Barbara Boxer: “I talked about the fact that at least a million veterans reside within a 50-mile radius of the west Los Angeles VA…”

“I talked about the fact that at least a million veterans reside within a 50-mile radius of the west Los Angeles VA property, more than in 42 other States combined. When we consider that this number continues to grow, this is clearly the wrong thing to do. Let me say that what my colleague has done in this bill is in concert with everyone in our area. I don't think she or I would walk in and offer an amendment that was a direct blow to a community in South Carolina. We would never do that. That would not be the right thing to do. The community is opposed to what Mr. DeMint wants to have happen. Local government, many veterans, from the mayor's office, to the city council, to the board of supervisors, to the full congressional delegation, there is enormous support for the provision that Senator Feinstein has placed in this bill. Dozens of local veterans groups are in support of her provision.”