Jerry Brown: “I do not agree with the gentleman that the 1995 baseline is the one that will finally be in effect for the Department of…”

Well, yes, recall the initiative the referendum but recall is rarely used, except in the last decade or so big money has been able to put recall successfully before the people. Now this one is going to go down to defeat, because for a very…

as I stand here, I can't decide whether people should be laughing or crying. Is it low farce or dark tragedy to spend time doing the people's business debating a budget that virtually everyone knows is already dead? Today we debate the…

Mr. Chairman, my remarks here directly relate to the point of order and to other similar situations which have arisen during the course of this and other appropriation bills. The rule with regard to legislating on an appropriation bill has…

Well, you don't go to a judge and get a search warrant for somebody's home unless you think some rather serious crime has been committed.