Frank Lautenberg: “What is the cost of having a healthy child, of having a child that doesn't need constant medical attention?”

It is time that we give them the resources they need to keep us safe.

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.

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

We must continue to be thorough in this investigation and analysis to ensure that this risk is eliminated.