Frank Lautenberg: “Thanks for the opportunity to be frank with you.”

We must meet this challenge with our full commitment.

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

Some will say now isn't the time to make public investments. Some will say we can't afford it.

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