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Barbara Boxer: “This is painful, to have a debate with your brother. But the question of who is full of malarkey is debatable. I have…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2001
This is painful, to have a debate with your brother. But the question of who is full of malarkey is debatable. I have some pretty good folks on my side. May we show them again? I have never known my friend to say the American Association of University Women is full of malarkey, or the Children's Defense Fund, or on and on. I really haven't. That is a debate we will have privately. But this is the point. To me, it is a question of faith and trust in Americans--in particular, in this case, women, who most of all find themselves caught in this problem. I would like to know where you get a leather couch for $250.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Addressing issues of trust and support for women in a debate.

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