Robert Menendez actually said...

"New Jersey has an incredibly ambitious plan to reduce our carbon footprint, and perhaps the centerpiece of that plan is our State's renewable portfolio standard: 22.5 percent of New Jersey's electrici..."

"That staggering figure stands in stark contrast to the industry's record losses last year which required taxpayer funding assistance to forestall an unprecedented meltdown."

"I was skeptical, as were so many. But it was very clear to me at the time that had we not acted, we would have seen a series of banks collapse."

"How does this money get to ultimately liquefy the credit crunch? How does it get to working families? How does it get to small businesses that need the loans to make sure they can continue to operate ..."