That's why I wrote the law that ensures that the EPA takes children and other vulnerable populations, such as pregnant women and the elderly, into account when setting drinking water standards, not just healthy adult men.
Boxer emphasizes the importance of protecting vulnerable populations in environmental regulations.
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The way the Senate works, as you know, it`s a supermajority to get anything done. It has nothing to do with age.
This is a sad moment, we always had two parties, one was to the right of center, one was to the left of center, and we never had a party, so extreme and so willing to become the party of grievance and anger and division.
We Democrats, we do have a very good and diverse coalition. It truly is diverse, everywhere you look at it. But in terms of leadership in Congress, it is true, they’re getting older.
They've sold their soul, this party used to be called the Grand Old Party. And now it's a cowardly party of lies.
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