Rob Menendez actually said...

"I have lived in the State of New Jersey my whole life. I have never seen the type of devastation that exists in the State."

"We desperately need, Madam Chair, to provide the Army Corps the funding it needs to do not beach replenishment; this is about engineered beaches that save lives, save money, and stop us from repetitiv..."

"The infrastructure in its entirety has to be in concert with what we now know and can do in advance of these tragedies."

"I am going to be working with this Committee--I look forward to it--to rebuild New Jersey's transportation infrastructure to make it stronger and more resilient."