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. In the 114th Congress, she sat on the following committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Environment and Public Works, where she is the Ranking Minority Member; and Foreign Relations. She was also Vice Chair of the Select Committee on Ethics. The following is from a November 29, 2016, statement on the floor of the Senate. I rise today to discuss legislation I…