Frank Lautenberg News

U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg today applauded the Environmental Protection Agency for awarding the metropolitan region with $17 million in Recovery Act funding to reduce diesel emissions and create jobs.

Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg today announced the Senate Appropriations Committee recently approved the FY 2010 Agriculture Appropriations bill, which would bring more than $1 million for agriculture projects in New Jersey.

Main Category: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Also Included In: Women's Health / Gynecology Pediatrics / Children's Health IT / Internet / E-mail Article Date: 09 Jul 2009 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data show that stillbirth occurs in about one in every 160 pregnancies in the U.S., but physicians rarely warn pregnant women or their partners ...

Al Franken was officially sworn in to the Senate on Tuesday, giving Democrats a 60-vote majority and prompting Republicans to repeatedly emphasize that Democrats are responsible for all that happens in Washington.

Two area medical health facilities - the Jewish Renaissance Medical Center in Perth Amboy and the Eric B. Chandler Health Center in New Brunswick - will be sharing in nearly $17 million in federal stimulus funds aimed at addressing facility and equipment needs and increasing access to health care for underserved populations.

Plainfield's Neighborhood Health Center will be sharing in nearly $17 million in federal stimulus funds aimed at addressing facility and equipment needs and increasing access to health care for underserved populations.

Jersey City Mayor Jerramiah T. Healy delivers his inaugural address during the swearing-in ceremony yesterday at the New Jersey City University's Margaret Williams Theatre Before a packed auditorium and dozens of well-wishing politicians, Jersey City mayor Jerramiah Healy yesterday promised 10 percent budget cuts in every department, a continuation ...

By Stephen Di Benedetto Washington - Senators and witnesses alike reached consensus at Tuesday's subcommittee hearing about President Barack Obama's plan to provide $13 billion for a nationwide high-speed railroad system: Federal funding will not be enough.

Bye bye, Bernie. A Federal judge sentenced rip-off artist Bernie Madoff to 150 years in prison, the maximum term.

The secret government "Terrorist Watch List," reportedly already swelled to more than 1.1 million names, will have an addendum, if gun control advocates in Congress have their way.

With the Primary Election now past us and the General Election still seemingly far in the future for most folks, the hot topic in New Jersey politics centers around who will be chosen to represent the major parties in the newly-created Lieutenant Governor post.A The gubernatorial candidates have 30 days from the Primary Election to name their ...

President Barack Obama shakes hands with 14-year-old Hoai-Nam Ngoc Bui after signing the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, Monday, June 22, 2009, during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, June 22, 2009.

In this film publicity image released by Disney, Matt Lucas portrays Tweedledee & Tweedledum in the upcoming film, "Alice in Wonderland," in theaters on March 5, 2010.

Now, one case does not a career make. But few cases decided by the New Jersey Supreme Court in recent years rankle Republicans as much as the infamous Torricelli switcheroo case.

More than 800 gun purchases were approved after background checks in the last five years even though the buyers' names were on the government's terrorist watch list, investigators said Monday.

Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg today called on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to conduct a hearing on compliance with the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Abduction of Children.

Jun 23, 2009 5:40 pm US/Eastern KIMBERLY HEFLING, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON The U.S. agency in charge of $8 billion in stimulus money for high-speed rail projects doesn't have an adequate plan to oversee the projects, and the system of super-fast trains ultimately will cost much more than even the $8 billion, a government watchdog official ...

Clad in a white oxford shirt and a gray blazer with the sleeves pushed up, Nick Jonas, 16, stopped by the White House for a photo with the president and children who are living with diabetes.

Nearly 900 people on the FBI's terror watch list applied for and received a certificate to buy a gun in the United States between 2004 and 2009, according to a Government Accountability Office report released today.

In all, some 90 percent of the people on the watch list who applied passed the required background check, said the report, which was requested by Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D) of New Jersey.

Gun-control activists say the report demonstrates potentially lethal flaws in gun laws. But gun-rights advocates counter that the terror list is perhaps a greater menace in itself. They see it as ripe for manipulation - allowing the government to tar people as terrorists when it is politically expedient to do so.

More than 800 gun purchases were approved after background checks in the last five years even though the buyers' names were on the government's terrorist watch list, investigators said Monday.