Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"Would it not be wise to put more money immediately into transit programs to make sure that the places there are shovel and pick ready to go?"

"It is an emergency condition, as I said earlier. The fire is in the cellar."

"I am pleading for a message that says the transportation system is one of the critical parts of our functioning as a society."

"We need more of national leadership. I do not know why this is not seen as a crisis of major proportion."