Cory Booker actually said...

"We've learned this lesson the hard way. We saw when Super Storm Sandy came the impact it had on the Northeast Corridor."

"the funding mechanisms we use do not reflect what actually consumers and commuters are actually doing, and that's got to change."

"I'm tired of traveling around the globe and watching other nations blow by the United States of America when it comes to infrastructure."

"I would ask you to give favorable consideration to this proposal, and to work with us to fund and launch this project, because, as I stated in the beginning, the time to build it is now."