Frank Lautenberg: “I'm going to call on Senator Boxer and ask her please to take the chairmanship, if she will, as she asks her questions.”

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

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

The requested 6 percent cut to FinCEN is a concern.

I want to hear feelings of improvement, of moving forward.