Frank Lautenberg: “We are coastal States, and we enjoy that position. It brings in lots of business, lots of port opportunities, lots of…”

Thank you for scheduling this hearing to consider the re-nomination of Dr. Allison Macfarlane to be Chairwoman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

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

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 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.