Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"Some have suggested that the elections and the outcome diminished chances of fixing TSCA in this Congress."

"Modernization, however, must reflect, as you have said, Senator Lautenberg, the importance of the chemical industry to society and the need to maintain and indeed, encourage, innovation."

"I hope that is right."

"Forgive the break in the routine, but you were correct, obviously, in an observation that so many of us have experienced directly or indirectly, have experienced the onset of cancer."