Barbara Boxer

I was very happy to be part of that.

I want to put in information from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showing that California's electricity bill is far lower than Oklahoma's and that we are prospering because we have taken on climate change and have cheaper costs…

Cleaning up the air is a primary focus.

PolitiFact found that mostly false.

Don't you have to follow the law?

Isn't it clear that those of us who believe that carbon pollution does increase the likelihood that people will have breathing difficulties and heart attacks a proven fact?

Relying upon substantial scientific evidence, EPA determined that man-made climate change threatens both public health and public welfare.

I believe this not an Administration gone rogue. This is an Administration following the Clean Air Act.

This is a situation where the Clean Air Act requires you to act.

The Supreme Court in that last case... confirmed the Clean Air Act covers carbon pollution.

I often say in all the years I have been in office, a long time, no one ever complained that the air was too clean.

We can move forward on the policies the President has put forward and that Republican Presidents have put forward.

The President's proposal will enable America to lead the way to avert the most calamitous impacts of climate change.

Do not tell me that if you move forward on clean air, you destroy the economy or destroy your budget. It is quite the opposite.

Last year, this committee heard from four former EPA Administrators, all Republicans who served under Presidents Nixon and George W. Bush.

Climate change is happening now. We cannot afford to wait.

Who are we working for, the people of this Country or the polluters?

I want to lodge official opposition of the Democratic minority to limiting opening statements to the Chairman and the Ranking Member.

It has allowed the United States to expand direct support to the Cuban people.

It has reinvigorated U.S. leadership in Latin America and improved U.S. relations with countries in the region.

It has opened up new opportunities for American businesses in Cuba.

I think what was noteworthy about the act is it codified all restrictions under the Cuban Assets Control Regulations that were promulgated by the Treasury Department in 1963, and it codified the Cuban embargo.

Five months ago, President Obama announced that the United States would begin the process of normalizing relations with Cuba.

I think this 2018 election is a real test for us, in a way, because if we can focus on democracy and freedom and fairness.

This historic decision rejects the failed sanctions policy of the past 50 years and opens a new chapter in U.S.-Cuban relations.