Barbara Boxer Quotes

There are no weapons of mass destruction programs in Iraq. There may be some isolated weapons, though I doubt even that, but no programs as you and I would think of them.

The inspections started in 1991, right after the Gulf War. One of the conditions for the ceasefire was that Iraq had to do away with all of its weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.

In April 1991, after the Gulf war, Iraq was given 15 days to provide a full and final declaration of all its WMD.

I was interested in implements of mass destruction - from an academic point of view.

We oppose the use of chemical weapons no matter who uses them and against whom they are used.

Remember, weapons of mass destruction don't mean missiles.

Weapons of mass destruction - nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons - are just that, and no cause can excuse their use.

It is important to signal that opposition to the use of any weapon of mass destruction is both deep and broad.

Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.

The concept of weapons of mass destruction has its origins in Greek Mythology.

I would like to see invented a substance or a machine with such terrible power of mass destruction that war would thereby be made impossible forever.

We know they have weapons of mass destruction. We know they have active programs. There isn’t any debate about it.

I still believe to some degree that Iraq had WMD.

Chemical weapons, biological weapons, and nuclear weapons should never be used.

I come to this debate, Mr. Speaker, as one at the end of 10 years in office on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where stopping the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction was one of my top priorities. I applaud the President on focusing on this issue and on taking the lead to disarm Saddam Hussein... Others have talked about this threat that is posed by Saddam Hussein. Yes, he has chemical weapons, he has biological weapons, he is trying to get nuclear weapons.

Well, first of all, I have to say that Iraq has already used weapons of mass destruction against her own people and against Iranians during their long war, so we know that weapons of mass destruction are existent with the Iraqis.

I do have reason to believe there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

We do not have weapons of mass destruction.

There is no question that Iraq possesses biological and chemical weapons and that he [Saddam Hussein] seeks to acquire additional weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons. That is not in debate. I also agree with President Bush that Saddam Hussein is a threat to peace and must be disarmed, to quote President Bush directly.

We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction.

We know that if al Queda or one of these terrorist organizations were to get a weapon of mass destruction from Iraq, that they would have no hesitation about using it to catastrophic consequences; the potential is for hundreds of thousands of casualties.

Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not to use atomic bombs. This is a vain hope.

It bothers me to read the comments of leaders of the Hamas and others who hate America that their goal is to have more weaponry capable of delivering all types of weapons of mass destruction.

We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction.

Whether weapons exist in Iraq, Saddam Hussein or post-Saddam Hussein, it is a serious enough issue that require that we continue to go and make sure that Iraq does not have weapons.