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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.
Mr. President, I ask that we continue the agreement that this not count on Keystone time. I need to make the point that Mr. Baran, who is the subject of Mr. Vitter's complaint, has already been confirmed. What we are doing is putting him…
Madam President, I thank Majority Leader Reid for his remarks. Sometimes it does feel the world is falling apart and we have to speak out, as we are doing every time these terrorists rear their heads. I know we have some time over here by…
I will yield to Senator Merkley, but before I do, I was so glad to hear a Republican say he wants to work on jobs. I would just say to my friend before he leaves, the CEO who runs the pipeline says there will be 35 permanent jobs. OK. I…
To me, all of these health reasons are reason enough to say let's not interrupt what the administration is going through now, which is careful study of whether this is safe for our people. Two million people sent in their comments. Don't…
Madam President, I think we are going to take a recess shortly. I just wanted to thank everybody on both sides for their statements. To sum it up from my perspective, you have a situation here that, frankly, I am very glad we are…
How many remain on the proponents' side? The PRESIDING OFFICER. They control 62 minutes. The Senator from Louisiana still has 32 minutes, so they have a total of 94 minutes.
Now when this petcoke started to blow all across the communities, residents felt they could not safely open the windows during the summer for fear the black clouds would trigger their children's asthma, and with good reason. We know this…
To get to the gulf coast, tar sands will be transported by pipeline through communities in environmentally sensitive areas in six States. We know from experience how harmful this could be, again, because of how hard it is to clean up after…
The nurses concur with Senators Boxer and Whitehouse that what is known today about the health hazards associated with the expansion of tar sands is just a sampling. They believe the consequences of Keystone XL have been substantially…
Mr. President, I will be controlling the time in opposition, very strong opposition, to this legislation. Before I yield to the first debater on our side, who will be Chairman Leahy--and I am very honored that he will be--let me just say…
I have a parliamentary inquiry. I am confused because Senator McConnell called the bill the Cassidy Keystone bill, and I thought we were debating the Hoeven-Landrieu bill. Could you tell me which bill it is, because that is very important…
Mr. President, I thank the distinguished chairman of the Judiciary Committee for his remarks. They mean a lot. I want to put this vote into perspective. This is a major decision. People sometimes say: Oh, what is the big deal. It is a…
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