Barbara Boxer

So here we have a bill that is being sold as protecting everybody and there is not even a deadline to enforce one chemical.

I am going to escalate saying what I think.

It has to do with the families of the United States.

As a matter of fact, many say it is worse.

The fact that the Vitter-Udall bill will not even restrict, much less ban on the deadly substance claiming 30 lives a day is a national travesty.

The Frank Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act undermines what few health protections from toxic chemicals now exist.

I oppose the Udall-Vitter bill.

Let's be clear what we are dealing with here. We are dealing with a bill that does harm, when they want to prevent harm.

This bill has a beautiful name, named after a magnificent Senator.

In a March 14, 2015, letter to President Obama, both Senator Rounds and I asked for the immediate resignation of Mr. Rafael Moure-Eraso.

I have deep reservations about President Obama's proposed authorization for the use of military force.

The restriction on 'enduring offensive ground combat operations' is no restriction at all.

I cannot and will not support such an AUMF.

What I am stunned by is some of the States' attitude of gloom and doom when we have States that are doing this prospering far more than your States.

We think that the Clean Power Plan will encourage States to take broader advantage of strategies that they are already using.

The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act . . . undermines what few health protections from toxic chemicals now exist . . .

The bill I introduced with Senator Markey... addresses fundamental flaws in the Udall-Vitter bill.

California's record temperatures are driving the State's extreme drought.

Ultimately, climate change deniers in the Senate continue to attack the landmark Clean Air Act.

Facts are stubborn things.

I think it is important to recognize that this proposal that EPA has put out does have within it the flexibility and the time that is needed.

Last I checked, Silicon Valley was booming. We have increases in manufacturing.

The Clean Power Plan builds on 40 years of Clean Air Act success, federalism, and now confronts us with an opportunity to address one of the most severe challenges of our time.

We are living proof that growing the economy and a safe environment go hand in hand.

According to NASA, the 10 warmest years on record occurred since the year 2000.