Barbara Boxer

Clearly, Afghan women are agents of democracy and change, and yet their potential is largely untapped.

We need to make sure that these words represent the deeds that are going to follow.

If there's a way for us to help, both sides of the aisle, writing a letter and moving forward ... we expect to see this law implemented or we're just not going to be so generous.

Lucky for them it wasn't the Taliban making the decision.

It is a simple fact, as you said, Senator Boxer, that no country can get ahead if half its population is left behind.

You cannot have a successful Afghanistan if half the people are frightened and they're sitting home

Inclusion is vital as is transparency and accountability in the processes.

I think access to education is very important, and we have to pay more attention on higher education.

We can't lose this moment because this is really a critical moment.

The first thing that goes along with reconciliation is an end of violence against women in Afghanistan.

Since President Karzai has said the words that we want to hear, that he is committed to ensuring that the women are included...

Every integration effort ought to be pursued, and we all want to see everyone come together.

As legislators we need to make policy based on the science.

The last decade was the hottest ever recorded. So, these are the facts. No one can dispute this.

The extreme weather. This is not conjecture.

Now our job, as Senator Inhofe says, is to get the facts and make the policy.

We are now seeing colleagues attack American's most respected institutions.

I would encourage you, Madam Administrator, to hold firm to the science and to what you are doing.

I am very pleased with the increase in funding for the Office of Children's Health.

There has not been one agency in America, NOAA, NASA, DOD, CIA that to my knowledge has backed off their views.

I am going to build the case that this endangerment finding that you have made was built on the findings and the work of the Bush administration.

Thank you very much, Senator.

I want to ask you about the Superfund. We are going from 22 clean ups to 25 clean ups, and I am a little concerned that we are not being aggressive enough.

The majority of this committee, in strong numbers, believes that we must act, and in fact we have acted.

The facts are the facts.