Barbara Boxer

Reserving the right to object, Mr. President, I want to make a little clarification. Senator Udall has asked for 10 minutes. If we could use our time, allowing this Senator 10 minutes, and then after Senator Vitter's time, we would go to…

Now we have to make sure that those policies never come into effect.

Some of the proposals would have a cataclysmic effect on our bilateral relations.

I am concerned about the rhetoric in the presidential campaign describing our relationship with Mexico.

Let us face it. That is a drop in the bucket.

We must help them stop this real threat.

We need to do much more than we have done so far to put real dollars behind the effort to stop this madness.

The abuse of illegal and legal drugs in America is an absolute crisis, and to fight it, we need to act on many fronts.

Women represent the fastest growing group of veterans who are enrolled in VA health care.

The VA, I know, is doing everything it can to help prevent suicides, but we know we can do better.

We owe our veterans, I think, at least this bill, which will give us the information we need to prevent this horrible crisis.

Something is horribly wrong here. It is heartbreaking. It is unacceptable.

I am pleased that the Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act, which I introduced with Senators Blumenthal, Brown, and Ernst, is on today's agenda.

I truly appreciate your interest in this and the fact that you are going to personally study it.

I just think it is a safety risk that I am so frightened about

If nuclear power is going to take its place, it had better be safe.

This is not an overnight 24-hour deal; this is a deep concern.

I had significant concerns with the introduced bill, which would have reduced transparency during the approval process for new nuclear reactors.

I do intend to work with my colleagues to make this bill better.

I know Senator Gillibrand has a critical amendment, critical amendment dealing with safety at the plants, and I hope it passes.

I am proud, also, to be a co-sponsor of the Brownfields Utilization, Investment and Local Development Act, called the BUILD Act.

If there were bumper strips that each committee had, ours would say 'EPW: The Committee That Does,' because we do well.

This bill doesn't address funding, Senator Carper is absolutely right.

This program has delivered, and I think it is important that we note this, it has delivered an estimated $12.6 billion in health benefits and saved countless lives.

I appreciate the work by several Senators on the manager's amendment that we will consider.