Frank Lautenberg

The question is whether or not there are going to be demands made in fairness on the agreements, the contracts...

I don't think that the detractors, those who don't want to give Amtrak any money, understand what the implications might be.

Unfortunately, some say that we can't afford vital public investments like this right now, and I say we can't afford not to make these investments.

Many of the communities around the world, other countries around the world, don't pay attention to the needs and the rights that people have.

I believe that the NRC should develop new regulations which require spent fuel to be moved to dry cask storage after it has been allowed to cool for 5 years.

I think you do a very good job, I will start off with that, and then I will get more critical.

So not too much specific information came from the Fukushima failure that influenced your granting of the extension of the license?

But it would take years, you say, to fully understand what took place there?

This is beginning to look like a glee club here, everybody happy faces. What you see isn't really what you get.

The Mark I containment system that was used at Fukushima is also used at U.S. plants including two reactors in New Jersey.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

we have arrived at a moment of truth: The American economy and our standing in the world hang in the balance as a result of the Republican plan to derail the functioning of our country and bring about the precarious prospect of a major…

I think it is obvious to the world around us that the atmosphere here is hardly one of comfort or satisfaction. The public does not see the agony of the debate that is taking place, as we watch how dysfunctional the discussion about the…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator may speak for up to 15 minutes. ____________________

In 2008, General Anthony Zinni warned that if we don't address global warming we will pay the price later in military terms.

In 2007, 11 former military high-ranking admirals, generals, issued a report that climate change is a threat with the potential to create sustained, natural and humanitarian disasters.

It is clear the airlines need to use more alternative fuels to reduce the industry's reliance on oil, minimize the harm aviation causes on our environment.

The bottom line is this: We all want the aviation industry to be strong. It's essential for the well-being of America.

Using coal as an aviation fuel is taking us in the wrong direction--toward dirtier fuels at a time when our environment is already under assault.

Aviation's importance to the country can't be overstated. Plans not only allow us to move people and goods from one coast to another in a matter of hours; they also keep our economy moving forward.

We're looking at things, Mr. Maurice, that, where we see refusal by the Republicans to pass a clean extension of the FAA authorization.

I'm so disappointed that our friends on the other side are playing politics with the FAA reauthorization, causing nearly 650 people to be furloughed.

I think a principal thing that can be helpful and, is to let the consumer know very directly what these extra charges are going to be.

Advocates strongly supports legislation introduced by Senator Lautenberg (D-NJ), the Drunk Driving Repeat Offender Prevention Act of 2011, S. 273.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 237 which was submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the title of the resolution. The legislative clerk read as follows: A…