David Boren

We've got to stop. It's an epidemic in this country. And we celebrate Selma and we think that those kind of things are over with and yet we see it.

As they packed their bags, I hope they think long and hard about what they've done. This is not who we are. And we won't tolerate it. Not for one minute from anybody.

this week marks an important beginning in the life of a program that I hope will help pioneer this country's commitment to international education. For the past several years, I have talked often about our country falling behind the rest…

as the employees of the Williams Companies honor Joe Williams, chairman of the board, today on the advent of his retirement after 35 years of service, I would like to join them in paying tribute to this outstanding Oklahoman and good…

The amendment which I proposed, along with my colleague from Arizona, Senator McCain, is an amendment to the gift ban legislation that will help close the revolving door of influence peddling in our Government. We have dealt with a variety…

I wish to offer my sincere sympathy to my colleague from Vermont on the loss of his dear friend and very talented and great citizen of our country. I am glad I was on the floor to hear his remarks because I think often, as we debate about…

last week was a very meaningful week for me. It was a week of reflection about my life and what I wanted to do with it as the regents of the University of Oklahoma announced that they had requested that I leave the Senate to become…

I rise in support of the amendment of the Senator from Michigan. First of all, I commend him for the leadership he has shown on the issue of executive compensation year after year after year. He has made sure that those stockholders who…

I am pleased to join my distinguished colleague, the senior Senator from New Mexico, as a sponsor of the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1993. This important legislation contains badly needed improvements to the Safe Drinking Water…

I am proud to join and cosponsor this amendment with Senator Cohen. The recent Ames case makes clear the need for reform. Our amendment would strengthen the tools available to the Federal Government to deter, catch and prosecute those…

I did not want this day to pass without mention of 28-year-old Jennifer Scott Smith, a young Oklahoman whom I had the pleasure of meeting in my office in early August 1993. A 1983 graduate of Norman High School in Norman, OK, Jennifer…

We have introduced legislation that would give consumers an incentive to monitor spending carefully because to do otherwise would be wasting their own money.