Barbara Boxer said "I want to say to the Senator from Hawaii, the face that haunts me every time I stand up here and talk about the earthquake is that of a little child. I guess he was about 9 years old. You know how children always have a sparkle in their eye, no matter what? There was no sparkle in this young man's eye. I remember his looking at me and saying, ``Will you fix it?''... We are going to fix it. Madam President, we thank God that earthquake, when it hit, hit at 4:30 in the morning. Because I have reports now from James Lee Witt, FEMA Director, of the condition of some of those 150 schools that need our assistance and will get our assistance with these funds today. We will pay 90 percent of those rebuilds. Fluorescent lights fell right over all the desks where those children would have been sitting." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 10, 1994

I want to say to the Senator from Hawaii, the face that haunts me every time I stand up here and talk about the earthquake is that of a little child. I guess he was about 9 years old. You know how children always have a sparkle in their eye, no matter what? There was no sparkle in this young man's eye. I remember his looking at me and saying, ``Will you fix it?''... We are going to fix it. Madam President, we thank God that earthquake, when it hit, hit at 4:30 in the morning. Because I have reports now from James Lee Witt, FEMA Director, of the condition of some of those 150 schools that need our assistance and will get our assistance with these funds today. We will pay 90 percent of those rebuilds. Fluorescent lights fell right over all the desks where those children would have been sitting.

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Barbara Boxer

Democratic · California

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Editor's note · Context

The speaker addresses the need for funding to rebuild schools after an earthquake.

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