Barbara Boxer

I would assume if a marriage is legal in another country, I would assume we recognize it here.

Marriage has been an institution that has been celebrated throughout the world, and here we have it being used to exploit and destroy, frankly, a little girl's life, and her life forever.

Child marriage is more than a human rights concern. It is a violation of an individual's freedom.

To keep us out of the thing, out of these governments and force us into these situations, it is really a crime against humanity and, I think, a crime against God

Child marriage is killing girls. Let us just say it like it is.

If you could try to find the one silver bullet that could help us in the world to bring more prosperity, it is the way countries treat their girls and women

I say to Ambassador Richard, would that be a reason for asylum? I would assume it is.

Today I have introduced legislation that will ensure that when there is a public health emergency or the threat of a public health emergency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can respond immediately to prevent it from…

My understanding about this amendment is that it is a jurisdictional dispute between Democratic Senators. I think the best way to go is to see if we, Jim and I, can do what we have done before when we have had conflict among our…

Reserving the right to object, I ask Senator Rubio if I may have 1 minute to respond to your WRDA comments before he begins. Is that all right with the Senator?

Are you ready to elect the very first woman president of these United States of America?

The right way to deal with this, probably down the road, is budgetarily to treat infectious diseases like we treat FEMA.

We cannot have one hand tied behind our back by saying, as the House said in a completely partisan way, none of this money could be used for nongovernmental entities to help provide birth control, which is so critical.

I feel very strongly about that. I do not want our people being used as guinea pigs.

How are they doing it, the ones that you say are doing a good job? How are they getting this contraception to the people who need it?

What assistance are we going to give those countries who have told their women not to get pregnant for 2 years? What are we doing to provide them with free birth control?

They are the ones who are in charge of their own countries. They are the ones who issued this directive to their women.

I asked you if those countries who have told their women not to get pregnant for 2 years have the infrastructure to get free contraception to these women of childbearing age?

Earlier this year, El Salvador issued a nationwide call for women to avoid pregnancy for 2 full years.

Few issues pose as immediate a threat to the health of Americans as the Zika virus.

Let me suggest, then, that after I finish on our side, that Senator Nelson be followed by Senator Murphy at times they can work out on our side and Senator Grassley in between--for how many minutes?

The American public understands the need to act.

Unchecked climate change poses a threat to the health and safety of children and families.

Climate change is happening all around us.

The Clean Power Plan, which was finalized in August 2015, is an historic step forward in the effort to address climate change.