"And that's why Senator Snowe and I recently sent a bipartisan letter to EPA, signed by 24 of our Senate colleagues, including Chairman Durbin, urging the agency to take action on a class of flame retardants."
"The Chicago Tribune exposed how the chemical industry has used dirty tricks and junk science to drive a public misinformation campaign."
"According to the Chicago Tribune, 'a typical American baby is born with the highest recorded concentration of flame retardants among infants in the world.'"
"I wrote a law called 'Right to Know', which became the law."
"In New Jersey, our state animal is the horse. And we're proud of our four racetracks."
"The reality is that there is no safe level of lead for the body."
"The fact is, some states, like New Jersey, have strong regulations in place to ensure the safety and integrity of horseracing."
"It strikes me that this menace has existed for so many years now, and the result of the impairing a child's ability to learn, to study, is part of a national catastrophe."
"What exists here as a result of the exposure to lead is almost a national tragedy in terms of the result that we see with 500,000 children having dangerous levels of lead in their body."
"What would you say the principal actions your agencies are taking to identify other contaminated sites?"
"CDC and EPA play important roles in protecting the public's right to know about environmental toxins."