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Barbara Boxer: “When the majority leader says we have to have an Energy bill, I agree we need an Energy bill. However, we need a good…”

On the recordJuly 31, 2003
When the majority leader says we have to have an Energy bill, I agree we need an Energy bill. However, we need a good Energy bill. We don't need a bad Energy bill. If we have an Energy bill which doesn't attack what happened in the west coast, then I want to say to my colleagues from every State in the Union--and I will be speaking for about 15 or 20 minutes--I will tell every colleague here from every State in the Union their people could very well go through what my people went through in California.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Addressing the need for a comprehensive Energy bill during a discussion on market manipulation.

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