BARBARA BOXER
UNITED STATES SENATOR
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Thu, September 1, 2016
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) announced today that she will be donating more than two decades of her congressional papers to the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley. She also will be the first speaker at the new Barbara Boxer Lecture Series at UC Berkeley, an annual event launching in 2017 that will focus on women in leadership.
Wed, December 9, 2015
Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), the chair of the Senate Afterschool Caucus, today praised the final passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which included provisions to modernize afterschool programs nationwide and protects federal investments that help more than 1 million children attend these programs each year. The measure now goes to President Obama for his signature.
Thu, July 16, 2015
Washington, D.C. - Today, the United States Senate passed the Every Child Achieves Act, which includes provisions to preserve access to high-quality afterschool programs and to educate American children about the dangers of e-cigarettes. Both provisions are priorities for Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), who recently spoke on the floor about the bill.
Mon, June 8, 2015
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) today released the following statement praising the Department of Education’s announcement of new actions it is taking to help protect students harmed by the failure of Corinthian Colleges:
Fri, May 8, 2015
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and seven other Senate Democrats today sent a letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan urging him to use the agency’s authority to provide support to the thousands of students affected by the closure of Corinthian Colleges, Inc. Other Senators signing the letter include Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Jack Reed (D-RI), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH).