Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"So, we need the people to get the job done."

"The cornerstone of this effort is last year's Wall Street reform law, which includes critical safeguards to protect the economy from another meltdown."

"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."