Washington, D.C. December 7, 2016 – Today, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) delivered her farewell speech after 24 years in the United States Senate. Senator Boxer reflected on her four decades in public service. The full transcript is below: Madam President, thank you so much. This is a moment for me that I think it’s fair […]
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Boxer to Introduce Bill Protecting Water of Tribes and Municipalities
Washington, D.C. December 2, 2016 – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today announced that she will introduce the Protect Our Drinking Water Act of 2016, which would require permission from federally recognized tribes and communities before projects affecting their water supply are approved by the Army Corps of Engineers. “As we watch the events unfold […]
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Boxer, Colleagues Urge President Obama to Protect West Coast from Offshore Drilling
Washington, D.C. November 16, 2016 – Today, U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Edward J. Markey (D-MA) wrote to President Obama, urging him to exercise his authority under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) to permanently withdraw the West […]
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Boxer Announces Donation of Congressional Papers to UC Berkeley
Washington, D.C. September 1, 2016 – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) announced today that she will be donating more than two decades of her congressional papers to the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. She also will be the first speaker at the new Barbara Boxer Lecture Series at UC Berkeley, an annual […]