Barbara Boxer

No one knew whether the pipeline under San Bruno was safe. Not the utility, not the state regulators and not the Federal regulators.

Senator Feinstein and I will never forget what hit our state, and I'm going to go through this with some photos so, my colleagues, you can see this.

So you don't know why they didn't make any corrections. Could you get an answer for the record for me, please?

You have an obligation to ride herd on them.

I'm so proud that similar legislation passed the Senate last night.

People are dead because of this.

So when we talk about the importance of jobs, let's remember that fair regulation that makes sense means that we protect the health of the people.

Since the Clean Air Act's inception in 1970, the U.S. gross domestic product has risen by 207 percent.

I would like to put into the record this terrific, part of this document which is The On-Bill Financing: Helping Small Business Reduce Emissions and Energy Use While Improving Profitability.

I have often said if you can't breathe, you can't work. And that is a fact.

Expanding the use of these technologies will put people to work, including construction workers who retrofit structures.

Thank you. Let me thank Senator Boozman for this courtesy.

We have $48 billion a year of exports, clean-tech exports. It supports, by the way, 1.7 million jobs.

I ask the majority leader, before he leaves, I didn't hear all he said. Is this the fact that we are going to vote again on proceeding to a bill that will allow us to take up this emergency FEMA funding?

That is why Senator Isakson and I have introduced S. 170, the Helping Responsible Homeowners Act of 2011.

Interest rates for 30-year home mortgages are at 4.12 percent--the lowest rate in 60 years.

Thank you, Chairman Menendez and Ranking Member DeMint, for scheduling this important hearing and for the opportunity to address the Committee.

We need to give more consideration to our borrowers and give them a sense that we are all working together.

This particular shared appreciation modification program not only would minimize foreclosures, it would increase property values.

We want you to know that homeowners do want to be responsible. These borrowers need an opportunity.

I applaud that effort and I fully recognize there are a lot of details that are going to have to be worked out.

The Federal Government should not be profiting from borrowers paying higher interest rates than they should have to.

If you have a loan that is backed by Fannie and Freddie, and if you have a high interest rate and you would like to take advantage of these lower rates, then you should have a chance to do that.

This is such a win-win. Number one, Fannie and Freddie... actually make money on this... because it would stop many people from defaulting right away.

If you have paid your mortgage all along through all these difficult times, and it is at a high interest rate, but you never missed a payment... you should be rewarded with a program like this.