Senator Boxer on CAFE - Then & Now
Double talk and standards: Boxer, Schumer
Senator Boxer on CAFE - Then & Now
By EPW Blog
Friday, January 26, 2007
EPW Chair Boxer and the Democratic Majority support federal mandates for higher CAFE standards for automobiles, yet their rhetoric does not match their lifestyles.
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Then:
From a September 24, 1990 article in Automotive News:
"Dingell and Boxer had an exchange of their own during last week's House hearing. Dingell pressured an embarrassed Boxer into admitting that her husband leases a Porsche and that her children own imports. Boxer admitted that she did not know the mileage rating of the Porsche. (Porsche's 1990 city ratings ranged from 13 to 18 mpg; highway, 19 to 26 mpg.).
'Why don't you buy a Geo (Metro)?' Dingell asked Boxer, who owns a Chrysler convertible."
Senator Boxer Now:
From MSNBC's Tucker Carlson on April 27, 2006:
"Senator Barbara Boxer held a one-woman rally at an Exxon station to attack the Bush administration's relationship with big oil. Then as the 'Washington Post' reported this morning, Boxer jumped into a gas guzzling Chrysler for the block-long ride to her office. Senator Chuck Schumer of New York did virtually the same thing, choosing to drive mere yards back to the Capitol from his photo op."
From the April 27, 2006 edition of The Washington Post: "[Senator Boxer] then hopped in a waiting Chrysler LHS (18 mpg) -- even though her Senate office was only a block away."