Sen Boxer - To FOCUS On Global Warming

[kpete]

Associated Press
Boxer to Focus on Global Warming
By SAMANTHA YOUNG 11.09.06, 10:06 PM ET


Sen. Barbara Boxer on Thursday promised major policy shifts on global warming, air quality and toxic-waste cleanup as she prepares to lead the U.S. Senate's environmental committee.

"Time is running out, and we need to move forward on this," Boxer said of global warming during a conference call with reporters. "The states are beginning to take steps, and we need to take steps as well."

Boxer's elevation to chairwoman of the Senate Environmental Public Works Committee comes as Democrats return to power in the Senate. It also marks a dramatic shift in ideology for the panel.

The California Democrat is one of the Senate's most liberal members and replaces one of its most conservative, Republican James Inhofe of Oklahoma. Inhofe had blocked bills seeking to cut the greenhouse gases contributing to global warming, calling the issue "the greatest hoax perpetrated on the American people."

Environmentalists were overjoyed at the change.

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[AndyA]

1. Jim Inhofe is an IDIOT. The man is doing well to breathe and blink

at the same time. Oklahomans need to get rid of him in 2008, he's up for re-election. We must do ourselves and the rest of the country a favor and dump his sorry ass at the curb where it belongs!