Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"We need to build more of these projects to reduce future losses."

"When it is done, when a berm, a beach construction, or a dam is built by the Federal Government typically, the engineers, it is a far more reliable kind of structure."

"We are coastal States, and we enjoy that position. It brings in lots of business, lots of port opportunities, lots of recreation interest, and lots of second homes."

"There is no excuse not to have modernized water infrastructure."