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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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Aug 8, 2002

The public is more forgiving than you seem to think in your testimony.

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Aug 8, 2002

I think we are very confident we will not have a problem here in LA, but that was a little disconcerting.

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Aug 8, 2002

I wrote the provision of that law that required air marshals to be on board all high-risk flights.

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Aug 8, 2002

The 40 or 41 percent failure rate.

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Aug 8, 2002

Oh, my God, people are waiting an extra 15 minutes.

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Aug 8, 2002

I compliment LA. I hope, I say to my TSA people, that you will stay on top of those screeners because we cannot handle a 40 percent failure rate.

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Aug 8, 2002

I would like to hear from all of you on the added costs.

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Jul 18, 2002

I think we need to take a look at how we can avoid that, because you're right, if they want to be hired again, then they ought to come down on the side of the business.

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Jul 18, 2002

I'm going to put my entire statement in the record, but I want to just thank my Chairman, who just left, for his steadfast adherence to justice.

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Jul 18, 2002

I think we're going to get a lot of disclosure.

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Jul 18, 2002

I think one of the reasons that I felt so strongly about this over the last few months is that the leaders of Wall Street and the leaders of corporate America, they're spending other people's money.

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Jul 18, 2002

I do not. Because I believe what will happen then is the little guy gets squeezed out.

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Jul 18, 2002

This Administration refuses to force corporate polluters to pay for the harm they inflict on our environment.

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Jul 18, 2002

It's sad that... we used to count on... the checks and balances...

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Jul 18, 2002

the Administration still refuses to support meaningful pension reform or a prescription drug program that works for all Americans.

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Jul 18, 2002

If people know that there's no price they have to pay at the end of their lies and their cheating and their scandalous behavior, they'll just continue it.

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Jul 18, 2002

The Sarbanes' bill is the best we've got.

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Jul 18, 2002

Senator Metzenbaum and Joan Claybrook are institutions unto themselves, and they both have a long history of fighting for consumers.

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Jul 18, 2002

I would certainly like to make it illegal to do some of the things that these corporate leaders did.

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Jul 18, 2002

I had an amendment which was blocked by Senator Phil Gramm which would have said that not only does an analyst have to say that he or she owns the stock when they're making a recommendation, but that members of the immediate family, that…

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Jul 18, 2002

I just would disagree that the cause of the scandal now is stock options.

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Jul 18, 2002

We need to do something about changing the law here.

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Jul 18, 2002

There's essentially a collusion among the stockbrokers in America to insist that you have arbitration so that there's no penetration of the wrongs that they do by litigation.

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