Frank Lautenberg

Each individual State seems to have its own set of rules and regulations pertaining to taxation.

The strength of our freight transportation system is being threatened by our fragile and overwhelmed infrastructure.

To keep goods moving in the future, we must invest in our freight infrastructure now.

Let my loss be a lesson for others.

Before someone achieves the status of captain, is there a requirement in the regionals that they fly a particular number of hours--have flown a particular number of hours?

The--so, this was an oddity, that had the captain of this flight failing five times over a period of years.

Flight 3407 taught us that we need to improve pilot training, address flight-crew hours of service, and implement consistent safety standards for both regional and large air carriers.

Would anyone here want to go into major surgery...and have a physician there who flunked his tests five times

Thank you for calling this hearing, because, though our flight safety record is so outstanding, when we look at the total of aviation and its services, the situation with the Colgan flight is one that is--shook our bodies, our minds.

We saw disturbing reports about safety inspection failures, where the FAA let planes filled with passengers take off with cracked hulls.

Maybe not dealing with averages, but rather with specifics might be called for...

Would the--do the regular airline companies--aviation companies pay as little as $20,000 a year and put someone, even alongside a trained captain, in the cockpit?

If someone is not making enough money to take care of themselves and their families, it will typically mean a second job

So much of what we in the Senate--and all Americans--do is motivated by the instinct to protect our children.

I sent a letter to the CPSC asking it to investigate this issue, but I never received a response.

I think, perfectly suited to taking the responsibility that you're about to take.

Despite the high number of recalls on children's products, consumers rarely return recalled products.

There is a focus on toy guns.

I am pleased with how successful the transition was, and I look forward to the benefits that it will bring to those residents of New Jersey.

If you are confirmed--and there is little doubt in my mind--and Robert McDowell is confirmed, we expect them to continue the commitment and the leadership that we have seen.

They showed the kind of leadership that we expect from the FCC.

The prospects realistically are not for lower prices. If the economic recovery takes hold, we are going to see an increase in prices.

I think that is a fair representation of the HOPE VI program, its principal mission, revitalizing distressed public housing with this new Choice Neighborhoods Initiative.

We are still not at the goal line, and we have to keep working on it.

Unemployment in New Jersey and across the country has hit record levels.