Frank Lautenberg

We must meet this challenge with our full commitment.

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

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

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

Both agencies were crucial in helping New Jersey respond to and recover from Superstorm Sandy, and Congress must support them so that we are better prepared for future storms.

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.

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

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.

Some will say now isn't the time to make public investments. Some will say we can't afford it.

Our economic success depends on improving our passenger rail system and bringing faster trains to the region.

We risk that global leadership position if we are unwilling to continue to invest in it.

I opposed the bill that created sequestration because I was concerned about these types of damaging consequences.

The erosion of FAA's budget directly impacts our ability to complete NextGen and other safety initiatives.

One major threat to aviation safety is sequestration.

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

the past few years have been the safest in history for America's aviation system.

We must continue to be thorough in this investigation and analysis to ensure that this risk is eliminated.

We need to have a better understanding of the specifics.

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.

We need a leader who will not rest until every community is free of poisons that threaten our families.

In Gina McCarthy, the President has made a great choice for EPA Administrator.

Together, these standards will prevent asthma attacks, heart attacks, respiratory diseases, and even premature deaths.

So we must continue to work for a fair and balanced solution that provides certainty to our Federal agencies and to the American people.

it is my great honor to once again express my strong support for the Senate confirmation of Magistrate Judge Patty Shwartz to the United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals. It has been a long road, but it's great to finally reach this…