Barbara Boxer
Barbara Boxer
Barbara Levy Boxeris the junior United States Senator from California. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 November 1940
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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Our democracy is the centerpiece of who we are as a nation. And it is the fondest hope of all Americans that we can help bring democracy to every corner of the world.
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We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands. That is what democracy is all about. We can teach it, we can explain it, but they must want it enough to make it work for them.
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We have to be realistic about what we can achieve in Afghanistan. The notion that the United States can build a Western-style democracy there is a myth
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While we have men and women dying to bring democracy abroad, we've got to make it the best it can be here at home, and that's why I'm doing this.
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They will experience some increased anxiety ... going to school. They will be more frightened than they might normally be, and it's up to the parents to ask the children what they are feeling.
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I have not been silent. I said he was wrong and I still think he was wrong. He was right to take responsibility for his actions, and he was wrong,
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I'm very fearful, very fearful that a lot of people who are going to depend on this trust fund are going to find out it's not what it's cracked up to be.
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They are going to feel very frightened and anxious.
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Ellen is like me in the sense of her passion for the issues, ... But this is a woman who goes into the Senate kicking and screaming, she really doesn't want to do this at all.
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Today, we simply don't have a system to catch the illegal use of genetically engineered ingredients. We don't even have a system that requires mandatory safety tests, Mr. Chairman, to make sure that genetically engineered products, when they are used properly, are safe.
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We didn't learn our lesson after the '93 World Trade Center bombing; we didn't learn our lesson after Sept. 11. We don't need anymore failures.
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What George Bush did is he picked his tax cut and then sort of built a budget around it, ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.
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I very much respect Cindy Sheehan's decision to continue her work as an advocate for our service men and women and our veterans. There can be no higher cause than a mother who has lost a son working night and day to ensure that others do not have to suffer the same way.
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The White House did make some proposals which didn't really do it, but they're reaching out a little bit.