Frank Lautenberg: “Didn't the Senator from Michigan offer the gross negligence exemption and had it denied because----”

I have long been concerned with the understaffing of air traffic controllers at Newark Liberty and I am concerned the sequestration-imposed air traffic controller furloughs will disproportionately impact this airport.

We also need to expand our research into climate change so we better understand the coming impacts, and how to mitigate them.

I am deeply troubled with this budget. The Coast Guard does not have adequate funding to do everything we expect them to do.

Our economic success depends on improving our passenger rail system and bringing faster trains to the region.