Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"If I may, Madam Chairman, for a moment--are we seeing better progress in the new generation in other major countries and their systems?"

"Because one of the things that we see happening is that there are fee revenues being developed for different services--where do you want to sit, do you want to eat, do you want this, do you want that?"

"But, of course, Mr. Elwell, you have to look at what might be a doomsday projection and say, 'OK. What do we do if we don't close that gap?'"

"Now, is the 'we' talking about strictly American-owned operations, or are we talking about foreign operations?"