"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 hard at work trying to fix what we can to make sure that life is reasonably livable for lots of people who were displaced."
"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."
"New Jersey was hit with a devastation that now, a debate exists, it is not important, but it does reflect something, and that is whether this was the worst storm in a decade or in the history of our S..."
"There is no excuse not to have modernized water infrastructure."
"The storm sounded the alarm that the Federal Government must invest in infrastructure not to only recover from this storm, but to build the infrastructure in such a way, stronger, so that we are prepa..."
"for these companies to take advantage of people at that time is just something that ought not to be ignored."
"Thank you, Senator Lautenberg."
"Mr. Chairman, thanks very much for having this hearing. I would ask that we keep the record open there."
"The unfortunate truth is that experiences like Ms. Kovalcik's will likely continue as long as people move."
"I did not like the fact that this one outfit took the goods to New Jersey, and that is not a very good reputation to have going to New Jersey, the most crowded state in the country, you may see your g..."