Barbara Boxer

We are troubled by reports suggesting the FAA would talk to carriers about duty time.

Well, it's an outrage. Four hundred--and, you know, my friend Mark, who suffered such a loss, and his family, you know, he needs to hear this--450 recommendations of the NTSB have been ignored by the FAA over the years.

I've had problems with the FAA and safety for so many years, I can't even tell you, and it had nothing to do with if it was a Republican President or a Democratic President.

We cannot afford to act after it is discovered that inspectors are overly friendly with the airlines they oversee.

I just felt that the NTSB, which is one of my hero agencies in government all my life, one of the agencies that just tells the truth, and they don't--they just come right out and say it--that they have been ignored and ignored and ignored…

I'm proud to express my strong support for Representative Ellen Tauscher, President Obama's nominee to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security.

So, we will have you back in a year to see what the progress is.

And of course, it has to be implemented right.

I want a system based on science, not based on politics, not based on having the polluter at the table.

I want to thank again Senator Whitehouse for working with me to create this Subcommittee.

You couldn't be stronger or more assertive in implementing your responsibilities under the law.

Senator Inhofe has not been obstructionist, and I appreciate it so much.

It is the EPA's job to clean up the environment. It is not the Environmental Pollution Agency.

I could not be more pleased.

I want him to know how proud I am of him in his work to protect kids.

I don't think in all my years, I have ever encountered an Administrator who hit the ground running the way you did.

If we want to influence China's participation in an international agreement on climate change, we must demonstrate America's commitment to take real action to cut our own greenhouse gas emissions.

The world is looking for American leadership on this issue, and they are watching closely what we are doing here in the Congress.

Absolutely, but I think we can also do better than that.

Legislation to curb U.S. global warming pollution will put us on a path toward a new clean energy economy that creates millions of American jobs and breaks our dangerous dependence on foreign oil.

There is no reason why we should not lead the clean energy revolution.

Do you know of any matters which you may or may not have disclosed that might place you in any conflict of interest?

Do you agree to ensure that testimony, briefings, documents, and electronic and other forms of communication of information are provided to this Committee?

I think that what you have said really underscores what came about in the 1950s by President Eisenhower.

Will you do everything in your power to keep us all informed, Democrats and Republicans on this Committee, as to the deliberations?