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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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Mar 24, 2015

I am so grateful to Senator Sanders because he explains things like no one else. He takes it down to the average working family in America. That is really who we are here to protect, not the super top rich people. They are doing fine…

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Mar 17, 2015

Let's be clear what we are dealing with here. We are dealing with a bill that does harm, when they want to prevent harm.

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Mar 17, 2015

It has to do with the families of the United States.

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Mar 17, 2015

So here we have a bill that is being sold as protecting everybody and there is not even a deadline to enforce one chemical.

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Mar 17, 2015

Kamala Harris, she protects kids. That is what she is known for.

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Mar 17, 2015

There is not one deadline in this bill that requires any action.

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Mar 17, 2015

This bill has a beautiful name, named after a magnificent Senator.

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Mar 17, 2015

This preemption is a fatal flaw of this bill if you care about people.

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Mar 17, 2015

I don't understand why you are doing this, given the tremendous opposition of the whole environmental community, the health community, the breast cancer folks, the autism folks.

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Mar 17, 2015

I have a number of letters to put into the record in opposition to the bill we have just discussed.

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Mar 17, 2015

I think we have seen some consensus on this panel of how we can fix this flawed bill that the chemical companies love and hurts the people.

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Mar 17, 2015

The people who are experts in the law that are advising all of the public health groups... say that this bill is worse than current law.

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