Frank Lautenberg: “I commended the Governor for his leadership in this thing. And we put aside the pitchforks and picked up the shovels…”

I strongly supported President Obama's rescission of the Mexico City Policy, also known as the Global Gag Rule, upon taking office.

Efforts to consolidate these grants could shift critical grant funds away from the areas most at-risk for a terror attack, like my State of New Jersey.

We simply can't afford to ignore the lessons from past accidents and crashes.

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