Frank Lautenberg actually said...

"I can tell you this, that we in New Jersey don't like throwing our money away. We don't have enough, but we like it less when it affects children and a family, when we hear about a child that is disab..."

"Is there anything more important than the health of our children and families? And that is why I applaud the Environmental Protection Agency for setting new pollution standards for mercury and toxic a..."

"I think that it would, to me at least, would sound a little better balanced if you said we should continue to pursue cleaning mercury out of our system."

"Clearly, these new rules are desperately needed. And the benefits to public health go even farther."