Barbara Boxer: “I feel that we have enough information now to take a stand with the Interior Department, with the consumers, and with…”

“I feel that we have enough information now to take a stand with the Interior Department, with the consumers, and with over 70 groups that stand with us against the Hutchison amendment. I hope my friend will listen to some of these groups because my colleague, my friend from Texas, listed groups that were with her. I think it is important that we compare these groups, who they stand for, and who they speak for. They are with us on our side trying to stop this oil company rip off, stop the Hutchison amendment: American Association of Educational Services Agencies, American Association of School Administrators, the American Lands Alliance, the Americans Ocean Campaign, the Better Government Association, Common Cause, Consumer Project on Technology, Council of State School Officers, Friends of Earth, Funds for Constitutional Government, Government Accountability Project, Green Peace, the Mineral Policy Standard, National Environmental Trust, National Parks and Conservation Association, the National Rural Education Association, the National Resources Defense Fund, the Navajo Nation, Ozone Action, Public Citizens, Congress Watch, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Safe Energy Communication Council, the Surface Employees International Union, and the Taxpayers for Common…”