Barbara Boxer

Senator Metzenbaum and Joan Claybrook are institutions unto themselves, and they both have a long history of fighting for consumers.

I want to conclude and say I could show you other charts that show the impact on other States. But I have made my point. This nuclear waste is going to go by schools, it is going to go by hospitals, it is going to go by our families, it is…

I am very pleased my friend has raised this issue of Amtrak rail passenger service in this country, a system owned by the American people. I am glad to see one of our leaders on this issue on the floor, Senator Carper. He and Senator Biden…

No, we do not find it. As a matter of fact, I am waiting for some indictments on the Enron case, to be honest.

I just believed we were going to have that $500 million. Senator Helms wrote from his heart and talked about it. Senator Frist talked about it. Suddenly, what has happened? What has happened is we are losing our boldness. I do not want to…

I really thank my friend because I think we are finding out that when we shine the light of truth on an issue, the country is better for it. Senator Kennedy roared like a lion on the point. He came here and roared like a lion on the point…

We are in a mess. Half of the sites that we thought were going to be cleaned up will not be cleaned up. The last point is the point on 'polluter pays.'... Now, under this administration, in 2003, because there is no Superfund fee in place…

I am stunned that we have heard few voices from the Arab States. I ask my friend this, as he voted, as did all my colleagues in the Senate, for a resolution expressing our horror at the women suicide bombers. I wonder if the Senator is…

I have a brief statement. It has to do with part of this amendment that I think is so crucial. I thank my friend for offering it so carefully. It calls on Arab States to condemn the suicide bombing.

We understand that the oil companies are at the table with the ethanol people. They manufacture products. So everyone is at the table with the oil companies.

Here is what it says. It is a letter addressed to Senator Daschle. Senator Daschle, water agencies sincerely appreciate the language phasing-out MTBE that is in the bill. But the bill's call for renewable fuels must not be pitted against…

The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA), American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) strongly support language in the current Energy Policy Act of 2002 to end the use of…

It is an amazing situation for those of us on the east coast or the west coast. We know we are outnumbered here. But as my colleague from California has told me many times, we must make the case and the record on this, because I can tell…

If you look at the components of ethanol--and we all hope and pray the health studies in the bill come out that it is terrific and there is no problem--just look at what ethanol does to another witch's brew. It may spread blooms of…

The bottom line is that a city such as Santa Monica--and you could pick out your cities--that had a horrible problem with MTBE is currently suing to recover $200 million from the oil companies. If that was not allowed, the consumers, our…

It will be the biggest unfunded mandate. Not only are they mandating ethanol, and at a very fast pace--and it is very hard for us to be able to accept that much--but they are also saying: Local communities, you are on your own.

I say to my friend, this is a precedent-setting waiver. Even in the case of the Price-Anderson Act where we waived liability for the nuclear power industry, they must pay a premium into a fund, so they are on the hook for billions of…

Yes, this is exactly what the liability safeguard provision does. I repeat, the corn people to whom we have spoken really do not like this particularly. They are unhappy with it. But the oil companies are pushing for it. It seems to me…

I say to my senior Senator, I have. In addition to the benzene, I make the point there are other dangerous areas--not only benzene but ethyl benzene, toluene, xylene. We believe ethanol may inhibit the breakdown of these toxic materials…

One idea that has come up time and again in conversation with my constituents and various organizations in my State of California, is the possibility of creating a Federal holiday on election day. I think that this would be one of the most…

I hope that such a study would be thorough in investigating each of those possibilities and that it would be conducted as soon as reasonably possible. If such a study were to conclude that the creation of an election day holiday was…

I truly believe that a small cadre of vaccinated first responders from each of the 50 states would provide an indispensable complement to the CDC staff already inoculated.

Let's be bipartisan when it comes to defending the homeland, just as we are so bipartisan when it comes to supporting our President in this fight abroad. My mother used to say, in the old days: Penny wise and pound foolish. It is something…

I would oppose a cloned embryo being implanted so you have a human being at the end of 9 months.

I will go for that definition that you cannot place a humanly cloned embryo into a woman's uterus. I would go for it. I understand my friend supports in vitro fertilization. I do, too. We would not deal with that. If it is, in fact, a…