Barbara Boxer: “Yes. I thank my friend. As an attorney, as he is, and as a member of the Judiciary Committee, he understands that this…”

“Yes. I thank my friend. As an attorney, as he is, and as a member of the Judiciary Committee, he understands that this is in fact a wasted amount of time because there are so many other issues we could be dealing with here regarding the people of our country, who are struggling now under terrible economic times and are worried about foreign policy problems; and we are spending time on an extremely emotional issue. There is no question it is very difficult for this Senator to be here talking about it, because it deals with a situation where I believe the health of women could be jeopardized and doctors could be put in jail for trying to do the best for their patients. The other side gets very emotional as well. In the end, we have a piece of legislation that doesn't pass constitutional muster and this will be brought back again.”