Barbara Boxer actually said...

About one-third of the carbon dioxide we have emitted into the atmosphere has been drawn down into the ocean.

Unfortunately, as reported by the National Research Council today, adding so much carbon dioxide to the ocean has caused its pH to decrease ...

Thank you, Madam Chairman, for holding this hearing--fittingly, on Earth Day--to discuss ocean acidification.

Senator Barbara Boxer has requested a hearing on Senate Bill 1596.