Frank Lautenberg: “They carry enormous pride for our country, though not as visible as some of the other services.”

Our economic success depends on improving our passenger rail system and bringing faster trains to the region.

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

We need to look beyond legal distinctions or classes of harms to look at the erosion of trust in the ecosystem.

I remain concerned about the Department's fiscal year 2014 budget proposal to once again attempt to consolidate preparedness grants into one national program.