BARBARA BOXER
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Wed, October 26, 2016
Washington-Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer (both D-Calif.) today released the following statement on efforts to claw back reenlistment bonuses and benefit payments paid to service members nearly a decade ago:
Mon, October 24, 2016
Washington- Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein (both D-Calif.) today called on Defense Secretary Ash Carter to halt the department's efforts to recoup reenlistment bonuses and benefit payments paid to service members nearly a decade ago.
Wed, February 3, 2016
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today introduced the Female Veteran Suicide Prevention Act, in response to the alarming increases in suicide among female veterans detailed in a recent Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) study. The bill requires the VA to include specific metrics on female veterans in its annual evaluation of mental health and suicide prevention programs and requires them to identify which programs are the most effective and have the highest satisfaction rates among female veterans.
Tue, December 8, 2015
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) today sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in response to a recent Associated Press (AP) article entitled, "Opaque Military Justice System Shields Child Sex Abuse Cases." The article details the lack of transparency in military criminal proceedings that prevents the public from knowing the full scope of crimes committed by servicemembers-including sex crimes involving children-or how much time these criminals spend behind bars.
Tue, September 29, 2015
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein (both D-CA) today sent a letter urging President Barack Obama to take executive action to exonerate 50 African American sailors wrongly convicted of mutiny following one of the worst home-front disasters of World War II at the Port Chicago Naval Base in Concord, California.