Frank Lautenberg: “we obviously don't agree. I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alaska has the floor.”

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

Immigration is not a zero sum game. If we attract the best talent in the world to come to America, they will create jobs, not displace them.

If we expect the Coast Guard to perform all we ask them to do, we need to fund them properly.

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