Barbara Boxer

We will see 130,000 fewer asthma attacks every year.

Three million jobs are at stake.

As I often say, if you cannot breathe, you cannot work.

It is our job to protect America's families just the way we protect our own.

Gutting the Clean Air Act will do nothing to help our economic recovery and nothing to close our budget deficits.

President Obama has always endorsed an all of the above strategy when it comes to energy.

I do not believe we can stop now.

I am concerned about these budget cuts given the continuing need to address the serious health threats posed by radon.

The agency was established with bipartisan support and has demonstrated repeated success in improving our families' health and keeping the Nation's water clean and safe.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The clerk will call the roll.

I just wish to ask if it is possible, by unanimous consent, to permit Senator Carper to speak for 2 minutes to discuss an issue Senator Hutchison addressed before. I would ask unanimous consent if we could take a break from the voting. The…

Can I ask, what is the amendment pending before the body? Amendment No. 1810 The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order, the question is on amendment No. 1810.

Finally, I ask unanimous consent that there be 2 minutes equally divided prior to each vote and all after the first vote be 10- minute votes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I want to say to the Senator from Vermont, first of all, thank you for all of his hard work on the Environment and Public Works Committee. The Senator focuses on jobs like a laser beam. Yes, the Senator is correct. The intent is that this…

I ask my friend to withdraw the request. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator withdraw his request for a quorum call?

I thank the Chair. I wanted Members to know about the order. It is likely that several of these will not require votes. I think we will expect at least between, I would say, three and five votes. I think that is a fair indication of where…

I will then speak more about the bill because we have some amendments. Can the Chair advise me what the order of votes are on this Transportation bill? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The first amendment in order is No. 1810. Next is…

Do you feel comfortable that on this issue, you are speaking for everyone when you say you are striving to meet that 2014 and 2016 date, you are striving?

Does the NRC consider harmful impacts beyond the radiation exposure impact, including such things as evacuations, the clean up of contamination, when determining whether to require safety measures at our nuclear reactors?

It is. When I asked--and I am going to give everybody an extra 2 minutes because I have gone over--when I asked the sheriff near my San Onofre plant what she thought, I said, how do you get people out of here? She said, well, if it were to…

This is very concerning. Because in California we have updated reports that are not good, that say there has been a lot of changes.

I just want to point out that is exactly what the Japanese said before Fukushima. So I think we need to be cautious.

I don't want to be surprised and find out it is going to take 12 years or 14, because that is what happened last time, after 9/11, the recommendations took I think 10 years or more.

I would suggest as I did at the last meeting that maybe the difference that is taking place here is not the personality flaws of the chairman but a philosophical difference that exists about how the NRC should proceed.

I know that our thoughts and our prayers go out to the people of Japan and the victims of this catastrophe.