Robert Menendez actually said...

"It took a lot of work to restore service on New Jersey Transit which suffered disruptions on every rail line."

"If we have a northeaster, our defenses are so far down that it would be like a person's immune system being susceptible to any type of illness."

"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."