Frank Lautenberg: “When we don't invest in our infrastructure, we leave our communities in grave danger.”

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

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

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 remain concerned about the Department's fiscal year 2014 budget proposal to once again attempt to consolidate preparedness grants into one national program.