Frank Lautenberg: “I ask to be permitted to speak as in morning business for up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…”

I am deeply troubled with this budget. The Coast Guard does not have adequate funding to do everything we expect them to do.

Thank you for scheduling this hearing to consider the re-nomination of Dr. Allison Macfarlane to be Chairwoman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

Although we have had a complete trade ban on Iran since 1995, a significant loophole existed that allowed the foreign subsidiaries of American companies to do business with Iran.

I'm proud to have written the only Federal law on ocean acidification--'The Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act'.