Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"If we say, if it is suggested that the taxpayers ought to be the last recipient of the bill for damages that others caused, we are not the kind of society that we think we are."

"You have a moral obligation, I think, to operate honestly to the fullest extent, period."

"It shows an attitude that is distressing, and I think we see the same thing here with BP."

"I think that we ought to do that business and not let it be diverted even if it sounds right."