Chuck Schumer actually said...

"It is good that you are in so many important positions here in this Senate that will have a lot of say in how we deal with this."

"We need help with mitigation. We cannot just rebuild a 108-year-old system and replace it with the parts that existed then."

"the MTA is the largest public transportation system in the country. It is the lifeblood of New York."

"We want to make sure that the next storm that occurs--now that we are so much the wiser, Senator Nelson, we want to make sure that we are much more flood-proof."