Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"No one comes aboard expecting to enter a real live nightmare."

"We know what the intentions are, and I leave it to the industry to come up with something that passes the taste test here."

"I think you heard me talk about the two constituents from New Jersey who were on the Costa Concordia, and they said things were chaotic and confusing and had no idea about what to do first."

"Should we perhaps, Admiral, modify the international standards to make the muster drills mandatory?"