Frank Lautenberg

Don't you think it is time for the Congress to close the gun show loophole, once and for all?

We have to do the things in those cities that can make them safer than they presently are.

We have roughly 700,000 applications waiting for review at USPTO while China proceeds.

I think that if we want to keep the American people safe, we have to fund COPS at the level that we have suggested.

I hope we can. Nearly 12 years ago, the Senate passed my legislation to close the gun show loophole.

We know that Mr. Locke is likely buying a long-term ticket to go elsewhere, and therefore, Senator Hutchison might be an eligible person for that position.

You can't try criminals or offenders if you don't first arrest them.

The Federal law allows people on the terror watch list to legally purchase a gun or even explosives.

Mr. Secretary, you have done a great job there at Commerce, and we are pleased to hear about some of the good things that are happening.

Life has gotten more complicated--things that we never thought about before, about people who are willing to take their lives to kill others; the cyber side of things.

The one thing we know is, that you can't try criminals or offenders if you don't first arrest them.

I have great concern about proposed levels of funding with regard to the COPS program.

Because that magazine is designed for military and law enforcement use, and it should not fall into the hands of people who don't have a purpose other than malice to deal with it.

It strikes me as kind of an anomaly that people who are on a list that says these are suspects for terror, and they can walk in and buy a gun.

As the Senator knows, we successfully enacted a bipartisan bill to provide mandatory funding to take care of the first responders and others who became sick from toxic fumes, dust, and smoke after the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center…

I served in World War II a long time ago, but I have been around a long time. When I went into the Army--I enlisted when I was 18--my father was deathly ill with cancer. My mother was 37 years old. The prospects for life for our family…

There is a lot of talk these days about dangers posed to our national security from far away places: revolution in Libya, the war in Afghanistan. They get our full attention. But what about the dangers that lurk inside our Nation? We have…

Our country's roads, rails, and runways keep our economy moving, but much of the infrastructure is now in a crumbling state and House Republicans are not the least bit interested in rebuilding it.

We need a big, bold bank account to do that, Mr. Secretary.

This risky approach would send pink slips to hundreds of thousands of transportation workers, including more than 3,000 in the state of New Jersey.

In Florida, Governor Rick Scott has said that he rejects $2.4 billion in Federal high-speed rail funds.

While I commend the President's proposal for a robust investment in our transportation system, the budget does not specify how we are going to pay for these investments.

The bills proposed by the House Republicans have slashed funds to replace the 100-year-old Portal Bridge in Jersey.

We should be focused on rebuilding our economy and creating good jobs.

In 2009, President Obama signed into law the legislation I wrote to establish a Marine Highways grant program.