Barbara Boxer: “I will name a few. The County of Los Angeles, the city of Los Angeles, Representative Waxman, and every other…”

“I will name a few. The County of Los Angeles, the city of Los Angeles, Representative Waxman, and every other Representative from that area; Howard Berman, Harman, Sherman, the L.A. City Council president, State Senator Sheila Kuehl, all those local folks, former Los Angeles Mayor Riordan, AMVETS Post 2, AMVETS Post 116, American Legion Post 123, VFW Post 875, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 446, and then a slew of homeowners associations, including the Coalition of Homeowner Associations Council District 5, the Coalition for Veterans Land, Friends of Westwood, and it goes on and on. Then we have the religious community: St. Paul the Apostle Catholic parish. We have the chamber of commerce. We have the neighborhood council. It just goes on. The park conservancy, the civic association. The administration is wrong to take this action. Senator Feinstein is right. She mentioned colleagues on the committee who were very helpful to her. It is very important to note that she moved in a very bipartisan way. In conclusion, I thank my colleague, Senator Feinstein, for withdrawing her motion to table to give me this opportunity to express myself because I think what she did was so important, and certainly she spoke for both of us when she did it. I hope she will make this motion to table at the appropriate time, and we can table this amendment and send a message tonight to the veterans across this country that we stand with them. I yield the floor.”