Barbara Boxer

It is critical that we pass legislation that doesn't undermine Federal and State environmental protections because, as Senator Cantwell noted, that would only threaten fragile ecosystems.

We have to say to all the stakeholders let us hear you out and let us have a bill that is fair to everyone.

We do not want to reignite the water wars because... they lead to the courthouse door.

When you talk about water, you are talking about the third rail of politics in our state.

Whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fighting.

I think the EPA could go either way; they could do a rule under the Uranium Mill Tailing Radiation Control Act or under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

If you are exposed to nuclear materials, it is very serious; and people don't care if the plant was operational and there was an accident or the plant was decommissioned and there is an accident. They get just as sick.

We must learn from Fukushima and do everything we can to avoid similar disasters here in America.

You have to examine the worst that could happen, is that the point?

Your decision is dangerous, is wrong.

I believe it's time for Congress to step in.

I don't trust China and I don't trust them with the safety of the world and the planet.

Regardless of whether they are going to do this, we should take the lead. It is our moral responsibility.

Smog pollution has many health impacts, particularly for children and the elderly.

One size does not fit all, is that correct?

If you can't breathe, you can't work or go to school.

I am tired of ducking behind the skirts of China. Let's step out and show what America is made of, which is true grit and the can-do attitude.

The Obama administration's Clean Power Plan will help America lead the way to avert the worst impacts of climate change.

The Clean Power Plan will help America lead the way to avert the worst impacts of climate change.

I would like to also put two polls into the record.

I hope we will not ignore this call.

I hope we will not ignore his call.

I don't think that is what this committee is for. We are not a committee to represent polluters. We are a committee to represent families and fight for families.

I have not had one constituent come up and tell me the air is too clean, stop cleaning up the air.

I commend EPA for issuing these first-ever carbon pollution standards for power plants.