Robert Menendez actually said...

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

"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."

"There is a clear case to be made, in my mind, that but for FHA in the midst of this housing crisis we would have a far greater crisis on our hands."

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