Barbara Boxer

So, in closing, this amendment is flawed. It will allow new Internet access taxes. It will force the collection of Internet access taxes going back to 1998. It will allow taxing on content. And it comes at a time when the economy is…

I want to clarify that the Human Genome Project at the University of Southern California listed in title III Department of Energy, under the science biological and environmental research account should have been noted as the National…

The Senate finds that: (1) Suicide bombings have killed and injured countless people throughout the world. (2) Suicide bombings and the resulting death and injury demean the importance of human life. (3) There are no circumstances under…

I made the connection between trade adjustment assistance and this bill, which Senator Carnahan based on the Trade Adjustment Assistance Act. I ask my friend, doesn't he think if we can help people when they lose their job because of…

One of the top priorities must be to increase our airport and airline security. I hope that some of the funds provided in this bill will be used to place air marshals on commercial planes and to improve security personnel in airports.

I hope we will pass the Boxer amendment tonight. I know Senator Jeffords has spoken with Senator Reid about this, and we will be moving on this bill so we do authorize, I say to the Senator from New York, more funding for water company…

Unfortunately, I say to my friend, it has been a disaster. Although we have inspected approximately 2 percent of the trucks coming across, out of those, 35 percent have failed. They have failed the inspection, which means that either the…

I ask for 10 seconds--two species of fish are gone--that is it, extinct. That is the scientific word from Fish and Wildlife. I hope we will defeat this amendment. I ask my friend to continue this conversation.

As someone who comes from the largest State in the Union, on the cutting edge of high tech, making the R&D--or R&E sometimes called--tax credit permanent has been a priority of mine for a long time. Will my friend tell me, if this is such…

I say to my friend, then that is the same comment we can make to our colleagues who are trying to put this on a Patients' Bill of Rights. The R&D tax credit is in effect until 2004. Let's get an appropriate vehicle where we can all walk…

No public elementary school, public secondary school, local educational agency, or State educational agency, may deny equal access or a fair opportunity to meet after school in a designated open forum to any youth group, listed in title 36…

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted, insert the following: SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the ``Equal Access to Public School Facilities Act.'' SEC. 2. EQUAL ACCESS. In General.--No public elementary school…

This amendment is troubling, and the Senator from West Virginia has put his finger on a very serious problem with this. What if a group springs up--I am just going to use a name--the Timothy McVeigh Youth Group and has in its charter…

When the Senator from New Mexico tells these two Senators--who have a simple sense of the Senate that we agree only carries moral authority, doesn't tell them exactly what to do--we are overstepping our bounds, I have to say that is…

If I could ask just this question, is it not a fact in your amendment what you are merely saying--frankly, I think it is a pretty weak excuse for being critical; it is a pretty modest amendment--the Senator is saying that the government…

If I can follow up to finish, and taking it another step, it seems to me the current law is pretty darned tough, saying the districts lose all title I funding if we don't have this comparability within a school district.

What the Senator has established is that Senator Gregg's critique that the word ``comparability'' is, in fact, a new word and new concept, is not true? It is blatantly false?

Yes, The managers' amendment states that consultation with the State shall not limit the ability of the Administrator in making a determination, as the result of new information, that contamination or conditions at a facility present a…

I think we have a team that is very good for the environment. When we are together, it is a real winner because we can reach out to colleagues on both sides of the aisle from the entire spectrum.

This is painful, to have a debate with your brother. But the question of who is full of malarkey is debatable. I have some pretty good folks on my side. May we show them again? I have never known my friend to say the American Association…

Another private utility did the same thing to the tune of $5 billion. That is $9 billion these private utilities sent out. In my opinion, this amendment sends a strong message to the utilities in my State: It is not right to ask for help…

I thank the Senator again. This is a long, drawn-out fight. I hope we can work together in the future.

May I just ask what the order is. Is there an amendment pending? Is Senator Wyden's amendment pending?

I think it is a distorted sense of priorities. I also think it is a dangerous policy.

I just wanted to tell you that I am going to be watching it very carefully in terms of the human rights abuses in Colombia.