Barbara Boxer: “The bottom line is that a city such as Santa Monica--and you could…”

On the recordApril 25, 2002

The bottom line is that a city such as Santa Monica--and you could pick out your cities--that had a horrible problem with MTBE is currently suing to recover $200 million from the oil companies. If that was not allowed, the consumers, our taxpayers, have to pick up the tab. This is the classic case of, in my view, turning away from "polluter pays" and going to "taxpayer pays." If ethanol is so safe, then I would say: Why do they have a study on safety in the bill? Why are they seeking this waiver? And why are they ignoring the two studies my friend from California, Senator Feinstein, is going to have printed in the Record, the blue-ribbon committee from EPA, and the State study, that show there is really a problem?

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Barbara Boxer

Democratic · California

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Discussing the implications of a bill related to MTBE and ethanol safety.

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Barbara Boxer: “The bottom line is that a city such as Santa Monica--and you could pick out your cities--that had a horrible problem…”

Editor's note · Context