Frank Lautenberg: “I want to thank each one of you for your excellent testimony.”

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

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

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.

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