Barbara Boxer

The last chart is frightening. EPA Eases Rules on PCB-Tainted Properties. These are the most polluted, dangerous properties. People were not allowed to sell those properties or transfer those properties until they had a plan that EPA…

The Eastside LRT project will provide vital transit service for tens of thousands of people, many of whom do not have access to an automobile. Almost 20,000 people are expected to ride the line once it has opened, providing a much needed…

Then you have the Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health. They make a very good point--a point we have made over and over again: There is no mention of the term ``partial-birth abortion'' in any medical literature. Physicians are…

The country is pro-choice. A majority, 56 percent, believes that abortion should be legal in all or most cases. The country does not want the government involved in a woman's private medical decisions.

No, you did not. I said, good for the parents for making the choice and standing up for the doctor who gave them another suggestion. Fine. That is what a pro-choice position is. That is why I am so much for Roe v. Wade. That is why I stand…

I do not want to lose my trend of thought because we are about to do something today that, although hailed by the other side, is the first time in history that the Senate is going to ban a medical procedure that is considered by many…

This is retroactive. We took care of it prospectively. This is to actually write checks to people.

I urge my friend to please not put such severe time limits on this because for some of us this is an extremely important amendment that goes to the heart of how we feel about the issue. I know my friend vehemently objects. Just the way he…

The fact is, we now have the DC bill in front of us and we have a legislative way to express ourselves. The thing I want to point out is now there is an attempt to try to demean this incident by saying that the fact that a CIA analyst or…

I never said we should not pass laws that stop immorality. I am a champion of those. I am leading a fight right now in the Commerce Committee to stop child kiddy porn. I am sure my friend is going to work with me on it.

I find very interestingly the very people who want to have the court overturn Roe, say that Roe is a bad decision, and the Government should decide what women should do with their own bodies are the ones we cannot get to support us on…

I have another letter from the American Public Health Association. The American Public Health Association opposes the bill because it fails to include adequate health exception language and where certain procedures may be determined by a…

I could tell you it was illegal in my State. I will be happy to give you all of that. That isn't the point. At the point in time when the CDC was collecting these numbers, many of the women were having abortions. In my State--probably the…

I realized as I left the floor that at the time women were having these illegal botched abortions and were dying--it made some of them infertile, and they were suffering from trauma--they were not supporting the CDC or any government…

Let me say to my friend, one death is too many, if it is your wife. We could debate the numbers. I gave you cases, cases, cases here. A woman who was raped and had to go get an illegal abortion. I have so many more of these. I have the…

I promised him I would put in the Record the various publications that have stated that approximately 5,000 women a year died from illegal abortions before Roe.

I want to thank Senators Domenici and Reid for their hard work in developing this legislation. In particular, I appreciate the attention that they have given to the infrastructure needs of California, as well as to the overall importance…

Well, I would say politics is part of it, but I would also say there is an agenda in this Senate and in the House. That agenda is to overturn Roe, to keep on pushing through bills that challenge Roe directly. And Roe, as I said, is very…

The answer is absolutely not. That is why it is so shocking to me. My friend knows because he worked hard on this. He tried to get a health exception. As a matter of fact, it was very strong language. Will my friend remind me what he said…

What the physicians have told us is there are serious health consequences of banning safe procedures such as the one that will be banned in this bill. One is hemorrhage. People can die, they can lose blood, or be ill for a very long time…

I will wrap up right now by saying, we need to look inside our hearts. We represent American children. They need our help. These programs work. These programs deserve to be fully funded because the President and the Congress passed the No…

When the majority leader says we have to have an Energy bill, I agree we need an Energy bill. However, we need a good Energy bill. We don't need a bad Energy bill. If we have an Energy bill which doesn't attack what happened in the west…

Isn't it true, I say to my friend, that this is the only way the Congress can assert itself since we have no control over what happens in the courts, that we can do something about sparing your people and the other people around this…

I want to further say to my friend, when Bill Clinton was President and Orrin Hatch was chair of the Judiciary Committee, if one of the two Senators from that particular State did not send back a permission slip--or, as we call it around…

My colleague points out that what she is attempting to do in this amendment, of which I am so proud to be a cosponsor, is to make sure what happened to Washington and Oregon and California is not going to happen to any other State, be it…