Frank Lautenberg

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…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 14, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING…

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…

the only thing they could do was talk about how bad President Obama is, not offering any solutions that are positive.

How do you prevent people who would bring harm from being able to get into the train, get on the train, and cause the mayhem?

It was designed to be an attack, and it was interrupted by the heightened interest of a rail employee.

what is missing from the application of these ideas that leaves us with more risk than I think we ought to be accepting.

the House sent over, recommends funding that's carelessly established to support the public transportation security grants by 55 percent below this year's recommended levels.

the ruthless killer is dead and gone, but al Qaeda, as we know, remains determined to strike the U.S. again.

I think it's fair to say that we have been diligent, that we've intercepted many plans for people who wanted to bring destruction to the system.

We need to know that these access ways are secure and that we're not going to have people just wandering through there and doing whatever they want.

I would urge that fairly simple technology is available to provide the camera views of these access points.

After years of delay by the Bush administration, the Obama administration is finally getting the job done, and in a way that treats everyone fairly.

I am, permit this immodesty, but I am a cancer sponsor of no smoking in airplanes.

That is unacceptable that many rules on air toxics are now more than a decade overdue and children are paying the price, while the industries keep stalling.

How does cleaning up pollution generate tangible economic benefits for the public as a whole? Does it matter?

I rise with deepest hope that we are going to be able to defeat the House budget plan on which we are about to vote. This Republican budget is a scheme that would endanger the quality of life for millions of Americans who now struggle to…

I would like to submit a question now for review by Mr. Howorth after confirmation as to what we do to minimize the pollution that comes from 50 percent of the coal plants that produce that power.

But Madam Chairman, there is something I don't understand. Two and two doesn't make four.

But the U.S. Government warned Americans in Japan to stay at least 50 miles away from the damaged reactors there.

When CBP seizes materials that were illegally imported from China, what steps does it take to ensure that such materials do not re-enter the U.S. market and further damage the business of other legitimate suppliers of such materials?

We shouldn't be sending mixed signals to the public. The stakes are too high.

If confirmed, William Ostendorff, Lieutenant General Thomas Bostick and Richard Howorth will play a significant role in protecting our country's environmental and economic well-being.

Madam Chairman, we have to be careful with our friend from Alabama, Senator Sessions, inviting him to a second round. It could be something of significance.

We can't afford to take our success for granted.