Lamar Alexander actually said...

"It helps us, in terms of developing a policy to solve the problem looking forward, to narrow it down to the number of entities we're talking about."

"I hope it's our first order of business to answer these questions, not just whose job was it to prevent this tragedy, but whose job will it be to make sure it doesn't happen again."

"However, to achieve the President's goal will require that we improve both of the waterways' trust funds so that we can support fiscally responsible investment in our nation's ports and waterways."

"Although there are good things in this bill, unfortunately this bill does very little to address the real problems with either the Inland Waterways Trust Fund or the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund."