Frank Lautenberg is a Democratic senator representing New Jersey.
Frank Lautenberg"In 2008, tourism brought in $38 billion dollars and supported more than 300,000 jobs in the state of New Jersey."
Says because of Hurricane Sandy in Atlantic City "much of that boardwalk no longer exists -- just the pillars where the boardwalk used to be."…
"Guns have murdered more Americans here at home in recent years than have died on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan."
"Just remember this: the president's health care bill put 30 million people on health care rolls that weren't there before."
Says "in our gun laws we’re allowing domestic abusers to sidestep this ban on getting a gun. The loophole allows a convicted abuser to walk…
"Last year we spent more than $40 billion on highways. And Lord knows we need that. But that's more than we spent on Amtrak in…
"Since 2004, there have been some 1,300 attacks (on rail targets). Four thousand people have died. Thousands of injuries."
"When we look at the number of murders in the United States (in) 2009, we had 9,500 people murdered. When we look around the world,…