Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"Mr. Chairman, I think the hostage here is, of course, the consumer. And they're paying a price..."

"What happens during a blackout? Your advertisers aren't getting what they're paying for?"

"We're stuck in not just the middle of a muddle."

"I hope so. Because when we look at the number of people that are traveling by rail and see what--how inviting a target it was in other places in the world, that we can't continue to neglect--'neglect'..."