Barbara Boxer

Save public input to help save the environment

2013-05-09 10:53:00

When first proposed about a decade ago, it seemed like a promising means to revive the Chesapeake Bay's devastated oyster crop: Bring in Chinese oysters, which are impervious to the diseases killing the native stock and also grow faster. If successful,...

Don't let Israel discriminate against Americans based on religion

2013-04-29 10:55:00

A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would allow a foreign country, Israel, to discriminate against select groups of American citizens — including Americans who have expressed criticism of its policies. Disappointingly, the bill, S.B....

Female vs. male senators

2013-01-12 00:00:00

As the son of a woman, the husband of a woman and the father of daughters and granddaughters, I celebrate the record number of females who are now United States senators. However, I do see some differences in the way these and other women are treated,...

Has Congress nothing better to do than debate military's use of lead?

2012-12-09 12:30:00

It is fascinating to read of all these organizations that want to do so much for us. The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the U.S. Department of Defense to put an end to the ban on women in combat. Senators Ben Cardin and Barbara Boxer want the...

Lead limits on military firing ranges outdated, report says

2012-12-04 04:31:50

Researchers commissioned by the Defense Department said Monday that decades-old limits on lead exposure are inadequate to protect the health of workers on military firing ranges. Moreover, the National Academy of Science reported, lead from ammunition...

Mikulski to speak on Senate women at Democratic National Convention

2012-08-22 08:17:00

Sen. Barbara A. Mikulskiwill have a speaking role at the Democratic National Convention, aides said Wednesday. The Maryland Democrat, who this year became the longest-serving woman in congressional history, will lead a program highlighting the record...

Mikulski honored as longest-serving woman in Congress

2012-03-21 14:56:00

Call her Maryland's Iron Lady. U.S. Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski was lauded Wednesday on the floor of the Senate for setting the record as the longest-serving woman in Congress, a streak that her colleague, Sen. Ben Cardin, likened to that of another...

Cardin leads fight over pesticides

2011-07-03 20:09:00

Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, a longtime advocate of the Chesapeake Bay, is wading into the high-profile debate over the federal regulation of pesticides -- instantly putting him at odds with fellow Democrats while potentially raising his national profile on...

Johns Hopkins raps AP story on lead experiment

2008-06-13 00:00:00

No school can be made 100% safe

2006-10-04 00:00:00

Since the killings at Columbine High School seven years ago, schools have locked their doors, posted adults at entryways and drilled students in emergency procedures. The result, say experts, has been an increase in safety, but there remains little...

White House asks Congress to back force

2002-09-20 00:00:00

President Bush formally asked Congress yesterday for broad authorization to "use all means," including force, to disarm and topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, regardless of whether the United Nations supports such action. "If you want to keep the...

Army secretary denies role in Enron problems

2002-07-19 00:00:00

WASHINGTON - Army Secretary Thomas White said yesterday that he is "appalled and angered" by the scandals that drove Enron Corp. into bankruptcy but denied any role in or knowledge of wrongdoing while he was an Enron executive. In testy exchanges with...

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) used her position as chairwoman of the Environment and Public Works Committee to write language into a bill that is likely to bring more money to the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports.

2013-03-13 00:00:00

U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer joins state and federal officials on a tour of the Salton Sea on Friday.

2012-12-15 02:03:00

Activists rally calling for good jobs and protection of Medicare, Medicaid and other services outside the offices of Senator Barbara Boxer at the U.S. Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles.

2012-12-10 00:00:00