Frank Lautenberg: “Very simply, Mr. President, I too approve of the amendment. I have a deep interest in Amtrak and national passenger rail…”

One major threat to aviation safety is sequestration.

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

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.

We simply can't afford to ignore the lessons from past accidents and crashes.