Frank Lautenberg

Vulnerabilities in our system remain. And just 65 percent of cargo on international passenger flights bound for the U.S. are screened.

The Department of Homeland Security requires manifest information to be provided 24 hours prior to loading for all maritime cargo that's entering our ports.

Congratulations go to you and your team for the good work done with the cargo coming from Yemen.

What happens if we said, 'Well, OK, give us 24-hour notice of anything?' Have we looked at that part of the question?

We're stuck in not just the middle of a muddle.

We're here today to make sure that the American people are no longer forgotten in the fight between the cable companies and the broadcasters.

Do you lose revenues when you're out for a few days?

What happens during a blackout? Your advertisers aren't getting what they're paying for?

We've got to put a stop to these programming blackouts once and for all, and that's why I'm pleased to work with Chairman John Kerry on retransmission consent legislation that'll put the focus back where it belongs: on the consumers.

We do not expect convicted terrorists to be set free.

We cannot forget the victims of Pan Am 103 and their families.

As Senator Lautenberg has eloquently noted today, the Scottish police engaged in a enormous investigation, which we were proud to be part of.

That's what we're looking at, an act of betrayal

This murderer was given a hero's welcome. And I think it was designed deliberately to give word to the world that Libya was thumbing its nose at what amounts to human atrocity

Make no mistake about it, we're not going to stop asking these questions.

Unfortunately, the events of last summer ripped open the wounds of these families.

The families are powerless as they prostrate themselves before you in grief and desperation.

It's outrageous that BP has refused to cooperate.

Those who commit vicious acts of terrorism must know that they'll be punished.

Getting to the truth will set us free.

Megrahi's conviction brought them a small degree of comfort.

I fear that we have not heard the truth about Mr. al-Megrahi's clinical care.

Two hundred and seventy lives were lost in the Pan Am bombing.

Make no mistake: we're not going to stop asking these questions. We want answers. We want the truth.

People shouldn't be in the dark about whether they live near a high-pressure pipeline and what condition that pipeline is in.