Frank Lautenberg actually said...

I want to protect these employees, their jobs and their health.

And the reason you don't get to pick out the people that you want to do these things, you don't have the votes. That is fairly simple.

the Safe Chemicals Act would preserve the ability of a State to go beyond the Federal standard on chemical safety to protect our citizens.

I ask unanimous consent to have Senator Boxer's statement to be put in the record.