Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"I will say that as I listen to you and think about this, that it is clear that the preferable course is a statutory commission because then we really create a process."

"I think we have a reasonable opportunity here, a reasonable chance to begin the process."

"we do not know where that actual borrowing capacity, it is essential that we take actions well in advance."

"Our country will not be what it has been for the generations before, including the one privileged to live in this country and to be Americans today."