Frank Lautenberg: “So poverty has penalties in ways, obviously, recognized, and in my view, this is one of them.”

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 thank the chairman for making this clarification. I agree completely with my colleagues concerning the need for section 3004. Could the language in section 3004 about inclusion of specific project recommendations and feasibility studies…

The Coast Guard needs 58 fast response cutters (FRCs) to replace their aging fleet of patrol boats.

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…