Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/from-june-28-1984-sen-frank-r-lautenberg-on-drinking-age Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Story Transcript On June 28, 1984, Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, a New Jersey Democrat who was a driving force behind legislation making 21 the drinking age in all 50 states, joined Robert MacNeilfor a taping of The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors.