Barbara Boxer

Moscow's lack of respect for basic human rights speaks volumes about its reliability as an international partner on vital national security issues.

It appears that President Putin has little tolerance for anyone who appears to disagree in any way with the policies of his administration.

I think that would be a mistake, for all the reasons----

What will happen to that amount of money? where will it go? who will have control over it in the U.S. Government?

We urge the United States to take notice of what is happening in Russia, of how we're slipping backwards, not towards progress, but toward repression.

Russia's partnership on a number of issues does not preclude us from taking a hard look at what appears to be a systematic crackdown on internationally recognized basic freedoms.

We expect to swear in Senator-designate Cheisa during Monday's session. At 5:30 p.m. on Monday there will be a rollcall vote on passage of the farm bill. ____________________

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 1:06 p.m., adjourned until Monday, June 10, 2013, at 2 p.m…

We need to go with the science and safety science.

To me, it is pretty simple. All the parts of the investigation have to be complete.

This thing is really disturbing.

Actually, they have not been answered at all.

I do not agree under any circumstances that there ought to be a restart until the entire investigation is complete.

Dr. Macfarlane, today the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee meets to reconsider your nomination as Chairman of the NRC.

NRC's Office of Investigations is currently looking into whether SoCal Edison provided the Commission with complete and accurate information.

So, there is seriousness here. And the population in just San Diego County and since the original plant was approved has increased by more than 300 percent.

We need people on the Commission right, left, center, pro-nuclear or nervous about it, looking at it however they look at it, to say what they think, or we are not served well.

When a nuclear plant is shut down, communities do not have to keep a rotting hulk there for 30, 40 or 50 years.

We will all work together because this Committee has to vote this up or down.

Do you agree to ensure that testimony, briefings, documents and electronic and other forms of communication of information are provided to this Committee and its staff and other appropriate committees in a timely fashion?

The vents hardening is pretty important and frankly, the filtering of these vents is important because you keep out the radiation with the filter.

I do not agree with you, on the way you are handling this, to be honest.

I was very pleased that you and every one of your colleagues on the Commission assured me at our last oversight hearing that you will not let this plant start up unless you are absolutely convinced it is safe to operate.

An investigation is an investigation. If it has subpart a, b, c and d, they have to be completed.

Well, maybe there are some people here would like to experiment on my people. But I am not going to let it happen.