Barbara Boxer

Dick Cheney said, 'Everyone who was briefed just went along with this, They were told; no one complained.' That is a falsehood on its face; it's absolutely a falsehood.

We wanted to swear them in. It was Ted Stevens and Pete Domenici who were very verbal.

I say to Senator Bennett that I know he is managing a bill, and I see no one else is here on that bill at this time and I would like to make a statement about Judge Roberts. ____________________

Hopefully, she will make it. If I could cover us and say 5:35, and then it would go to Senator Gregg, would that be OK?

Does he think that the Defense authorization bill is not as important as gun liability?

I thank you. The majority leader said something here today that really surprised me. He said he is going to prove that the gun liability bill was one of the most important things we were going to do, and I want to know from the majority…

I will take just 30 seconds. Mr. McCONNELL. I think I am hearing that Senators Santorum and Boxer would like to use the remainder of their time.

My understanding is I have 20 minutes; is that correct? The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Alexander). The Senator is correct.

Is my friend going to ask for the yeas and nays on both his and my amendment, his first and then mine second?

I will yield 8 minutes to my colleague from New York, with an additional 2 minutes should she require it.

That is the interesting question. Under Bill Clinton's administration, in the late 1990s, Carol Browner, the Administrator of EPA, stopped this kind of acceptance of these tests by the EPA. Christie Todd Whitman agreed with her and stopped…

That is the essence. You can put lipstick on it but essentially the opposition is saying no to the Boxer amendment, and let's just tell the EPA to look at ethical guidelines and consider them and hurry up and issue a regulation. Does it…

What is the order? As I understand it, Senator Burns will be offering an amendment, or has an amendment, and there will be a vote on my amendment and his side by side. First, mine; is my understanding correct?

I ask to be notified when I have spoken for 5 minutes. I know Senator Corzine is coming to speak. If you could let me know when my 5 minutes is up, I would appreciate it. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Alexander). The Chair will notify the…

I want to make sure, since it is my amendment--I don't want to lose total control of this. I would like to get to close after I have heard the opposition. I would love to have 2 minutes to rebut. If I could have 15 minutes to speak in…

If the Senator heard me speak, I spoke quite a while about that. I said how wrong I was, how green I was, how I was frustrated with the Republicans blocking things. And I was dead wrong. I also said that what we tried to do is change the…

Before my colleague, Senator Inhofe, leaves the floor, I truly wish to say to him, as my chairman, how much I have enjoyed working with him on the Environment and Public Works Committee. What an important bill we have done, all of us…

If you could do that, if you could ask unanimous consent I be recognized first in morning business. ____________________

I appreciate your help on this issue, and I thank both Senators for agreeing to continue to address this issue. PM-10 and the CMAQ Apportionment Formula

Finally, there is a third provision that authorizes grants for rail line relocation projects. This would create a grant program that would allow States to receive funding to improve rail lines that pass through a municipality. This…

A second provision is the ``Elimination of Hazards Relating to Railway-Highway Crossings,'' which provides at least a $178 million set-aside from the Highway Safety Improvement Program each year for the elimination of hazards at…

As I understand it, the Freight Transportation Gateways program has a provision--the ``Freight Intermodal Connections on the National Highway System''--that would allow States to use a portion of their highway funds to build bridges and…

I would like to ask my chairman, for whom I have great respect and admiration, am I then to send the amendment to the desk at this time?

Would the Senator also then make the unanimous consent request for the 40/20 so I know that is in line?

I will be voting against Mr. Gonzales for two main reasons. First, Mr. Gonzales was the legal architect of the administration's policies on torture. In 2002, when the intelligence community sought legal guidance about interrogation…