Barbara Boxer: “The Senator from Montana has, as he usually does, made a very good presentation for his side. The only problem is he…”

“The Senator from Montana has, as he usually does, made a very good presentation for his side. The only problem is he made a very bad presentation about the amendment I had written. In criticizing it, he is criticizing the Republican-run House of Representatives which passed this same amendment without dissent, including the one and only Congressman I know of who was an exterminator, Tom DeLay. So for all the eloquence about pesticides, the one person who was involved in the pesticide over there did not object. And with all due respect to my colleague, I don't have to be lectured about agriculture. I have been elected three times from my State. Agriculture is an enormous source of pride to our State. I visited thousands of acres of farmland. I want the Senator from Montana to understand something about my State and my farmers. Not one of them called and said: Oh, Senator Boxer, we want to dose babies and infants and pregnant women and fetuses with pesticides. Not one. So let's set the record straight. Maybe he heard from some of his farmers. Not one called me. Why? Because this is all scare tactics. They know we are testing pesticides on animals. They know we are using computer modeling. They know that research moves forward. I am one of the biggest proponents of developing new pesticides. Then he uses the scare tactics.…”