Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"This spill, this ugly material was allowed to cover areas of residence and community and that we wind up, though this spill was nearly 50 times bigger than the Exxon Valdez oil spill."

"Their reaction was that coal ash is not harmful and here I quote a spokesman there, does have some heavy metals within it, but it is not toxic or anything."

"To see it with that threatening material almost on the front porch is certainly not a sight that any of us like to see."

"I am one of the founders of that firm."