Frank Lautenberg

After 10 years of delay by polluters, this EPA has set an historic standard to cut mercury pollution.

Is there anything more important than the health of our children and families? And that is why I applaud the Environmental Protection Agency for setting new pollution standards for mercury and toxic air pollution.

We can't discuss that in the abstract. There are lots of jobs, lots of careers that are connected to being on duty at the appropriate time.

I am not a doctor, but my father died when he was 43, working in the mills.

I think that it would, to me at least, would sound a little better balanced if you said we should continue to pursue cleaning mercury out of our system.

The investigation of the Colgan Air crash revealed that prior to the crash both pilots commuted long distances, which likely contributed to fatigue.

Progress made in aviation safety includes significant advancements in technology--when you think about it, the GPS systems.

We're looking at an industry that has made enormous progress in safety over the years, over the decades.

It is money, don't you understand that? It is money. No, it is life.

Yes, I look forward to that.

I'd like to congratulate Secretary LaHood for a job well done.

Thanks, Director Mueller, for the wonderful work that FBI has done, the diligence and the competence that your people operate with.

But the fact of the matter is that there ought to at least be some privilege given to the law enforcement structure in our State, and for them to be alerted.

I'm also not willing to permit crimes to be developed and not give the public the true facts about what's taking place.

I would appreciate that. Thanks very much.

That's why I've introduced legislation to reinstate the Federal ban on high-capacity magazines like the one the shooter used.

Would a high-capacity magazine ban lessen that threat?

Amtrak has proposed building the Gateway Tunnel under the Hudson River to increase high-speed rail and commuter rail capacity.

The Obama administration has yet to release a comprehensive National Rail Plan as required by my 2008 Amtrak law.

Isn't it time to close that terror gap and the gun show loophole?

Public transportation use is approaching record levels. Yet, our friends in the House recently tried to eliminate dedicated funding for transit programs.

More Americans have died from gun murders here at home in the past decade than have died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Surface Transportation Bill that the Senate approved this week was a good bill, bipartisan, excellent bill, really.

What specific items in this budget request will help the FBI protect this area?

Passing these common sense bills would reduce violent crime and protect those who are charged with protecting us.