Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"Will the sounds be the same? Will the system be the same if we have less to work with? Is it fair to assume that the answer would be no?"

"I am pleased that we are inspired with some extra funds to do our job here, and we welcome the President's budget for the next year."

"Can we do better with less?"

"NextGen has been NextGen for years. We have spent billions of dollars trying to get there and have not yet got what we consider an up-to-date plan in place."