Robert Menendez actually said...

"It seems to me that we need to do something to help those individuals now caught in this set of circumstances and yet do not have the wherewithal, certainly at the start where they are facing premium ..."

"Shouldn't we be looking at how we maybe work to offset some of that ratable loss in a way that still would be an enormous savings to the program but would incentivize mayors to say, OK, let me take th..."

"It seems to me to be a perverse incentive, you know, or disincentive."

"Which would be an enormous body blow to this economy that is already struggling to recover."