Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"We need that $400-plus million for new equipment."

"We have to have an increase in NHTSA's funding, to hire more vehicle safety engineers, to investigate vehicle defects."

"The proposal is simply not enough to address the problems that this committee has uncovered to date with vehicle safety, much less other kinds of transportation safety."

"To us, this was important legislation, because it establishes goals for Federal service transportation programs so that the American taxpayers are confident that their tax dollars are going to support..."