"the important subject matter of this hearing"
"You have a responsibility to comment, my friend, whether you like it or not. You're at a table here, and you are compelled to tell the truth to the Congress."
"It is impossible to argue with that conclusion."
"Tolls can be a part of that solution. They're not a panacea."
"We didn't stop you to pay any tolls."
"This bill would introduce new Federal oversight and uncertainty into what has traditionally been a state-and locally-managed process of setting toll rates."
"But, I detect that through all of this discussion that we've just heard is that the non-Port Authority road projects, how will they generate the revenue that you said would be the same as that, which ..."
"The fact of the matter is that if you've got the extra money, you get a little bit of privilege."
"I want to take a look at what's happened, Mr. Baroni, with recent toll increases, drivers paying $12 in cash and nearly $10 with E-ZPass to cross the Port Authority bridges and tunnels."
"On the eve of the 1996 welfare reform, Democratic senator Frank Lautenberg voiced his concern that the bill would transform America into a Third World nation, leaving 'children hungry and homeless * *..."
"children hungry and homeless, begging for money, begging for food, and even at eight and nine years old engaging in prostitution."