Barbara Boxer: “I have no problem voting on his amendment that deals with getting drugs out of the schools. But let's be clear, friends…”

“I have no problem voting on his amendment that deals with getting drugs out of the schools. But let's be clear, friends; this Coverdell amendment has nothing to do with the Boxer amendment. So don't think, if you vote for Coverdell, it somehow is a version of the Boxer amendment. They are two different things. The Boxer amendment calls on the Senate to act responsibly to pass reasonable, sensible gun laws. We call on the Congress to do so not on an arbitrary date but on the anniversary of the Columbine tragedy. The Boxer amendment is not about the incident in Michigan. It references it in a string of incidents of school violence. This Senate should be commended for acting 8 months ago to pass five very reasonable, very responsible gun control amendments. But this Senate should be chastised for not doing anything about it at all since that time. What we do in this very simple sense of the Senate is call on the Congress to bring those amendments back here so we can send a bill to the President for his signature. I want to tell you we are dealing with a harsh reality in America.”