Frank Lautenberg

Imagine having to evacuate and coming home to find nothing there. The place where you raised your children, created so many memories, gone.

As we move forward, we must make sure that when the next storm strikes that this doesn't happen again.

We need to build more of these projects to reduce future losses.

We are coastal States, and we enjoy that position. It brings in lots of business, lots of port opportunities, lots of recreation interest, and lots of second homes.

When it is done, when a berm, a beach construction, or a dam is built by the Federal Government typically, the engineers, it is a far more reliable kind of structure.

There is no excuse not to have modernized water infrastructure.

New Jersey was hit with a devastation that now, a debate exists, it is not important, but it does reflect something, and that is whether this was the worst storm in a decade or in the history of our State.

There is nothing worse than not having the power to light the way, to keep food reasonably fresh, to be able to get around.

The storm sounded the alarm that the Federal Government must invest in infrastructure not to only recover from this storm, but to build the infrastructure in such a way, stronger, so that we are prepared for the next one.

We are hard at work trying to fix what we can to make sure that life is reasonably livable for lots of people who were displaced.

we have come back here from a few turbulent weeks, and not the least of which is the continuation of President Obama with his work and his responsibilities. For most of us, I would say, that was a very positive thing. But something else…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Coons). Without objection, it is so ordered. Superstorm Sandy

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Thank you, Senator Lautenberg.

I did not like the fact that this one outfit took the goods to New Jersey, and that is not a very good reputation to have going to New Jersey, the most crowded state in the country, you may see your goods there.

for these companies to take advantage of people at that time is just something that ought not to be ignored.

over 2 years have passed since I last included the names of our troops who have lost their lives serving in support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. I wish to honor their service and sacrifice by including their names in the…

Mr. Chairman, thanks very much for having this hearing. I would ask that we keep the record open there.

It seems odd that an industry where the transactions are relatively small, that there is such, and I have got to say it, kind of a cloud that hangs over things.

The unfortunate truth is that experiences like Ms. Kovalcik's will likely continue as long as people move.

But the fact you may be handling a larger volume would suggest to me that you should be better at the supervision of the business.

we are at a moment in time when Americans across the country are confused by what they are hearing; it is hard to discern truth from fiction. One of the proposals that is being talked about is from the Republican nominee for Vice…

I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak as if in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Ryan Budget

today marks a time in America that must always in the future be remembered. It cannot be forgotten, because it was the worst day on American soil in modern times. The worst day. It was the attack on the World Trade Center in New York…