Eric Swalwell: “I was a congressional intern on Capitol Hill when September 11 happened, and I saw my colleagues go to the Capitol steps…”

“I was a congressional intern on Capitol Hill when September 11 happened, and I saw my colleagues go to the Capitol steps and sing, in a bipartisan fashion, ``God Bless America.'' I saw a generation of people go into service because of what they saw our first responders do in New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C., that day. I am heartened to see today on this floor that we are uniting again to stand up for every victim of what happened that day. I hope we can get that passed in the Senate. I want to honor and thank James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez for their work, as well as Jon Stewart. I thank him for bringing attention to this. Also, I thank our colleague Carolyn Maloney. I really want to thank our chairman. This was Chairman Nadler's district, and this has been continuing casework that the gentleman has worked on. It has affected the gentleman, his staff, and his constituents. I think it is fitting that the gentleman is the chairman presiding over this today. I am grateful the chairman has put the emotional effort and the force of his office into making sure this happened. It means a lot to the gentleman's constituents and us as colleagues to see his leadership. {time} 1115”