Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"It would be just as reckless for Congress to sacrifice the public's health and safety in the name of fiscal austerity."

"I don't know how conscience permits one to say, well, we can't afford clean air, we can't afford clean water."

"The true measure of a democracy is its dispensation of justice."

"I am honored and pleased to have an opportunity to come before the Committee, and as you and other colleagues know, while I am not formerly a lawyer, there are times that I wish I was in moments like ..."