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
retirement thinking pieces
I was a stock broker once. I think there is an absolute place for market investments. But they should never be the basis of one's retirement. They should be an additional piece on top of a basic, secure, guaranteed retirement benefit.
country thinking dignity
More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity
thinking oil environmental
What they [Jim deMint and the oil lobby] do care about is the precedent. If they open up ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge), they'll think they can do anything to the environment - anything at all. Drilling in Yosemite? In the Grand Canyon? What's next?
country thinking people
I think the scientists have really caught the attention of the people of this country, and of course, they elected representatives by their very clear pronouncement that if we don't do something, we'll be in a lot of trouble.
past thinking rights
With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee has changed his past views. It's not good enough to think, 'This is the best we can expect from this president'.
dream fighting thinking
I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public education system.
call doctor
To call a doctor an executioner is wrong.
justice operate people process results whatever
What's important to me is that justice be done, ... and that people who are alleging that they were abused in anyway, you know, have a process, and that whatever that process is and the results of it is, has to be accepted. That's the way we operate in this country.
catch engineered illegal mandatory requires safety simply sure system
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.
budget budgets built bush cut edition george late picked sort tax wolf
What George Bush did is he picked his tax cut and then sort of built a budget around it, ... Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer.
anymore center learn lesson trade
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.
attack changed direct few version vulnerable weeks
One thing is clear. It must be changed dramatically from the version E.P.A. forwarded to O.M.B. just a few weeks ago. If not, it will be a direct attack on our most vulnerable citizens.
debate doctor good operating procedure side telling wit worth
On the other side of this debate they are very good at getting votes. And they are very good at being politicians, but I don't think they are worth a wit in the gynecological operating room! I don't want them in that operating room, telling a doctor what procedure to use for my daughter, or my niece.
bush common forward issue move rather
I would rather keep on approaching it the way the Bush administration approached the whole issue eventually, which was, you know, with calm, with common sense, with reserve, ... And I think that is the first thing we need to do before we move forward on anything else.