Barbara Boxer: “As I stand here, I have no office in this complex. As we probably all know, about 30 offices had to be cleared out to do…”

“As I stand here, I have no office in this complex. As we probably all know, about 30 offices had to be cleared out to do some precautionary air quality testing in the offices that were connected to the ventilation system in Leader Daschle's office. We know Leader Daschle's office received a letter that contained anthrax. They are taking every precaution. I want my colleagues to know we are all still working, even those who may not have an office at the moment. I thank the Senate staff and my colleagues in the Senate for being so wonderful and offering us their offices to use, their phones to use, their faxes, their computers, and the rest. We are fully functional. We have recorded a message for people calling this office. They are given the number of my Los Angeles office, so we will not leave people out there without a voice on the other end of our telephone. I thank my colleagues for their generosity of spirit and for being so kind to my staff. I also thank the Capitol Police, the Sergeant at Arms, and the Capitol physician for acting so swiftly to protect my staff. I am very certain that their steps will prove to be the right steps and that in fact we will have a high level of confidence that we are all OK.”