Chuck Schumer actually said...

"I would urge you strongly to make sure there is enough money in the second tranche to do that because people are waiting for their reimbursement."

"Flood insurance--these pilot programs are great, but if you are a homeowner and they are asking you for 9,000 bucks and you cannot afford it, saying 3 years from now there may be some pilot program th..."

"What I would like is the dollars to be distributed in proportion to the damage to the mass transit systems covered by Sandy."

"In New York, we are building all kinds of dunes to protect our coastal areas, heavily populated, like never before."