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I don't think we need those Wall Street values right now
Boxer, Fiorina spar in debate for Senate Sep 02, 2010
It is time for Main Street to have a champion at the Fed. ... Our next Federal Reserve chairman must represent a clean break from the failed policies of the past
Dodd, Gregg back Bernanke Jan 23, 2010
All funds expended will be repaid to the taxpayers by the financial sector through assessments or the sale of the assets of the company
Economic Outlook: Boxer's DOA amendment Apr 30, 2010
While the residents of San Bruno work to recover and rebuild, we must do everything we can to protect our communities by increasing inspections of our nation's pipelines while setting tougher penalties for safety violations
Calif. lawmakers want better pipeline laws Feb 01, 2011
New information about the severe seismic risk at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and the Diablo Canyon Power Plant make clear that these two plants require immediate attention in light of the catastrophic events in Japan
Lawmakers eye Calif. nuclear plants Mar 23, 2011
Barbara Levy Boxer (born November 11, 1940) is the junior United States Senator from California (since 1993). A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1983–1993).
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Boxer graduated from Brooklyn College. She worked as a stockbroker for several years before moving to California with her husband. During the 1970s, she worked as a journalist for the Pacific Sun and as an aide to U.S. Representative John L. Burton. She served on the Marin County Board of Supervisors for six years and become the board's first female president. With the slogan "Barbara Boxer Gives a Damn", she was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1982, representing California District 6. She sat on the House Armed Services Committee, and was involved in government oversight, passing several procurement reforms.
Boxer won the 1992 election for the U.S. Senate. She holds the record for the most popular votes in any U.S. Senate election in history, having received 6.96 million votes in her 2004 re-election. Boxer is the chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee and the chair of the Select Committee on Ethics, making her the only senator to preside over two committees simultaneously. She is also the Democratic Chief Deputy Whip.