Barbara Boxer

Are you working very closely in Los Angeles at LAX with the other security forces there?

I am looking for a layered defense.

You found that they were in compliance on all counts, including a review of the perimeter security.

The United States wants to ensure a continuous, augmented presence along NATO's borders.

The facts are the facts and the fact is the leading voices in America are warning us.

It is totally different from when I got into politics.

I am reading from a report, Energy and Commerce Committee, House Republicans voted to repeal a rule that will prevent up to 34,000 deaths...

I never said it was the Republican agenda.

Just by the grace of God we have been able to stop the repeal of all the very important Clean Air Act.

This is not rhetoric, this is proven fact and science.

It is also important to note--as you defend coal which is your absolute right and I respect you totally for it--that the Koch Brothers said so much natural gas has been discovered from shale drilling that gas is very, very cheap now, so…

There is a stark divide between the parties on environmental issues.

When you try to repeal 28 times various portions of the Clean Air Act... you don't intend for this to happen.

This has nothing to do with climate change. This is direct assault on the Clean Air Act.

Senator Vitter made a good point when he showed the great progress that the Clean Air Act has achieved.

Is it correct that the vast majority of public comments on the rules for new power plants, the vast majority of those are comments to limit carbon emissions from power plants?

Anyone who says that this is what is good for America, they won't say that but they go after the EPA with a vengeance even though 80 percent of the people support the EPA doing more.

We breathe the same air and drink the same water. We need the protections.

That photo is not a cartoon, it is the reality for people who live in a country where the environment has been thrown under the bus.

Climate change is expected to increase regional ozone pollution with associated risks in respiratory illnesses and premature death.

The vast majority supported EPA actions to limit carbon emissions?

We have to grow our economy and make sure we have prosperous businesses, while we cleanup the air.

Seventy-three percent of voters say we don't have to choose between air quality and a strong economy; 66 percent of voters favor EPA updating air pollution standards by setting stricter standards; and 72 percent of voters support new…

I would hope that in the committee of jurisdiction for the EPA, we can get beyond that and talk about facts and substance in a meaningful way.

Isn't it true that every decision is peer-reviewed and every rule is subjected to public comment before it becomes a rule?