Lamar Alexander actually said...

"I want to thank all the witnesses for being here today."

"There were several rules of life I learned from my parents, and one that I learned from my father was finish what you start."

"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."

"I think here is what we ought to do."