Frank Lautenberg: “I look forward to working with Senators on both sides of the aisle to refine the bill.”

I remain concerned about the Department's fiscal year 2014 budget proposal to once again attempt to consolidate preparedness grants into one national program.

If we expect the Coast Guard to perform all we ask them to do, we need to fund them properly.

Some will say now isn't the time to make public investments. Some will say we can't afford it.

We need to look beyond legal distinctions or classes of harms to look at the erosion of trust in the ecosystem.