Democrat Lautenberg Opposes Obama's Drilling Policy

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) says Tuesday that he is "not comforted" by the President's policy that would limit offshore oil and gas drilling to 50 miles from each coastline, and says he will fight against it. (0:40)
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U.S. needs strong laws to protect public from mercury pollution

Sen. Lautenberg says at a Committee on Environment and Public Works hearing on mercury legislation that mercury is “a proven threat to our health, even in low doses” for both children and adults. He says we should have laws “as strong as we can take” to protect the public from mercury pollution. He says the Bush Administration 
“fails to protect the health of the public or our environment.” (0:38)
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Sen. Boxer warns of a "crisis in the skies"

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) says at a press conference to discuss Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s (D-NJ) new aviation safety bill that America will “have a crisis in the skies” if safety concerns are not met, and says that “if the president wants to go toe-to-toe with us on that, I say fine, let’s do it.” (0:27)
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Lautenberg cites Robert Sturgell's "failed leadership" in the FAA

At a press conference to discuss his new aviation safety bill, Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) says that he opposes President Bush’s nomination of Robert Sturgell to the Acting Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration because of the “lack of effective leadership at the FAA.” (0:24)
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Senator Sanders (I-VT) Responds to Testimony by EPA-head Regarding California Emissions Waiver

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) disapproves of the recent decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny a California waiver which would reduce greenhouse gas pollutants from motor vehicles. He criticizes the current Bush administration for failing to address the issue of global warming and predicts that the administration “will go down in American history as the worst administration in so many areas… including environmental protection.”
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Senator Lautenberg (D-NJ) Discusses EPA Decision to Deny California Waiver on Greenhouse Gases

Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works commented today on the recent decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny a California waiver aimed at reducing greenhouse gas pollutants from motor vehicles. Lautenberg described the EPA’s denial of the waiver as an “injustice” at a hearing today organized to discuss the EPA’s decision.
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Senator Boxer (D-CA) Criticizes EPA-head for Denying California Waiver on Greenhouse Gases

Today the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee met to discuss the recent decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny the California waiver drafted to regulate greenhouse gas pollution from motor vehicles. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), responds to testimony given by the administrator of the EPA, Stephen Johnson, after he refuses to admit that global warming poses a threat to human health.

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