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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.
Mexico is continually asking for cooperation with this country in the areas of trade. I say to my friend, I am in a little bit of a battle right now over the dolphin-safe fishing of tuna where the Mexicans are really fighting very hard to…
Absolutely. I want to say that the committee is doing its job. They were very clear with all of us--the Republican Senators-- saying we want to make sure when you bring people up that they have Republican support as well as Democratic…
As much as Americans may want to reform welfare, they don't want a system that goes from a hand-out to the back of the hand. The House bill passed last week and a similar bill passed Tuesday by the Senate would end the 60-year-old federal…
I stand here for welfare reform but against this bill. I am voting no, because I am not for punishing kids, and I am not for punishing California or other States that have most of our legal immigrants. Saying that I am for welfare reform…
We appreciate the chairman's past support for this project and knows he understands the value of providing key connections for transit with other modes of travel, such as airports. We also appreciate his concerns over local participation…
Let me say that I have the honor and privilege of serving with my friend, Senator Reid, on the Environment Committee, and that is what brought me to the floor today. I ask Senator Bryan this question: Is it not true that the waste that…
In my 30 seconds, I want to underscore, first of all, what my senior Senator said, which is that we are very willing to make changes in welfare. We want to reform welfare. We both said that when we ran for the U.S. Senate. We have both…
I want to make sure the Senator realizes that Senator Feinstein and I, in this amendment, do not change any of the things my friend is talking about. We do not touch anything in the underlying bill. All the Senator does, and I back her 100…
It is prospective. Our amendment makes it prospective, but it says to the folks here, ``We are not going to change your rules in the middle of the game.'' All the things my friend is explaining, none of those are touched by the…
May I ask the majority leader this. I understand his point, but 74 or so Senators voted for the minimum wage, and we do not seem to get action on that. So it is a matter of priorities, I say.
The reason I have asked the Senator to yield again is because I am so pleased about this initiative. What the Senator is saying is that responsibility is very key here. Clearly, if young people decide it is out of fashion to carry a weapon…
I say to my friend, very seriously, if you look a woman in the eye who decides to exercise her legal right to choose, that she has a certain frame of time in which to make that painful, difficult, personal decision with her God, with her…
Yes, I ask my friend, how does he justify treating a woman who wants to get a legal procedure in a different fashion from a man who wants to get a legal medical procedure?
I thank my friend for her leadership on this. I am so pleased she has raised this issue for the Senate. As we know, this Congress is narrowing women's right to choose. But I think nothing would be more disturbing than what we have before…
They are risking their lives, just as the men do, to fight for their country, and indeed may die for this country. Why on Earth would this U.S. Senate put their health at risk? That is a major question. I ask my friend. Is there any case…
I want to thank my leader on the Budget Committee, Senator Exon, who will be sorely missed when he retires. This is a man who has stood for a real balance in our Government, a balanced budget, and a balance in our priorities. I hope as…
Medicaid serves many of our citizens in nursing homes and serves millions of disabled children who are in wheelchairs, and millions of our working families. This budget hurts those people. We would add back $18 billion, bringing Medicaid…
I just happen to believe it is the case. I do not think anyone intends to hurt a child. To hurt a child with spina bifida, to hurt a child in a wheelchair, to hurt a senior citizen who depends on others in nursing homes--no one would ever…
I was present for a hearing that we held when we were doing the health care bill in which we had disabled children who were relying on Medicaid come into the Congress with their caregivers. Usually it was their mom or dad. Just looking at…
I add my words of condolences. My memory of Admiral Boorda is coming to a meeting with women Senators with a number of other leaders from the military and being so concerned about making sure that this military moves forward in a way that…
What that chart shows is the number of jobs created essentially under the Bush Presidency as opposed to the Clinton Presidency.
I have a question because my friend made a statement that President Clinton was the first President to suggest that gasoline taxes be used to reduce the deficit. In 1990, under George Bush, there was a tax put in until 1995 on gasoline…
He signed onto it. It happened under his administration, and he signed the bill.
I wanted to know the Senator's feeling on this. Is it the Senator's view that the taxpayers ought to pick up the bills of any individual who is indicted by a grand jury, Federal grand jury, and then after indicted, is proved innocent, is…
We deleted all reference to Medicaid and Medicare and asked just for the Congress to look at this matter. So I tried to be very accommodating... We simply ask that the Congress should thoughtfully examine the issue of patients, finding out…
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