Barbara Boxer: “Today and tomorrow will be very special days for me here in the Senate because the Environment and Public Works…”

“Today and tomorrow will be very special days for me here in the Senate because the Environment and Public Works Committee, led by myself and Senator Inhofe, comes forward united across party lines to lead the effort to override the President's veto of the Water Resources Development Act, a bill that will authorize the projects and policies of the Civil Works Program of the Army Corps of Engineers. I wish to thank Senator Inhofe for his kind comments and say that I think everybody knows that when it comes to the environment, Senator Inhofe and I don't exactly see eye to eye. But when it comes to building the infrastructure of the United States of America, taking care of the needs of our communities, making sure there is flood control, that we can move goods because we need to dredge so many of our port areas, when it comes to making sure we have recreation areas, and, yes, that we do the kind of environmental restoration that will help us with flood control--for example, restoring the great coastal wetlands of Louisiana--we can and do work together.”