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12/11/2008	Senators urge swift probe of jet fighter crash California's two U.S. senators want the Marine Corps to review its entire fleet of F/A18-D Hornet jets for possible problems after one of the jets crashed into a home and killed two young girls, their mother and their grandmother.
11/20/2008	Senator Boxer Announces New Global Warming Legislation Senator Barbara Boxer joined other Democrats in announcing new legislation they hope will put the brakes on global warming - without stalling the economy.
10/30/2008	Boxer urges more fed funds for infrastructure California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer added her name to the list of politicians calling for pumping more federal money into construction projects to shore up the nation's roadways, bridges, water systems and levees to create jobs during the economic downturn.
10/28/2008	Boxer wants EPA's status upgraded The chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee plans to push legislation again next year to give the Environmental Protection Agency a permanent seat in the president's Cabinet nearly 40 years after the agency's creation.
09/15/2008	Sen. Boxer seeks emergency hearing on train crash Senator Barbara Boxer wants the Senate Commerce Committee to hold an emergency hearing on the commuter rail collision that killed 25 people in Los Angeles.
08/05/2008	Boxer To Oil Companies: "Use It Or Lose It!" At a news briefing in San Jose Tuesday, California Senator Barbara Boxer said the U.S. policy on domestic oil drilling should be one of ''use it or lose it.''
07/30/2008	4 Senate Dems urge EPA chief to resign Four Senate Democrats called on EPA chief Stephen Johnson to resign Tuesday, alleging that he gave misleading testimony to Congress and repeatedly bowed to pressure from the White House to avoid regulating greenhouse gases.
07/22/2008	Boxer blasts Bush administration on global warming “Despite the scientific consensus, despite the danger, the Bush administration has failed to take any meaningful action,’’ said Boxer, D-Ca., chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
06/10/2008	Senate debate a sign of readiness to tackle global warming Last week, the United States Senate had a landmark moment in the fight against global warming when 54 senators came down on the side of tackling this issue now.
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