Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"If we say, if it is suggested that the taxpayers ought to be the last recipient of the bill for damages that others caused, we are not the kind of society that we think we are."

"Here we have heard this very frankly heart wrenching testimony from people who were directly affected and whose families' lives have changed forever."

"Do you think that destroying NICS background check records that were used in approving a gun purchase in just 24 hours is a good idea?"

"I think the only concern we had is, is that it's written in the bill as being in--within the Department of Transportation; we think it ought to be within the Department of Labor and the body of law th..."