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Barbara Boxer: “Isn't it totally appropriate that each side here, Republicans and Democrats, has a chance to put forward their political…”

On the recordApril 28, 1999
Isn't it totally appropriate that each side here, Republicans and Democrats, has a chance to put forward their political agenda? The Senator from New York talked about his race. I had a race that was very difficult. I can assure my friends on both sides of the aisle, it was based on real issues. It was not some theoretical race. It was about the minimum wage, it was about the Patients' Bill of Rights, it was about equal pay for equal work, it was about the environment, yes, and schools and education.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Discussing the importance of both parties presenting their political agendas.

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