Barbara Boxer

The Senator from Maine is right when she says we have to move to help this economy, and this bill is one of the answers. That is why it has such broad support. Republicans and Democrats across the country support this, Independent voters…

I have to say, of all the bills we have taken up, this is the most bipartisan. Let me read some of the groups that support this bill, even though the Senator from Maine doesn't like it. Let me tell you where you are. The U.S. Chamber of…

I also work across the political aisle. I worked with Senator Snowe on the Passenger Bill of Rights. I worked with the former Senator Smith on guns in the cockpit. I worked with Senator Ensign on afterschool, I worked with Senator Inhofe…

As Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Water and Wildlife Subcommittee, I have been to the Gulf and seen first-hand the environmental and economic impacts of the BP oil disaster.

We are coming out of the worst recession since the Great Depression... we have to focus on small businesses because they are the job creators.

The security of our Nation's ports is a major priority for me.

I strongly support the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, including a strong and effective Volcker rule, which is found in section 619 of the legislation. I know the chairman recognizes, as we all do, the crucial…

So, you think that China does understand the threat, but still, in all, they push for weaker sanctions, so why is that?

It is so important that we focus like a laser beam on Iran's reckless and dangerous refusal to cease Iranian enrichment in defiance of its own treaty obligations.

There should be no cap on their liability. They can't cap this thing. Why would we cap their liability?

Don't you think it is cleaner to just say you caused the damage, you pay the damage, period, end of quote.

I think we are speaking, I mean the panel is basically saying by your silence to this that we ought to move and hold people accountable.

Does anybody have a disagreement with that on the panel?

A friendly amendment to the Vitter bill so that everybody is protected is something that I am going to be working on with you, Senator Vitter, and you, Senator Menendez.

The reason I like Senator Menendez's bill, which is broad, I like Senator Vitter, the fact that he holds BP accountable, but I like the Menendez approach better because it includes all companies, is because taxpayers will never have to…

It is time we finally start treating oil companies like we do everyone else.

I applaud Senator Vitter for embracing unlimited liability for damages stemming from this bill.

I want to unequivocally state that I want to make available as many people as it takes to clean up this mess with BP paying the bill as is required by current law.

She believes for the first time there's a cover-up here by BP and that the government could be complicit in that.

I am pleased to have worked with Representative Tom McClintock on this bill, which would authorize the Bureau of Land Management to acquire the Gold Hill Ranch in western El Dorado County.

This is an unacceptable conflict of interest.

This results in staff currying favor with regulated companies while at NHTSA.

We commend her for this work.

Barbara Boxer wrote a letter to your company and said that you guys basically said that to their committee that it was up to the Unified Command, that it wasn't just your decision.

Senator, tell us what you really think.