Political Quotes

“I want the Senator to know how much I appreciate and how much the people appreciate her advocacy on environmental issues. I know the famous Erin Brockovich was from California. I think the Senator from California is the Erin Brockovich of the Senate because with her advocacy we have been able just in recent days to put a stop to the prevention of children being tested for lead in their water. The Senator from California was the first to have raised that issue. She is also the one who raised the concern about chromium, and she in fact appeared at an event with Erin Brockovich's lawyer, Ed Masry, who allowed her to do what she did. The Senator alerted us to that and introduced legislation in that regard and, of course, the famous arsenic-in-the-water subject that the Bush administration started. She said they have 90 violations. I have narrowed it down to six or seven about which we haven't talked. But I want the Senator from California to know that being out front on these issues is sometimes difficult for her because we have a very popular President.”