Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"the amount of money that is being considered thus far would suggest that it would be woefully insufficient in terms of addressing those unmet needs"

"What is being done now hurts the quality of life, the ability of people to get on, because there is so much damage around."

"The total backlog is about $2.1 billion."

"Mr. Nadeau, the FHWA ER program faced more than $1 billion backlog in projects even before Hurricane Irene struck."