Barbara Boxer: “I wish to say to Senator Feinstein how much I appreciate her leadership on this in the Appropriations Committee. I wish…”

“I wish to say to Senator Feinstein how much I appreciate her leadership on this in the Appropriations Committee. I wish to say to the chairman of the committee how much I appreciate his understanding of what we are going through in our State with historic rains, historic flooding. I thank the Appropriations Committee for listening to Senator Feinstein when she transmitted a request from the two of us and also from our Governor. This is a bipartisan request. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a letter written to Senator Coburn from Governor Schwarzenegger. I also ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record information regarding the Sacramento region. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: State of California, Office of the Governor, Sacramento, CA, May 2, 2006. Hon. Tom Coburn, U.S. Senate, Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC. Dear Senator Coburn: I am writing regarding your proposed amendment to the supplemental appropriations bill that seeks to block additional funds needed to repair California's Central Valley levee system. As you may know, I am working very closely with Senator Feinstein and members of the California Congressional Delegation to secure additional federal funds to share in the costs of repairing California's Central Valley levee system.…”