Barbara Boxer actually said...

"And I honestly believe, in this effort, and I cannot thank the staff enough, Republican staff, Democratic staff, this has been a team effort."

"This is a question of priorities."

"we can't allow those ideas, whether it is an infrastructure bank or anything else, to replace the basic funding mechanism."

"If we don't act, this is the fact, we will see a cut of one-third, actually 36 percent."