Robert Menendez actually said...

"We lost 34 lives during the storm. It was the largest mass transit disaster in our nation's history."

"the use of a commercial port for forward projection from the East Coast is the Port of New York and New Jersey, and when it cannot operate well, it is part of a national security imperative as well."

"This is the first time we have had the experience. I have lived in the state my whole life and I have never seen the breadth and scope of devastation that the state has faced after Superstorm Sandy."

"Amazingly, the bridge can be repaired, but many of the surrounding homes were lost and part of that highway will need to be rebuilt."