Barbara Boxer

Exactly. We move also on the exemption for farms and small businesses, and we go up to $8 million per couple by 2010 on that ladder, as well. We are only talking about extremely large estates and a tiny percentage of people in this…

If we had another $200 million, that would help reduce this waiting list. We were not able to get any increase whatever out of this particular Congress this year.

Initially, it was little. Now we are simply asking for the President's level, which would be a couple hundred million dollars. I say to my friend, it is a lot less than this bill loses over the 20-year period.

We had testimony from parents and teachers who said sometimes parents are dropping their kids off at places where one would not want to drop a pet off, let alone a child.

I am happy my friend did that. We call ourselves representatives. What we are supposed to do is represent the hopes and the dreams and the needs of the people. We have a bill that comes to the floor that is a cap bill. We understand that…

I wanted to make sure my friend knew, in the last poll I saw, about 90 percent of the people said: We need to do more for our children after school.

Because this is $1 billion to deal with the drug problem specifically. That is the point of it. The Senator made that point. The Senator from Illinois made that point. This is money that we are spending because we are stunned at the drug…

Of the addicts in my State are not getting treatment. Only 50 percent can get treatment. The other 50 percent, unless they are rich, cannot get the treatment on demand.

The Committee denies the request to expand NCAP by using small size dummies in crash tests. The Committee believes that test devices should be required for use in safety standards compliance testing before being considered for inclusion in…

They put out an RFP. The only two companies that qualified for the RFP happened to be the two companies that made a $50 million luxury jet. The Air Force is moving forward and doing exactly what we said they were going to do.

I will not offer amendment No. 3309 which was a backup amendment in case I was unsuccessful. I will be offering this when it is appropriate, not when it is inappropriate. I am absolutely delighted. I make the point, this is the first time…

Yes, we have been told it is drawn in such a fashion that it simply says no funds may be used for these pesticides and toxins on a regular basis.

In supporting the public pension systems of state and local government workers, I called for the continuance of those plans--not for the creation of private, individual accounts.

There is a war in our streets. Here is where we stand. We lost 58,168 of our beautiful citizens in an 11-year period in the Vietnam war until President Nixon ended that war because the people marched and the people said enough is enough…

The old expression is hackneyed now but ``actions speak louder than words.'' I think when you stand up on the floor and you say, ``More enforcement, more enforcement,'' then you cut 400 police officers out of this Capitol Police Force, and…

Let's be clear here about what is being objected to. This is a resolution that says to the million moms: Thank you for caring about our children; thank you for being good mothers; Thank you for giving up Mother's Day to be here, to stand…

They are saying: [We] are writing to express concern with S. 1287, the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1999. They go on to say why it is flawed. They say there is a ``significant long-term risk that development of the repository…

I was stunned that Roe v. Wade is hanging by a thread in the Senate: 51-49; is that correct? It was very close.

I thank once again the Senator from Illinois for his eloquence on the issue of sensible gun laws and add my voice to his plea that the Senate do what it is supposed to do, which is to bring out the juvenile justice bill with five sensible…

This Senate should be very proud because in the last few years with our action and that of the administration, we have accommodated a million kids into afterschool programs. That is the good news. The bad news is that 1 million kids are…

Yes, we have gotten confirmation. This has to do with Senator Murkowski. We have gotten confirmation from the biologist who took that photo, that that photo is in the proposed ruling area, and he has sent us chapter and verse of exactly…

I absolutely acknowledge it and state that was one of the reasons the President vetoed that legislation and we beat it back. We will have this fight again. My friend is absolutely right. It is the second time that ANWR was put into a…

The fact is, we should be pushing for them because over his opposition we did pass those laws and they are stuck in the conference committee. The Reid amendment would simply call on the conference committee to do its work and report these…

I thank my colleague. This is truly a bipartisan effort. As this budget stands, it is the most antienvironmental budget in history because it is the first time any budget resolution has called for drilling in a wildlife refuge. We know…

I hope my friend understands that in the Maria Hsia case there were two trials. The campaign trial he is talking about did not go to Judge Paez. The trial he had with her had to do with a tax evasion case where there was a jury that…