Frank Lautenberg: “Scientific integrity will be the backbone of her leadership of the agency.”

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

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

Although we have had a complete trade ban on Iran since 1995, a significant loophole existed that allowed the foreign subsidiaries of American companies to do business with Iran.

I am deeply troubled with this budget. The Coast Guard does not have adequate funding to do everything we expect them to do.