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 in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1982 to 1992. She chairs the Environment and Public Works Committee and sits on the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee and the Foreign Relations Committee. The following is from the June 26, 2007, debate on H.R. 800, the Employee Free Choice Act. I rise today in strong support of the Employee Free Choice Act. For far too long, our Nation’s labor laws have created an environment that…
