Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"Well, I want to say thank you to each of you for your contribution as we conduct our research on where to go, what to add to our legislation or change, we will come up with something that we would be ..."

"It is more than 3 months since the BP oil well blew out. We are still waiting for the flow of oil contaminating the Gulf to be permanently stopped."

"The damage and devastating from this tragedy is going to linger on not just for months, but obviously for years."

"As the clean up and control efforts continue we have to be absolutely sure that the work to undo the damage is effective."