Senate Proceeding on Sep 24th, 2009 :: 5:20:20 to 5:27:20
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5:20:11 to 5:20:31( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Boxer: happens to our people when we walk away from from pollution. i know that senator brown is in the chair, and with him the fact that he knows well that after the cuyahoga river caught fire in ohio in

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Speech By: Barbara Boxer

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Barbara Boxer: 1969 and many of our lakes and rivers appear to be more like sewers, the committee of which i chair now, so proudly and which 0 senator whitehouse sits on, responded by enact the clean ter act. that was 1972. i don't even know if senator brown was born yet.

5:20:56 to 5:21:16( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Boxer: the fact is that incident of a river catching fire really cause the attention -- caught the attention of the people of this nation, and whether it was our water or our air, endangered species, we decided to take control of our communities, of our health, of our environment. there's a lot about america that

5:21:17 to 5:21:38( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Boxer: makes us proud. there's a lot about america that makes us great. and i belve one of the values is caring about the health of our families. and i thought that senator whitehouse was very clear that we're not just debating a regulation on page four or five or 20 or 50. we're talking about the ability

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Barbara Boxer: of 0 our kids to egregious the air. we're talking of this planet to survive without the raff afnlings global warming, which the -- without the ravages of gloacialtion which the bush administration c.d.c. told us would have unbelievable effects on the

5:22:01 to 5:22:22( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Boxer: health and safety of our people. the laws we passed are the landmark laws. so, therefore, i just want to be put on record, along with senator whitehouse, that if this amendment that wasn't offered today comes back in any other form, we're going to have to op pretty wide, because a repeal of

5:22:23 to 5:22:43( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Boxer: an environmental law can't be done on an appropriations bill. and in essence, when you don't enforce a law, that's what the murkowski amendment would have done, when you don't enforce it, it's the same as not really having it. but you don't have to look in the eyes of your constituents and say, oh, by the way, today i

5:22:44 to 5:23:06( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Boxer: repealed the clean air act what you say in i fought to have a porks enforcement. well, let me tell you when that child gets as marks she's not going to ask her mom, did i get asthma because there was a pause in the clean air act or repealed the clean air act. that child will get asthma, and

5:23:07 to 5:23:27( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Boxer: i swear going to let more kids get asthma, not on my watch. it's wrong. it's wrong. now, here's the great news: the great news is, to be the leader in the clean

5:23:28 to 5:23:48( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Boxer: energy revolution, we will see our people get we will see millions of jobs created. we will move off of these dirty energy sources. we will cre 21st century jobs, building wind turbines, installing solar panels, reducing a new fleet of

5:23:49 to 5:24:09( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Boxer: -- producing a new fleet of electric cars, hybrid we see it in ohio already where they're building solar panels. this is the one area of growth. in my state we're having a tough, tough time in our state. people laid off, terribly high unemployment rate, the stimulus is helping us.

5:24:10 to 5:24:31( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Boxer: we're getting some jobs back. but we are suffering. the one area of growth, say to the chair, 1 a -- 125,000 new green jobs that can't be taken away. you can't take a job of putting a solar roof on a home in los

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Barbara Boxer: angeles or riverside or san bernardino or san diego or akron, ohio, and you can't have that person solar rooftop on. they have to be here. these are good jobs. and that's what we ought to be doing, not realing the laws that protect the health of our citizens, but trying to figure

5:24:54 to 5:25:15( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Boxer: out a way to work together to have a bill that will create these new clean energy jobs, that will protect carbon make sure that the ravages of global warming won't occur. at the end of the day, our competitiveness depends on how we face this challenge. and i believe thomas friedman

5:25:16 to 5:25:37( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Boxer: got it if you haven't read his book, "hot, flat, and crowded," i think you should read it because he's so eloquent on the point. he is not on the defense on this. he's on the offense. he says, if we don't grab this mantle of leadership on clean energy, then other countries will grab it.

5:25:38 to 5:25:58( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Boxer: th technologies. they will create the jobs. and we will fall behind. america is a leader. we're not a follower. and we'll have many more opportunities to debate this in the future. but, my good in if we're facing

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Barbara Boxer: legislation, mr. president, that not only does it move us forward by takes us back to before richard nixon was president by not enforcing the clean air act, i have heardf the party of "no." i mean, this is the party of yesterday, if those are the kinds of amendments that we're going to face. dangerous amendments that will

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Barbara Boxer: hurt the health of our children. so i want to make sure that america takes conol of its energy future, doesn't cower in th protect our citizen landmark laws like the clean air act. and i am so glad that today we avoided having to have this long

5:26:43 to 5:27:03( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Boxer: debate, and you'll glad that -- and i'm glad that thi was disallowed because it doesn't belong on an appropriations bill. it is a repeal of the clean air act. let's face it. and you don't do that in 15 united states senate. call it a timeout. call it whatever you want. when you tell an agency, don't

5:27:04 to 5:27:20( Edit History Discussion )

Barbara Boxer: enforce the law the health of our children and our families, that's a repeal through the back door. so, mr. president, thank you very much for the time. i know i have additional time. i will not be using it.