Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"If we want to leave our children and grandchildren a better country, we better make these smart investments on their behalf and do it now."

"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."