Barbara Boxer: “I am very sad to say that there is great controversy surrounding this amendment because there is a misunderstanding…”

“I am very sad to say that there is great controversy surrounding this amendment because there is a misunderstanding about it. I guess what I want to say is I am putting my faith in a number of groups that have written to me about the current status of this bill. I would like to put the names of those groups up on the easel right now. These are groups that have very astute attorneys who have studied this bill. They have enlisted our support. We are about to tell you who they are: The American Association of University Women, Children NOW, Children's Defense Fund, Center for Law and Social Policy, Feminist Majority, National Association of Commissions For Women, National Center for Youth Law, National Organization for Women, National Partnership for Women and Families, National Youth Law Center, National Women's Conference, National Women's Law Center, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Older Women's League, the Women Activist Fund, Wider Opportunities for Women, Women Employed, Women Work, Women's Law Center of Maryland, and the YWCA. I put my faith in these groups. Their purpose is to protect women and children. I believe they are correct when they say this bill will hurt women and children.”