In response to Senator Inhofe’s report on the IPCC, Senate EPW Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.) didn’t even try to defend the embattled panel:

In my opening statement, I didn’t quote one international scientist or IPCC report. … We are quoting the American scientific community here.

But in fact, Boxer has a long, well-documented history of leaning on the IPCC and its head, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, to inform her policy positions. One opening statement does nothing to change that.