Frank Lautenberg: “A single freight train takes 280 trucks off the road.”

The erosion of FAA's budget directly impacts our ability to complete NextGen and other safety initiatives.

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

I am concerned that with our budget difficulties we will continue to see declining budgets for Defense Nuclear Non-Proliferation activities in favor of Weapons Activities.

I'm proud to have written the only Federal law on ocean acidification--'The Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act'.