Frank Lautenberg: “No one comes aboard expecting to enter a real live nightmare.”

We need to look beyond legal distinctions or classes of harms to look at the erosion of trust in the ecosystem.

I am honored to serve as chairman of this subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over crucial Federal programs that support our economy.

I am concerned that with our budget difficulties we will continue to see declining budgets for Defense Nuclear Non-Proliferation activities in favor of Weapons Activities.

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