Frank Lautenberg: “We need that $400-plus million for new equipment.”

The Coast Guard needs 58 fast response cutters (FRCs) to replace their aging fleet of patrol boats.

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

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.

Do you think these loopholes in our explosives laws put Americans' safety in danger?