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Barbara Boxer is a former United States Senator from California, serving from January 5, 1993, to January 3, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 3, 1983, to January 5, 1993. Throughout her political career, Boxer was known for her strong advocacy on environmental issues, women's rights, and healthcare reform. She played a significant role in various legislative efforts, including those aimed at addressing climate change and protecting public health.
I have never known that we have offered such a comprehensive jobs amendment on a budget resolution. These are not ordinary times. If we go back over time to Herbert Hoover in the Depression years in the 1930s, that is the only time we have…
Will you support Senator Chafee and I and try to get this polluter fee back on the books?
This seems to be a cavalier attitude taken by EPA regarding its inability to determine where this 65 tons of mercury goes each year.
Mr. Administrator, seeing that box you are giving to Senator Wyden, if it has everything in there that he wants, that is a good change from the past, because it has been tough to get information.
As a small person, I do not think it is in stature so much as that they are developing and also they tend to play around on the ground and they put things in their mouth from the ground, et cetera.
I am concerned about this. Have you changed EPA's position on whether children are more vulnerable? Do you think they are more vulnerable or they may be more vulnerable?
$87 billion for Iraq just like that, no problem; $8 billion and we are hurting our people.
This is very dangerous for our people. This means we are not going to have funding for critical projects.
The President's 2005 budget request would decrease EPA's funding $606 million, 7.2 percent, from fiscal year 2004 amounts.
EPA's proposed fiscal year 2005 budget--along with the Bush Administration's never-ending attempts to roll back decades of environmental and public health protections--demonstrates yet again that this Administration is not committed to…
EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment. It is critically important, but you would not know that from this budget.
I am really relieved to hear my friend's response to the Senator from Iowa. As I understand his amendment, he has already gone a very long way in answering the concerns that were raised. I hope we will stick with it. I think the people in…
I will talk to those from agriculture states because they may not be aware this administration is taking the dollars this body voted on--I had problems with voting on it, but most people voted for it--they are taking that taxpayer money…
First let me say how happy I am to hear you and our ranking member have this conversation. This is so important. In a way it is kind of a problem that snuck up on us. I took a look at the loss of manufacturing jobs in California and my…
Thank you so very much. There is another incident where a 1-year-old girl was critically injured by her 3-year-old brother. This little girl survived. I could go on, but I don't have the time at this point. Let's pass this measure. I know…
I would agree with that because otherwise I do not think the American people will trust the commission. If the commission were to be appointed by, say, the majority leader of the Senate--certain Members--and then the Democratic leader of…
I want to pick up on the word ``independent,'' ``independent commission.'' Does my friend agree that to get to an independent commission, all the members should not be appointed by the administration that has just been part of this error?
On January 28, 2004, Senator Boxer and I wrote you concerning EPA's proposal to deregulate over 3 billion pounds of toxic hazardous waste from government oversight.
Let me say that, fortunately, her decision was overruled unanimously by the State appellate court. This is the State appellate court. There are lots of Republicans on that court. They saw this was a terrible decision. Here is the list of…
Just finishing up my minute, this proves my point that they want to complain about four judges who already have jobs. But they do not want to deal with the people who are unemployed and this terrible economic situation we have in our…
The 70-percent number was taken out of President Bush's own budget request. This is not an arbitrary figure. It is a figure that was put in his budget. We have put it in the Record. I don't want to talk about 5 years ago. But I will be…
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