Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"I don't want to put too much pressure on your learning curve in this short period of time, but that's a question I'll be asking you repeatedly until we get the answer I want."

"We have lots of brilliant people doing things, but we don't have enough."

"What might we do to prevent-- what would you recommend that we do to prevent intimidation of whistleblowers and blocking their points of views?"

"I'd rather end his career than have my wife and my children on that airplane, I can tell you that."