Boxer's Worked Up

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said that she was “worked up” at a hearing this morning on the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to block California from implementing more stringent greenhouse gas emissions regulations.

The EPA had given Boxer documents about the decision-making process that were redacted with white duct tape. She didn’t miss the chance at the obvious joke, given the White House’s now famous recommendation that citizens stock up on duct tape in the even of a terrorist attack. According to a transcript, here’s part of what she said:

“Colleagues, this is the tape, this is the tape that was put over — finally the administration had a way to use duct tape. This administration, this is what they did to us. They put this white tape over the documents and staff had to stand here. It’s just unbelievable. And pull off out of the sentences here.

“I mean what a waste of our time. This isn’t national security. This isn’t classified information, colleagues. This is information the people deserve to have. And this is not the way we should run the greatest government in the world. It does not befit us. So that’s why I’m worked up about it and think we have been treated in a very shabby way.”

Think Progress has the video.