Frank Lautenberg: “I think that if we want to keep the American people safe, we have to fund COPS at the level that we have suggested.”

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

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

One major threat to aviation safety is sequestration.

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…