Lamar Alexander actually said...

"Last year, Senator Feinstein and I included in the Senate energy and water appropriations bills language to clarify the department's authority to pursue private storage options. Do you support that la..."

"Senator Feinstein and I will work with our House committee chairs to try to make ours one of the first bills."

"So we're talking about, according to those figures, saving a half billion dollars a year?"

"I would guess that the idea of underfunding the inland waterways and the Harbor Maintenance Account did not come from the Army Corps of Engineers, but probably came from the budget process."