Barbara Boxer
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Barbara Boxer

A national leader on environmental protection, Boxer is the first woman to chair the U.S. Senate’s Committee on Environment and Public Works. On the Committee, she advocates forcefully for clean air and water, with a particular focus on the fight against global warming. She also Chairs EPW’s Subcommittee on Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, Oversight and Children’s Health Protection.

The Senate’s leading defender of a woman’s right to choose, Boxer authored the Freedom of Choice Act of 2004 and helped lead the floor fight for passage of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.

In addition to her chairmanship of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, Boxer serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Commerce Committee, is the Democratic chief deputy whip, and serves on the Democratic Policy Committee’s Committee on Oversight and Investigations.

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