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Barbara Boxer

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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.

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Sep 6, 2006

Air toxics such as benzene are known to cause cancer.

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Sep 6, 2006

There are very few things we can do, it seems to me, as legislators, that could be so beneficial as turning to cellulosic fuel.

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Sep 6, 2006

In June of this year, the Government Accountability Office reported that 'While EPA has made some progress in implementing its air toxics program, most of its regulatory actions were completed late.'

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Sep 6, 2006

I hope we can all finally find something that we can come together on.

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Sep 6, 2006

I also authored a provision in the Energy Act that required the EPA to study the amount of evaporation through rubber and plastic car parts with fuels that contain ethanol.

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Jun 13, 2006

Well, I thank you, because I worry about the House language, and I think this is an important debate.

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Jun 13, 2006

I think the struggle is not over the definition of 'nondiscrimination.'

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Jun 13, 2006

Listen, I heard about that in California from Enron, and I know what happened, 'Leave us alone, prices will go down,' and we're $11 billion poorer.

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Jun 13, 2006

For my State of California, I thank you for that.

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Jun 13, 2006

Well, I'm encouraged that you support the FCC's principles. I just don't know why you wouldn't want them to have the authority to address the problem.

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Jun 13, 2006

I think we've got to get past that.

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Jun 13, 2006

I would say we need to bring competition into every American community.

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Dec 19, 2005

Dick Cheney said, 'Everyone who was briefed just went along with this, They were told; no one complained.' That is a falsehood on its face; it's absolutely a falsehood.

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Nov 15, 2005

We wanted to swear them in. It was Ted Stevens and Pete Domenici who were very verbal.

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Jan 18, 2005

It was WMD, period. That was the reason and the causation for that, you know, particular vote.

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Jan 18, 2005

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for being so fair.

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Jan 18, 2005

The fact is, we've lost so many lives over it.

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Jan 18, 2005

I think it just shows that this is not an issue that you feel very comfortable with.

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Jan 18, 2005

I just think it is a sad day for us.

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Jan 18, 2005

We will lose credibility. So I hope you can think about that as you, I believe, will try to restore credibility for this country.

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Jan 18, 2005

I hope if nothing else Dr. Rice now gets the difference between her role as the National Security Advisor where she wasn't in any way responsible to come before Congress, but went to the American people and sold a war.

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Jan 18, 2005

First of all, Charles Duelfer said, and I quote--here it is--I ask unanimous consent to place in the record Charlie Duelfer's report.

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Jan 18, 2005

So a lack of candor in the past is bad enough. And here we have a continuing assault on reality.

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