Barbara Boxer: “Mr. President, today I ask the Senate to join me in commending those brave Americans who served aboard the U.S.S. Phaon.”

Good on Gavin Newsom for being the bigger person to show up and say, Mr. President, I'm glad you're here.

I think what our governor is doing, he's saying to the president without so many words, this -- this is a moment we have to come together for the people who are hurting. And by the way, you don't attach strings about, you know, voting to…

This is a sad moment, we always had two parties, one was to the right of center, one was to the left of center, and we never had a party, so extreme and so willing to become the party of grievance and anger and division.

We Democrats, we do have a very good and diverse coalition. It truly is diverse, everywhere you look at it. But in terms of leadership in Congress, it is true, they’re getting older.