Frank Lautenberg: “I'm going to count on you, and I know Senator Snowe will, to do just that.”

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.

We must meet this challenge with our full commitment.

It is time that we give them the resources they need to keep us safe.