I say that we need to listen to these women. I say that we need to listen to these doctors. I say that the doctors who work with this every day of their lives know best. And I hope we will vote against the Santorum bill.

Fact: This Santorum bill will outlaw a procedure known as an intact dilation and extraction. Fact: This procedure is used by obstetricians and gynecologists in circumstances where they believe it is in the best interests of the woman, to…

The American Medical Women's Association says, in part, in a letter to Senator Santorum, ``On behalf of the American Medical Women's Association, I would like to reiterate our opposition to H.R. 1122.'' This letter is dated today. The…

The Daschle amendment narrows the definition of health to such a degree that in practice it would lead to physical and mental harm to women in emergency situations. I believe the amendment is inconsistent with Supreme Court decisions on…

let me say how proud I am to stand with my colleague, my senior Senator from California, Senator Feinstein, and the senior Senator from Illinois, Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, who has just arrived on the floor, to speak in favor of the bill…

Thank you, that is very nice of you. I would say the one thing that broke my heart today was when the Senator from Pennsylvania said, ``How could someone kill their son or daughter.'' They are talking about these women, these women who…

Ms. Morrow's qualifications and the broad support she enjoys would make her an exceptionally distinguished addition to the Federal bench. Finally, her qualifications and the broad support she enjoys makes her an exceptionally distinguished…

We all learned growing up that justice delayed is justice denied. We have these openings. Look, I was told very clearly by the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, ``Senator, you have to come in with nominations that will pass by…

Does the legislation modify in any way the responsibilities of adult prisons to prisoners with disabilities under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the Americans With Disabilities Act?

I believe strongly that this mandate is wrong. I introduced legislation last week, S. 702, which would amend IDEA to exempt people convicted as adults and incarcerated in adult prisons. This issue is particularly important to the State of…

In the State of California, approximately one-fourth of 1 percent of all people eligible for special education are convicted of felonies as adults and incarcerated in adult prisons. It is my understanding that under this bill, if…

Unfortunately, Mr. President, this legislation contains several controversial provisions which I strongly oppose, including: First, substantive and significant changes to the Endangered Species Act; second, a prohibition on enforcing a new…

The President will look at this and say, I am not going to hurt the American people. We have just signed a budget deal. It allows us to do some wonderful things. It seems to him, I am sure, that it is not in very good faith to have this…

I support Senator Bumpers' amendment because it strikes language in the supplemental appropriations bill which is not only highly controversial and bad for public lands, but it also has nothing to do with emergency funding--the purpose of…

the emergency supplemental appropriations bill contains language that prohibits the Census Bureau from preparing to use any funds in the current fiscal year to ``plan or otherwise prepare for the use of sampling in taking the 2000…

It only happened one time when this Congress was put in the hands of her party. And I would just like to say to my friend, who is my friend--and we do work on other things together; I am very happy about that--that on this matter it is…

Does the Senator know how many times in the 200-year history of America the U.S. Government has shut down for an extended period of time?

Put this 2-percent solution on the table and indicate to the President that there will not be severe cuts in education, the environment, in crime, in health research, that is simply not true. As a matter of fact, our analysis that we have…

No, absolutely not. Maybe the Senator has forgotten, we had an election, and this President won. Do you know what the election was about? It was about how much you ought to cut Medicare, how much you ought to spend on the environment, how…

In all those years on the Budget Committee--it is actually 11 in all; 6 in the House, 5 in the Senate--I have never seen the majority party, whether it was Republican or Democrat, not put forward a budget. I have never seen such a…

today I introduce the Children's Environmental Protection Act [CEPA]. This legislation will help protect our children from the harmful effects of environmental pollutants. The Children's Environmental Protection Act will do three things…

I will be brief. But I just wanted to thank the Senator from Illinois for, in his very direct way, putting this issue before the American people. The Senator and I served on the Budget Committee in the House of Representatives for many…

If money is speech, as the Supreme Court says, then more money must be more persuasive speech, and those ideas with the most money behind them will tend to prevail. This is un-American. I am a product of public schools. I go toe to toe…

I am proud to stand with Senator Hollings and Senator Byrd and many other Senators today in support of Senate Joint Resolution 18. This measure proposes a constitutional amendment to allow the Congress to limit the amount of money that is…

I think that has to be put into context that every Senator is sent here primarily to represent his or her constituency in his or her own State. I don't think the majority leader would suggest that Senators do not have the right to protect…