Jack Reed actually said...

"I want to just say how enthusiastic I am about the nominees. Their service to the Nation already has been spectacular."

"If we were as composed as August, we'd get more business done here in the Senate."

"There is another, I think, reality we have to come to grips with, is that the essence of the Highway Trust Fund, the funding mechanism is the gasoline tax, as I understand it."

"But, we are going to have to look for alternative funding mechanisms, frankly. I think you would concur?"