Barbara Boxer: “I just feel it is a moment for me to say thank you, on behalf of Senator Feinstein and myself, to every single Member of…”

“I just feel it is a moment for me to say thank you, on behalf of Senator Feinstein and myself, to every single Member of this Senate who voted for that emergency supplemental appropriation. The people of California have an indomitable spirit, as do the people all across this great country. But sometimes our spirit is tested and, when you see you cannot get back into your home, and you wonder if you ever will be able to, and you watch this debate, you hope we will help. Your spirit surely drags when you worry that we will not reach the point that we send this over to the conference. We reached that point. We had some tough debates. A couple of times I brought out some pictures from the earthquake to try to remind us why we were really debating this.”