Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"You know, there's an insinuation here, because you describe a $100-million savings--that's earnings, basically--from avoiding a safety recall in 2007."

"Does it say, 'Look, you, so-and-so, your department, your responsibility--and that we're deadly serious about this at Toyota...'"

"Now, what I'm trying to understand is what was--why was Toyota able to move so deftly, so quickly into the marketplace and overcome the established auto industry that existed in this country?"

"I wanted to ask Mr. Inaba a question."