Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"If the United States does not invest in its transportation infrastructure, we will all be left behind."

"If we embrace the status quo and fail to make the needed investments, the future is not going to look very attractive to us."

"When I look here, President Bush signed into law legislation I wrote to reauthorize Amtrak."

"We are a thoroughfare and the wear and tear that is on our roads is hardly made up for by the tolls that are paid."