson Act where we waived…”

“I say to my friend, this is a precedent-setting waiver. Even in the case of the Price-Anderson Act where we waived liability for the nuclear power industry, they must pay a premium into a fund, so they are on the hook for billions of dollars. This has never been done. I say further to my friend, when we talk to some of my ethanol-supporting friends, they say: But the Government is mandating this, so therefore they should waive liability. We mandate seatbelts, but if there is a defective seatbelt, a person can sue; airbags, mammograms-- you could go through the list. This is precedent setting, and it is terrible law.”