Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"And if it is a program that affects national health, by God, whether it is confined to a community here or there, we ought to be paying for it by the polluter."

"Well, if that does not tell you something about the exposure that we are willing to let people have who unfortunately live near these Superfund sites."

"I hope to persuade you that we ought to do the same thing all over this country of ours and move things along."

"But it is the taxpayers' responsibility if we do not have the polluters paying for what they have done."