Frank Lautenberg

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:24 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, July 7, 2011, at 9:30 a.m.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m., on Thursday, July 7; that following the prayer and the pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the morning hour be…

I wonder what the American public thinks about when they see an empty Chamber, hear mutterings about class warfare. What puzzles me is, which class is making war against which class and where are the casualties? As we look around, I ask…

I want to be sure where we are now. Are we in morning business at this point in time? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Yes.

I ask that only so I have some recognition of what the time availability is. I do not plan to take too long. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There are 10-minute grants.

The Mercury Air Toxics Rule alone would reduce premature deaths by 17,000 every year.

Pollution doesn't recognize State boundaries.

On balance, the benefits far exceed the costs.

I would like it to continue, if that is not too selfish.

The Environmental Protection Agency is attempting to correct this problem by cutting power plant emission from 31 upwind States.

We have this debate going on here about whether or not things that will improve health are affordable.

The Clean Air Act requires EPA to issue air toxic rules that force polluting facilities to operate as cleanly as other companies.

A former high-ranking EPA official... said, 'costs thousands of lives.'

Earlier this week OMB released a report that found EPA rules had cost polluters roughly $25 billion, while providing as much as $550 billion in public benefits over the last decade.

I think they rank among the primary concerns that all of us have.

So, House Republicans dangerously slashed funding that would support port securities by 55 percent below this year's level.

Make no mistake--the brave men and the women of the Coast Guard are always there when we need them, and they never let us down.

Simply put, the men and women of the Coast Guard are America's eyes and ears on the seas, and the American people remain safe because of them.

The motto of the Coast Guard, we need to be reminded, is Semper Paratus. It translates to 'Always Ready.'

They carry enormous pride for our country, though not as visible as some of the other services.

It's just a question of how much juice you can squeeze out of a melon, without it, not having anything left.

We're concerned about the ability of the Coast Guard to continue to do the things that it's capable of as we make the resource less complete.

I just don't want cuts to impair the vigilance that's required there.

You do not know how much you do for us. You know that we try to do things for you, but you do more for us when we see your faces and we see your smiles.

I want to say thanks to the Chairman for inviting me here today. It is a personal issue for me.