Frank Lautenberg: “The regulations were there to prevent that from happening before the crisis began developing?”

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

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

The requested 6 percent cut to FinCEN is a concern.

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…