Barbara Boxer

Who cares? You are writing a bill so you add another title to it if you make the bill better, and you make the bill stronger, who cares?

It will strengthen Federal agency coordination and accountability when investigating potential disease clusters.

If you said to somebody in the street, again, there is a dangerous chemical, when do you think it ought to be taken out of your products? You know what they would say? Yesterday.

If you wanted to take action on asbestos, and as Senator Markey said, this has been an issue since a quarter of a century ago, you put it in the bill.

Let's prove that we mean it when we say States' rights, and support Senator Gillibrand.

Colleagues, this is the Environment Committee, not the board room of the chemical companies.

Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Rand Paul (R-KY) have introduced a bill that would shore up the HTF by assessing a 6.5 percent tax on repatriated corporate earnings.

The morale is very bad right now from being very high, because of the obvious problems that my Chairman has pointed out.

I think you are absolutely right. Our concern is how do we prevent this from happening again.

I think it is critical to move without delay when there is a problem because if it takes forever, we cannot learn.

I am worried about the limited resources that you have because you cannot possibly investigate every chemical accident that falls within your authority.

There is an old religious saying, if you save one life, you save the world.

It is critical that we move forward with the nominations under the jurisdiction of this Committee so that our Federal agencies can fulfill their mission to serve the American people.

In my view, this is a really important issue, that you have not had the chance to really get into because obviously you are new to the board.

To me, Earth Day puts a spotlight on how we have to protect our planet and our families.

The confirmation of qualified individuals to lead Federal agencies is an important responsibility of the Senate.

I want to compliment you on the way you handled those questions because we are talking about very serious allegations and peoples' lives.

I am very concerned that despite the clear risks posed by our nation's chemical facilities, very little progress has been made to improve safety.

This is not a partisan matter. We take our roles seriously.

People are waiting for these materials.

My understanding is it is not under investigation and this has to be done.

Just answer the question, do you plan?

While the NRC's Fukushima Task Force recommended that all reactors be protected against the strongest earthquakes they were likely to face, the NRC seems to have gone out of its way to do the exact opposite at Diablo Canyon.

I hope to God you are right, that we are much safer, but I will say if you go back to the Japanese statements before this, they were just like yours--we are so safe, we are so safe.

You are in violation of what I consider to be a sacred commitment.