Barbara Lee on Her Run for U.S. Senate

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🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Democrat Barbara Lee has represented Oakland and the East Bay in Congress since 1998, and she’s now running to replace U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, who is not seeking another term. Well known as the sole member of Congress to vote against giving the president unlimited war powers after 9/11, Lee is co-chair of the House Policy and Steering Committee and serves on the Budget Committee and the Appropriations Committee. As a member of the California state legislature, Lee drafted California’s first Violence Against Women Act and the California Schools Hate Crimes Reduction Act. We’ll talk to Lee about why she wants to represent California in the Senate and hear about her positions on the environment, the war in Ukraine, the economy and more. Guests: Barbara Lee, U.S. congressmember representing California's 13th district Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.2	Music From KQED. From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim. Coming up on forum, we sit down with Barbara Lee. The Congress member from Oakland is running for the U.S. Senate to replace Diane Feinstein, who is retiring.
1:04.3	Lee's got deep name recognition in the Bay Area for her famous loan vote against invading
1:08.8	Afghanistan after 9-11,
1:14.1	and for her work representing the East Bay in the state legislature,
1:17.8	where she drafted California's first Violence Against Women Act.
1:22.1	If elected, Lee would be the only black woman in the Senate and third in its history.
1:27.3	She joins us to talk about where she stands on the war in Ukraine, the economy, and the environment, and to tell
1:28.1	us why she wants to be California Senator, what do you want to ask Representative Lee? Join
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1:37.9	Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. Congress member Barbara Lee is running to be California's next senator,
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