I was very pleased that last week the Senate took a little time out to pass a very important amendment regarding violence at health care clinics around this country. I know it was difficult for some of my Republican friends to stop other…

I thank the Senator, and this Senator stands ready to yield at any point without losing her right to the floor so we can expedite the bill. It is not my purpose to slow down, but to get on the record my feelings about where we are and why…

I am not here to slow down this bill. I am here to make it a better bill. I have to say to my friend that this is a different bill from last year's bill. The Senator knows that. I would say that is why the exceptions are so crucial because…

I want to now start explaining this chart, or I should say, these two charts. We could not fit all of these procedures onto one chart, so we actually had to make up two charts to show what goes on here with S. 1. And, again, I am not going…

I do know many Senators who are pro-choice on both sides of this aisle. That is why it is so important for reasonable people to come together around this issue, by the way, people who are pro-choice and people who are not, as the Senator…

I took the unusual step of having the clerk read this resolution in full because I think that it very clearly says more than anyone could express, because it took a lot of time and a lot of people's help, that there is no place for…

The president can send a regiment of soldiers to guard abortion clinics, and the women and men who work there can arm themselves to the eyeballs. But violence at clinics is not going to stop until leaders of the anti-abortion movement…

I am very much in agreement with the thrust of the bill. I served in local government and we had some mandates I never could understand. So I am very hopeful that the bill, in its final form, will be good for my State of California. And I…

The unfunded mandates bill will have an impact way down the road, maybe a year or more out. But I want to talk about a problem that is happening now. We have reproductive health care clinics all across this great land and right now we have…

I also want to say that the majority leader, Senator Dole, in public comments on this matter, has been very clear that it is a function of this Federal Government to protect the clinics. Now, I ask him to move this bill to the floor. We do…

I have not spoken yet on the floor regarding the disaster that has hit my State of California. Senator Feinstein was on this floor and brought the Senate up-to-date a couple of days ago. I would like to do the same, and then I would like…

I am introducing today The Municipal Securities Disclosure Act of 1995. This bill would give the Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] the authority to require registration and disclosure by municipalities that issue securities. This…

I rise in support of the nomination of Derek Shearer to be Ambassador to Finland. Professor Shearer is a distinguished teacher, scholar, and public servant. He is extremely well-qualified for this position and I believe that he will be an…

the amendment I am offering today with Senators Mikulski, Baucus, Lautenberg, Bradley, Kerry, Lieberman, Metzenbaum, and Leahy would change the drinking water standard-setting process by requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to…

This amendment does not alter the legal requirement that standards must be technically feasible, which explicitly includes consideration of costs. This amendment does nothing to change that. It just says they should also look at the effect…

I applaud your efforts to assure that all Americans are protected when they turn on their faucets for drinking, bathing, or cooking. I share your belief that the Federal government should protect the elderly, infants, pregnant women and…

I rise to speak strongly against this amendment by the Senator from New Hampshire, and really back the comments made by the chairman, the Senator from Montana, and the ranking member, the Senator from Rhode Island, Senator Chafee. I have…

Almost 45 million people still live in counties exceeding the smog standard. More than 90 percent of my fellow Californians live in areas which do not meet Federal healthy air standards and over two-thirds of this pollution comes from…

I believe that the Bosnian people have a fundamental right to defend themselves and that the current arms embargo deprives them of the right. I voted earlier this year with 86 of my colleagues to urge the President to lift the Bosnian arms…

Mr. President, I rise in strong support of the conference report on S. 636, the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. Last year we passed this bill with strong bipartisan support, and I trust that my colleagues will again vote to…

My own view is that, as I believe most have said today, that the embargo should be lifted. My further view is that the best thing is if it is lifted by all the nations and done through the United Nations. That would be my preference. And…

Does he further agree that Function 550 of the fiscal year 1995 budget allows for an additional $200 million above the President's request for the maternal and child health block grant, and an additional $200 million above the President's…

Finally, is it his understanding that Function 600 of the fiscal year 1995 budget allows for an additional $100 million above the President's request for the WIC Program, and an additional $200 million above the President's request for the…

I thank the chairman. Again, it is an honor to serve with him on the Budget Committee and to have his invaluable support for these proven children's programs. With this budget, we are making an important investment in a future generation…

I am pleased to rise as a member of the Budget Committee in support of the budget conference report. I hope the Senate today will say yes to this budget. I do not anticipate we will get many of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle…