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6 May 2013, 9:30 pm by Bianca Nunes
          In the wake of the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster, Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Robert P. [read post]
24 Apr 2013, 10:25 pm by Helena Bottemiller
Following state-level initiatives on the West Coast, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR) on Wednesday introduced legislation that would require the U.S. [read post]
24 Apr 2013, 10:08 am by Jeff Foust
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) outlining specific issues with the FY13 spending bill. [read post]
22 Apr 2013, 1:51 pm by Michael Markarian
Senators Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and David Vitter, R-La., are circulating a parallel letter to the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee, and they are asking their colleagues to co-sign it by this Thursday. [read post]
29 Mar 2013, 4:53 am by Ruby Powers
.), Barbara Boxer (Calif.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Brian Schatz (Hawaii), Tom Harkin (Iowa) and Al Franken (Minn.) praised the bipartisan effort but cautioned that the senators should maintain visas reserved specifically for foreign brothers, sisters and married children of U.S. citizens. [read post]
24 Feb 2013, 9:26 am
It was an inflammatory statement, and he needs to stand by it (and back it up), defend it as hyperbole, or concede he was wrong.The New Yorker writer, Jane Mayer, was following up after Barbara Boxer had compared Cruz to Joseph McCarthy. [read post]
20 Feb 2013, 4:02 am by Heidi Henson
The other Senators who signed the letter are: Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chris Coons (D-DE), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Tom Udall (D-NM), Al Franken (D-MN), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Carl Levin (D-MI), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Amy… [read post]
16 Feb 2013, 6:51 am
The NYT forefronts this quote from Barbara Boxer: “It was really reminiscent of a different time and place, when you said, ‘I have here in my pocket a speech you made on such and such a date,’ and, of course, nothing was in the pocket,” she said, a reference to Senator Joseph R. [read post]
13 Feb 2013, 5:38 pm by Jeff Foust
The full subcommittee: Democrats Republicans Bill Nelson Barbara Boxer Mark Pryor Amy Klobuchar Mark Warner Richard Blumenthal William Cowan Ted Cruz Roger Wicker Marco Rubio Dean Heller Dan Coats Ron Johnson The assignments of Nelson and Cruz to be the top members of their parties on the space subcommittee comes just a day after the two clashed in a Senate Armed Services Committee meeting to vote on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the Secretary of Defense. [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 12:57 pm by WIMS
Jan 31: The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, Chaired by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), with Ranking Member David Vitter (R-LA), held a hearing entitled, "The Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and the Need to Invest in the Nation's Ports." [read post]
24 Jan 2013, 7:31 am
"You will be sorely missed, but I, for one, hope not for too long," said the Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer, and "I wish you the best in your future endeavors — mostly," said Republican Rep. [read post]
15 Jan 2013, 10:30 am by Ritika Singh
Senator Charles Schumer of New York is officially supporting Chuck Hagel for SecDef, Justin Sink of the Hill reports; Senator Barbara Boxer is also a yes, says Meghashyam Mali, also of the Hill. [read post]
4 Jan 2013, 1:52 pm by Michael Markarian
Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., offered an amendment on the lead ammunition provision, but Senate leadership did not allow votes on amendments. [read post]
3 Dec 2012, 11:00 am
Following Schumer’s testimony, EPW Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) said the committee would include a host of Schumer’s recommendations into an upcoming flood control bill. [read post]
17 Oct 2012, 9:37 am by Steven Kronenberg
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) recently asked the FDA to increase its efforts to reduce seafood mislabeling. [read post]
4 Oct 2012, 9:48 am by support
October 1, 2012—Sacramento, CA—Senator Barbara Boxer joined forces with Senator Charles Schumer of New York and Cally Houck, the woman whose two daughters died in a defective rental car, to sponsor legislation to make rental cars safer, according to the USA Today. [read post]