Honorable Barbara Boxer
United States Senator, California, Democrat
Senator Boxer was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992. She served on the Marin County, California, Board of Supervisors from 1976 to 1982, and as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1982 to 1992. She chairs the Committee on Environment and Public Works and also serves on the Foreign Relations Committee, where she chairs the Subcommittee on Democracy and Global Women’s Issues, and the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. The following is from the March 1, 2012, Senate floor debate on the Blunt Amendment S. 1813, to reauthorize Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs….
