Maria Cantwell actually said...

"The notion that states are going to be left to respond is just not what we are going to do to protect our coastal communities."

"This is the chart that we had gotten from the University of Hawaii and it shows the migration of millions of tons of tsunami trash basically making a good trajectory right toward the West Coast."

"Well, Mr. Kennedy, I am definitely going to react when thousands of cans of hazardous materials wash ashore and they have things like rat poisoning and gas in them."

"So, what has changed that you think is going to convince me and my colleagues that the Martin Rule, and now the Genachowski Rule, that was from 4 years ago, are now simply okay?"