Frank Lautenberg: “The average price for a gallon of gas is $2.85, which forces workers to choose between filling their tanks and paying…”

I have long been concerned with the understaffing of air traffic controllers at Newark Liberty and I am concerned the sequestration-imposed air traffic controller furloughs will disproportionately impact this airport.

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

We also need to expand our research into climate change so we better understand the coming impacts, and how to mitigate them.

I am deeply troubled with this budget. The Coast Guard does not have adequate funding to do everything we expect them to do.