Roger Wicker actually said...

"Electricity can kill you. There is no question about it, but we take risks in our society."

"Reducing the speed limit to 30 miles an hour nationwide would save lives, no question about it, but we have taken the position, as a society, that would just be too harmful to the economy."

"I hope there is some way we can do the balancing act that Mr. Whitehouse talked about."

"When we weigh the pluses and minuses of any of these things, we need to weigh the cost of the loss of jobs against the benefit."