Frank Lautenberg: “In fact, our coast is a $50-billion-a-year economic powerhouse that's responsible for one out of every six jobs in the…”

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

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…

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

We also need to expand our research into climate change so we better understand the coming impacts, and how to mitigate them.