Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"we do stop flying when we know that there is imminent danger... what we ought to do is stop drilling."

"We are not going to rest until every last cent of the Administration's response is paid for by the oil companies."

"no more special favors and special treatments given to big oil."

"should these spills that we have seen demand a halt to all new drilling, shift to an all hands on deck policy in an effort to develop and deploy technologies that will end our dependence on oil and fo..."