Frank Lautenberg

I may gallop off to another hearing.

It's critical that we find a solution to the widespread problem of performance-enhancing drugs in horseracing.

In New Jersey, our state animal is the horse. And we're proud of our four racetracks.

So if a law was established across the country that the standards had to be the same, we could be without these problems constantly confronting us and the damage that comes from what I'll call, again, the monkey business.

The fact is, some states, like New Jersey, have strong regulations in place to ensure the safety and integrity of horseracing.

The old adage, out of sight, out of mind, is really unfortunately a play on words, a nuance that is not pleasant to hear.

It would be a marked improvement over a condition that allows kind of sneaky activities to take over.

What would you say the principal actions your agencies are taking to identify other contaminated sites?

It seems to me that logic is on that side there.

CDC and EPA play important roles in protecting the public's right to know about environmental toxins.

If it can be done without harm to the individual or the horse, by golly, we ought to do it.

It strikes me that this menace has existed for so many years now, and the result of the impairing a child's ability to learn, to study, is part of a national catastrophe.

We urge the agency to move forward as quickly as possible with its current efforts to protect American families from the toxic effects of PBDEs.

I rise today to oppose to the flood insurance language that is included in the conference report to accompany H.R. 4348, which the Senate will consider today. The Senate had been debating a stand-alone bill to reform the National Flood…

today, June 28, 2012, 30 million American people gave thanks, and it is because the Supreme Court this morning upheld the health care law that will provide those 30 million people with access to affordable health insurance. Today is a…

The air traffic control tower at Newark Liberty Airport is critical to the entire aviation system, to the flying public.

Most of the delays in the air traffic system have as their starting point the New York area.

I'd like your commitment that you're going to devote the time and energy to solving the Newark air traffic control problem that we wrestle with constantly.

I've received many assurances from the FAA over the years that this issue would be remedied, but the problem persists.

The FAA authorization which was signed into law earlier this year exempts certain NextGen projects from environmental review.

I thank Senator Boxer for her leadership in resisting these attempts to be able to permit companies to continue to pollute the air, a risk to our children, and marshaling the forces to say no to this. I feel this may be a lesson I learned…

I rise to challenge the obstinacy of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to prevent us from doing anything that can help ordinary families in our country get back on their feet and succeed. As a matter of fact, it was very…

I rise today because there is an epidemic hovering over America, and we ought not to stand by and let it continue. A staggering one-third of Americans are obese a condition that can endanger health and shorten lifespan. Among our children…

I rise to speak against the Paul amendment No. 2182, which would cripple the food stamp program. I have to tell my colleagues that there is an aura of wonderment around here that says: Look, let's cut food stamps for hungry families and…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Childhood Obesity