Frank Lautenberg: “Without question, a tunnel is essential.”

I am honored to serve as chairman of this subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over crucial Federal programs that support our economy.

One of our top priorities will be completing the work of Wall Street Reform Act by providing Federal regulators the resources they need.

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.

The requested 6 percent cut to FinCEN is a concern.