Barbara Boxer

I believe in my heart if there is just one more incident like the one--the several we had on September 11th...

Oh, my God, people are waiting an extra 15 minutes.

I think it is an excuse.

I wrote the provision of that law that required air marshals to be on board all high-risk flights.

I don't think good people do what these people did.

We need to do something about changing the law here.

I do not. Because I believe what will happen then is the little guy gets squeezed out.

If people know that there's no price they have to pay at the end of their lies and their cheating and their scandalous behavior, they'll just continue it.

There's essentially a collusion among the stockbrokers in America to insist that you have arbitration so that there's no penetration of the wrongs that they do by litigation.

I think we need to take a look at how we can avoid that, because you're right, if they want to be hired again, then they ought to come down on the side of the business.

It's sad that... we used to count on... the checks and balances...

It's just absolutely stunning.

I think we're going to get a lot of disclosure.

I think one of the reasons that I felt so strongly about this over the last few months is that the leaders of Wall Street and the leaders of corporate America, they're spending other people's money.

I had an amendment which was blocked by Senator Phil Gramm which would have said that not only does an analyst have to say that he or she owns the stock when they're making a recommendation, but that members of the immediate family, that…

I think the root cause of the scandal is thieving corporate leaders.

I think it's a very interesting debate, and I'm working very hard to make sure that when we do make our move on this issue that we move on it in a right fashion.

I just would disagree that the cause of the scandal now is stock options.

I would certainly like to make it illegal to do some of the things that these corporate leaders did.

The Administration still refuses to support meaningful pension reform or a prescription drug program that works for all Americans.

The Administration wants to act on a case-by-case basis.

The Sarbanes' bill is the best we've got.

I'd like to see the President get behind it.

This Administration refuses to force corporate polluters to pay for the harm they inflict on our environment.

I'm going to put my entire statement in the record, but I want to just thank my Chairman, who just left, for his steadfast adherence to justice.