Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"I urge President Obama to keep the commitment in his budget to let the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy expire at the end of 2012."

"We cannot do that adequately through the traditional mechanisms the Congress has used to fund, for example, transportation budgets."

"The challenge is not to just reduce the deficit. The challenge is to do it in a way that doesn't hurt future economic growth and hurt investment in the United States."

"Right now, we've got to help Americans get back to work. That's got to be our top priority."