Frank Lautenberg: “what happens if we said, 'Well, OK, give us 24-hour notice of anything?' Have we looked at that part of the question?”

Efforts to consolidate these grants could shift critical grant funds away from the areas most at-risk for a terror attack, like my State of New Jersey.

Republicans in the Congress continue to call for even deeper budget cuts--despite clear evidence that the austerity agenda they have championed has slowed the pace of job growth and needlessly increased the suffering of children, seniors…

Although we have had a complete trade ban on Iran since 1995, a significant loophole existed that allowed the foreign subsidiaries of American companies to do business with Iran.

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