Frank Lautenberg

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

A proven, well-respected executive who will bring his private sector experience to the Commerce Department's broad portfolio that includes technology, trade, intellectual property, and exports, which will be crucial to expanding the…

It wasn't rule or registration that killed the automobile industry when it died.

Because ocean acidification is killing coral all over the place.

The inference that it's rule and regulation that are killing business, is baloney.

we ought to just move on this thing and stop the obstructionism that so often invades a review of a person's qualifications, without looking at the qualification.

I would tell you that therein lies an enormous environmental problem.

I am not sure that is reassuring to the public.

My concern included the length of time that it is taking to do this.

Can we clearly say yes, one has a safety edge that the other doesn't have?

I think it is important to note that is a pretty large size organization.

Since Japan's nuclear disaster began unfolding in March, Americans have asked with a good deal of trepidation, could it happen here.

I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Airland of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 14, 2011, at 9 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

What is the cost of having a healthy child, of having a child that doesn't need constant medical attention?

I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 14, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Subcommittee on Airland

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 14, 2011, at 10 a.m. in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 14, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

When I hear that President Obama, such an ogre, that he wants to prevent everybody from exercising their free will to poison the atmosphere...

I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Seapower of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 14, 2011, at 2 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Personnel of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 14, 2011, at 5 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I always feel that the air is made lighter when I see you and know what you are doing for us.

How costly is it when life is at risk?

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 14, 2011, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on…

today is a distinct honor for me to have the opportunity to fulfill the constitutional commitment that each of us has to assure the public at large that justice is being administered as it should be. We fulfill this commitment by making…

I ask unanimous consent that the time during the quorum call be equally divided, and I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative…