Boxer Statement on WRDA Veto

Boxer Statement on WRDA Veto

The following news release was published by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Work on Nov. 2, 2007. It is reproduced in full below.

Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding President Bush's veto of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (WRDA):

Senator Boxer said: "President Bush's veto of the Water Resources Development Act breaks his commitment to the people of Louisiana to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina; breaks his commitment to America's communities to make them economically strong and protect them from flooding; breaks his commitment to make America's infrastructure a priority; and breaks his commitment to restore our environment, including the Everglades. We are already working across party lines in the Congress to override this ill-advised veto."

Source: Senate Committee on Environment and Public Work

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