Frank Lautenberg: “I believe that the U.S. has the responsibility of leading the way in fighting pollution, fighting toxic disasters, with…”

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'.

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.